king parrots

They will get quite friendly if they stay Royce...Just be careful if they get to the point of hopping on your arm they can use there beaks as they walk along...Leaving like a ciggarette burn welt there...

My daughter come home from her grandmas property 300 acres east of Buln Buln near Warragul with all these terrible marks and of course when i saw i said whats going on Em..Oh dad she said the king parrots hav been walking up and down my arm,i thought bugger that..


Cheers

Royce, over here on the central East Coast NSW they are still present, but mainly seem to get around in pairs. The male fully matured is a beautiful bird with that brilliant red collar. 30yrs ago in our area , there used to be a lot of peas grown on the local farms during winter, a week before harvest the king parrots would turn up by the hundreds and could destroy a crop within days. Unfortunateley back then there was no alternative other than get the shot guns out, Be hard to shoot one now i must say!!.


Cheers Axle.

We live just over the other side of the highway at Tyers & have always had them here by the dozens.

Same here near Penrith- they come in every morning at breakfast- and hang around for a while- then a quick vist in the evening...

Here at Avoca Beach Central coast NSW I have 6-10 that come every morning and afternoon.

Used to have Metro boy and Hussy who would sit on my hand and eat , but they have gone and the new ones are a bit less game.

But they are the biggest wooses in the world . They get bullied by every other bird including the Cuckoo Doves.

The "thugs" (lorikeets) drive them away every time, and I have to stand there with my super soaker to protect them.

I believe they are what are called "free range pets" as they go from house to house for handouts. Just like the Kookaburras.
Regards Philip A

When we are on the east coast, after being gone for months at a time, the bird telegraph gets going that we are back and sure enough next morning the birds will be waiting for some seed. There is a definite pecking order (no pun intended) - the lorikeet, then the pink and grey galahs and the top knot pigeon (really crested) and lastly if anything left the King parrots are allowed to have something. There is a pair who bring along one child each year.