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The Fastest Parrot in the World: April Bird of the Month

From Gladstone Weatherstone’s Notebook:  The Swift Parrot Swift Parrot (C) Wilson Lennard 2015 Birdlifephotography.org.au Photo courtesy Wayne Weatherstone This is the fourth in a monthly series inspired by Gladstone Weatherstone, a dedicated and knowledgeable amateur naturalist who lived on his property Lyndfield Park near Gunning from 1941 until his death in 1996.  He had a particular interest in birds.  Between 1962 and 1981 Gladstone  recorded bird sightings on his farm and its near surrounds in a notebook we still have today.   Each month we look at one of the birds that Gladstone recorded, try to place it in context and see if we can glean any lessons about the recent history of our district. Gladstone’s notebook entries for April 1966 centre on some “Parrakeets” he could not identify on first sighting.  Although he was soon able to name the birds, Gladstone has left us with another puzzle we shall probably never get to the ...