The Peach-faced Lovebirds weren't the only African birds I saw at the Gilbert Water Ranch. A Grey Go-Away Bird or Grey Lourie (Corythaixiodes concolor), a pheasant-sized gray turaco from Southern Africa has been hanging out at the ponds there since at least last summer. Unlike the lovebirds, this is a single escaped individual that isn't expected to make a lasting impact on the local wildlife scene, but it has become a bit of a local celebrity and was quite noisily flying about the ponds at the water ranch while I was there on Sunday.
A grey go away bird has been seen lately around the neiborhoods by ASU in Tempe, AZ.
ReplyDeleteI saw it, and have pictures of it up in the Riprian Reserve at Water Ranch in Gilbert back in Feb2008. Wonder how it got there? I posted one in birdforum.net
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Saw it in the Riparian Reserve in Gilbert. Have a few pics too!
ReplyDeleteI am in wells maine at a garden ctr and this bird kept showing up around me. It was almost trying to get my attention. are they supposed to be in maine?
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For almost the past year, there has been a Grey Go Away bird in my neighborhood in central Mesa. I see it nearly everyday.
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It looks unusual. I've never seen a bird like this.
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