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Sport 29: Spring 2002
Travel Notes (Midland Park)
Travel Notes (Midland Park)
A sub-adult population, with black plumage, dominates the
Midland Park habitat. Individuals appear in waves, proceeding
bipedally, and ingest fluids from cup-like containers (‘cups’). Their
sound is a mixed crooning combined with muttering and
occasional terminal rising squawks (‘squawks’). None appear to be
scansorial.
Species adults proceed on individual ‘bicycles’. Males are
characteristically red or yellow, with vestiges of juvenile/sub-adult
black plumage, either dorsally or laterally. Females are lime green.
Adults devote great attention to feeding activities. Infrequent
interchanges of sound focus on the ‘bicycles’ and include a long
drawn-out croak, ‘ka-ra-po-ti, ka-ra-po-ti,’
eliciting a group-
excitement response.
The crepuscular activity of the species is cryptic and mysterious.
Further study is warranted.