Peter there is a small colony in the Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe.
They are apparently living in native vegetation along the river and
in adjoining gardens. Chris Lester has been informally monitoring the
population in case we ever have the time to participate in another
Birds Australia bird count. We wouldn't mind winning another set of
Oxford University Press books!
Regards
John Barkla
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From: Peter S Lansley[SMTP:
Sent: Thursday, 18 June 1998 20:54
To: Martin O'Brien
Cc:
Subject: Re: Introduced birds and Bulbuls
Martin,
On Tuesday, June 16, 1998 2:07 PM you wrote:
[re Red-whiskered Bulbul]
> Adelaide, Melbourne(1915 - Atlas of Victorian Birds) and Sydney.
The
> Victorian Atlas says that in Melbourne they were regularly reported
in
the
> Royal Botanic Gardens and in some suburban gardens until 1982 but
few
> records since 1983.
>
> Has any Melbourne birdo seen a Bulbul in the last 16 years? Sydney
seems
>
Querying my bird database I find I have seen a single Red-whiskered
Bulbul
at Melbourne Botanic Gardens, near National Herbarium, on 29 Sept. and
9
Oct. 1988 (likely the same bird; I believe initially notified by
David
Eades.)
Peggy Mitchell's sightings column in The Bird Observer is a good
source of
Bulbul records in Melbourne
For what it's worth I reckon they're intermittently being introduced
by
misguided Sydneysiders in much the same manner as Common Myna was
introduced to Canberra (or so the story goes)...then die out due to
shortages of fruiting trees at certain times of the year.
Anyone got any better ideas???
Peter S. Lansley <>
Melbourne, Australia
tel. +61 3 9375 4564 (evening)
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