Yeah I know that's anthropomorphic, but I wanted you to read this and lead
me to An Understanding!
In Canberra city, over the past 3-4 weeks, a pair of galahs have
systematically and very comprehensively ringbarked a mature Argyle Apple
(Eucalyptus cinerea). This a not a local species, though widely planted. It
has thick fibrous 'stringy-bark'. The pair are nesting in the tree, and have
done the customary minor 'bark-marking' around their hollow spout. The
ringbarking is a metre or two below that, and quite separate from it. They
have removed all the bark down to the wood, right around the tree, some 2.5
to 3 metres from the ground. At one point there is over a metre of bare
wood; where they completed the job the break is only a few centimetres.
Any thoughts?!
Cheers
Ian
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Ian Fraser, Canberra
Environment Tours; Vertego Environmental Writing Consultancy
GPO Box 3268, Canberra, ACT 2601
ph: 02 62491560 fax: 02 62473227
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