Hi Birders,
David Geering and others have commented upon the large numbers of Musk
Lorikeets in the Sydney area and have speculated whether they are in
Sydney's street trees because there is not much food for them elsewhere.
During the Easter long weekend, John McLennan and I travelled around a
fair part of the Mudgee/Gulgong/Wollar area and throughout the Hunter
Valley and we saw small numbers of Musk Lorikeets. Only in the street
trees in Mudgee was there any concentration of Musk Lorikeets and they
were feeding in odd White Box, Mugga Ironbark and Yellow Box that were
in flower. Overall, there was little to no flowering of the forest and
woodland box/ironbarks, possibly because of the good season so that the
trees were concentrating on setting new growth rather than flowers? Here
on the Central Coast, because of the wet spring, summer and autumn, the
Swamp Mahogany is only just commencing to flower in some places! It
looks as if there will be prolific flowering eventually! In the meantime
the Musk Lorikeets, and Friarbirds & Regent Honeyeaters could well be
having a hard time finding blossom although maybe lerps are still
available. David Geering therefore could be correct, the birds are
common in Sydney because there is little to no flowering on the Central
Coast and Central Tablelands.
Alan Morris
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