Re: Scaly-Breated Lorikeets in Leopold, Bellarine Peninsula Vic

Hi All,

Today, while testing out my new camera,
i saw at least two Scaly Breasted Lorikeets  in a flowering
gum on the edge of the Leopold primary school yard. 

A great first bird to get with my new
digital slr, and possibly a new bird for Leopold/Geelong area???

Peter

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• Subject: Scaly-breasted Lorikeet in Melbourne
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• Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 10:25:25 +1000

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G'day all

My father and I observed a Scaly-breasted Lorikeet in the company of several
Rainbow Lorikeets in Heidelberg Heights (northern suburban Melbourne on
Sunday
12th March.

The Victorian bird atlas reports small populations in a few bayside suburbs.

Can any Melbourne folk provide up to date information on the distribution
and
status of Scaly-breasted Lorikeets in Melbourne.  And are the Rainbow
Lorikeets
in Melbourne thought to be derived naturally from other Victorian populations
or
are they the result of escaped cage birds?

Cheers

Steve

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Steve Clark
45 Carmichael Street, Hamilton, Victoria, 3300
www.ansonic.com.au/clarks/sw_birds.htm
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