Hi all,
We have been on our Violet Town property for 4.5 yr now and have enjoyed
occasional visits from King Parrots each year.
This year they arrived in early June and initially spent some time eating
privet berries on the roadside for several weeks. They also chewed on
eucalypt nuts and bark as they have done on previous visits.
Now they are spending considerable time in the house garden and have
discovered that they really like geraniums which are (were) providing winter
colour in several areas! They have systematically found and eaten many of
these to ground level and Roberta is quite annoyed by this! They may have
done so in previous visits but this was not noticed - there are more of them
this year. It appears to me that they are eating the pith in the stems and
discarding the rest.
Is it a common problem? Does anyone know of successful methods of
deterring these beautiful birds. The ever-present Crimson Rosellas are also
general garden vandals and we net our fruit trees so that we get some of the
fruit.
Barry and Roberta McLean
PO Box 66, Violet Town, Vic 3669
03 57981213 0418584433
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