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What birds feed on Grevillea robusta?

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Subject: What birds feed on Grevillea robusta?
From: "Scott O'Keeffe" <>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:17:52 +1000
Steve Creber wrote:

When I lived in Blackburn (Melbourne eastern suburb) in the 1960's, we
had a big Silky Oak in the backyard. Among the regular visitors were
Regent Honeyeaters. Seems hard to believe now...

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Subject: [Birding-Aus] What birds feed on Grevillea robusta?

In Melbourne at present, there are many flowering old, well-established Silky Oaks (Grevillea robusta) in streets and gardens. Some trees are pyramids of orange flower-heads. But we don't see any birds feeding on them, though the nectar is copious, and certainly palatable to humans.

A neighbour and I were discussing this, and the only birds we have seen in the nearest tree are a few Rainbow Lorikeets. We haven't observed whether the trees are frequented by Grey-headed Flying-Foxes either.

The natural range of the Silky Oak is much further north than Melbourne,

Queensland I believe..  We wonder if birds make use of them within their

natural range.
Why is this so?  (to quote Julius Sumner Miller).

Anthea Fleming
in Ivanhoe, Vic.




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In Brisbane, I've seen honeyeaters, lorikeets, Regent Bowerbirds feeding on Silky Oak. The most unusual was at the University of Queensland, where I saw a group of five Torresian Crows having a tipple.

Scott O'Keeffe
Brisbane
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