Rainbow Lorikeets

["Paul & Irene Osborn" <>]

When I began birding in earnest around 1988, Rainbow Lorikeets were not 
present in the Newcastle area. We had to stop off in Lane Cove Park on the 
way to somewhere in Sydney to tick them. Shortly after this, some animal 
rights activists released a large number of parrots, including Little 
Corellas and Rainbow Lorikeets from cages in Blackbutt Reserve (Newcastle). 
Whether the current populations of these birds in Newcastle are descended 
from those or not is unknown, but the sudden increase in numbers of these 
birds in the area happened around the early 90s.
Paul Osborn

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