Chris
The rainbow lorikeets have been around for years
now, I cant remember but at least 6 years, when I was in africa, I will check my records at home. They probably
were escapees from an aviary near hawker primary, which is still their base and
they appear to be fed there. I have also
seen them in banksias in winter. I have seen or heard 3 birds every day
in hawker for the past 3 years. Over the last couple of months only heard 2. They
seem to do loops from their base into weetangera, scullin and higgins, and
probably bred in farmland West of Pinnacle NP for the past 2 years, although
couldn’t confirm as on private land. I suspect there are now different groups
spread out from the originals, as I have seen 5 together a couple of times near
Hawker shops and their behaviour is very
different. Once I saw a large flock of maybe 9 birds ‘passing
through’ flying quite high on a mission,
which may be unrelated to the above birds.
Benj
Whitworth
Two Rainbow Lorikeets across the
Belconnen Way between
Scullin and Hawker at 15.30 this afternoon. Escapees?
24 Bardsley Place
Holt
ACT 2615
Tel: 02-62546324
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