Rainbow Lorikeets over Scullin

["Phyl Goddard" <>]

I recorded a pair feeding in Weetangera at my neighbour's bird table on
5 June 1997 and was subsequently told that they had been around Aranda
for a long time before that. I understood a small flock were fed daily
on nectar from a balcony somewhere in Hawker, which may have enabled the
initial escapees? to survive and breed.

Phyl Goddard  

-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Overs  
Sent: Sunday, 21 May 2006 6:36 PM
To: 
Subject: Rainbow Lorikeets over Scullin

They've been around for several years, so they are surviving on
something. 
Probably lerps and nectar available on something somewhere in the area.
I 
haven't actually observed them feeding, however they are frequently seen
in 
the eucalypts around the Hawker shops.

I reckon they are most likely escapees that have now bred somewhere in
the 
area.

Anthony