Is that the reason why they remove
them? I have noticed some urban reserves being clean-swept of ornamental shrubs
and trees, including natives in the sense of Australian species. If this
is an effort to reduce seed-reservoirs of less-desired species it seems to be effort
poorly directed. On government land around Canberra there are dense pockets of
blackberry, privet, hawthorn etc that seem to be no-go zones so far as the yellow-jacket
crews are concerned.
From: Rosemary
Blemings [
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006
2:24 PM
To: canberra birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] Superb
parrots
Having seen two Superb parrots flying over the N edge
of Mt Rogers on 21st November (7:40) there was a pair feeding
amongst Eucalypt blossom this morning at 6:45. A little later they flew
round to a partially decrepit Acacia baileyana (Cootamundra Wattle). They were
feeding on green seed-pods. They, as 'early arrivals', have this choice of
pods. Normally the SCCockatoos have picked those trees clean by
about this time. Note: Acacia baileyana are a constant target of
the 'fire-hazard-removal-crews because they "look untidy" & are
often dying by the age of 15 years!
A or The Koel was calling for at least 3/4 hour as heard
from my Flynn place from 06:00 Tuesday. My feeling is that it moved between
Latham, Charnwood, Flynn & possibly Fraser in that time.
