Late yesterday evening (Thur 18 Jan 07) Kathy heard some
lorikeets fly over the house (in Watson). We went outside to look for
them and could now hear them in Justice Robert Hope Park. So we set off
for the Park and found 3 Musk Lorikeets feeding in one of the flowering
Eucalypts. We watched them for about 10 minutes. They were
continually harassed by the Noisy Miners and occasionally the Red
Wattlebirds. Every now and again they would leave the tree and whiz
around the area for awhile before returning.
We also heard lorikeets fly over the house this morning, so
perhaps they roosted in the Park last night.
[Justice Robert Hope Park is shown in the yellow pages map
40, grid reference E15, ie western side of Antill St, beyond where
Watson/Hackett end. If you are looking for them, I am sure you will hear where
they are if they are there. Nevertheless, yesterday’s tree was in
the far SW corner and had a myna trap under it.]
John Goldie and Kathy Walter
Watson
