The
remnant eucs in our suburbs are starting to dissappear more quickly but are not
getting replaced! It will be a shame in the future.
From: Suzanne Tunks [
Sent: Saturday, 5 July 2008 6:23 PM To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] Winter
flowering Eucs
Further to the comment that Benj made on
26 June re a lot of flower this year, many of the planted Ironbarks in
Summerland Circuit, Kambah are in flower, some yellow, some red and others
pink. Heaps of Red Wattlebirds in them. I also saw an urban Red
Box Eucalyptus polyanthemos in flower this afternoon, which is a little
early in the year. And last time I was at the Jerrabomberra Wetlands, I
think in June, there were many different Eucalypts in flower, with various
species of honeyeaters feeding in good numbers.
I also wanted to let
subscribers to this line know about a project I have been working on over the
past three months - the link to Canberra birds being that it is a photographic
collection of remnant Eucalypts in Canberra. I have commenced with the
woodland trees (melliodora and blakelyi) but plan to add others as time
permits. There is the odd bird in some of the photos, but not
many. The link is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eucalyptus_melliodora/
and I welcome any feedback and advice on the location of any remnant trees
that I can add to the collection.
Regards
Matthew
Frawley
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