not birding: Macleays Swallowtails @ ANBG [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

 Not birding.
This is a little follow up  info
on the Swallowtail butterflies for those interested.
Muriel E

<>

25/03/2009 08:51 AM

 The Macleays Swallowtails
will not "move on" as they belong to a resident population which
has been able to establish on the rainforest trees now growing in the rainforest
gully.
 
The Macleays Swallowtail butterfly
population established in the gardens is the coastal population found on
the South Coast and not the subalpine population found in the higher parts
of the Brindabellas where the larvae feed on Tasmannia xerophila and which
has only one generation per year.

Ted Edwards.

martin butterfield <>

24/03/2009 05:54 PM

To	Dimitris Bertzeletos <>
cc	canberra birds <>
Subject	Re: [canberrabirds] Double-barred Finches and large numbers of         Mclays's Swallowtails @ ANBG

Being in the vicinity of the Gardens when I received this I went for a
stroll around the outside of the rainforest gully but couldn't locate such
a cloud of butterflies.  However I did see a few Swallowtails (no
idea of species) flying around a flowering Correa laurenceana (I think
that is the right spelling) opposite bed 124.  (Unhelpfully, the sign
giving the bed number faces away from the road, but it is only a short
way up the track from the Cafe near a works depot.)  Possibly as the
sun had moved around the cloud seen by Dimitis had moved elsewhere.

Martni

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Dimitris Bertzeletos <m("hotmail.com","risingphoenixdim");>>
wrote: 
Hello all.
 
Just came back from the gardens where I saw 2 Double-barred Finches and
around 40 Mclay's Swallowtial and 1 Dainty Swallowtail feeding on a flowering
next to the rainforest section (sorry I don't remember the number of the
patch). It was pretty spectacular and judgging from the number of unblossomed
flowers should continew on for a week unless the butterflies move on...
 
Cheers and good birding.
 
Dimitris

---

What can you do with the new Windows Live? Find
 out 
--
This message contains privileged and confidential information only 
for use by the intended recipient.  If you are not the intended 
recipient of this message, you must not disseminate, copy or use 
it in any manner.  If you have received this message in error, 
please advise the sender by reply e-mail.  Please ensure all 
e-mail attachments are scanned for viruses prior to opening or 
using.

*******************************************************************************************************
This is the email announcement and discussion list of the Canberra 
Ornithologists Group.
List-Post: <>
List-Help: <>
List-Unsubscribe: <>
List-Subscribe: <>
List archive: <http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/canberrabirds>
List manager: David McDonald, email 
<>