Hi all,
Sitting in my “computer room” at around 1215 this afternoon I heard the call of a Rainbow Lorikeet in the distance. I went out to check where it was and was surprised to find five lorikeets and at least nine Red Wattlebirds feeding in a flowering Eucalyptus leucoxylon in my front yard in my garden in Kaleen. At present I have E. leucoxylon, E. polybractea (Blue Mallee) and E. mannifera all in flower. At night we are getting reasonable numbers of Grey-headed Flying-foxes coming in to feed in all three tree species along with one or two Brush-tailed Possums. My poor old 4wd is copping a lot of the “fallout”, especially from my night time visitors!
An incidental report form will be filled in for COG for the lorikeets. Unfortunately no other lorikeets species .......... YET!!!!
Mark
