From: Isobel Crawford [
Sent: Tuesday, 16 June 2015 6:21 PM
To: Nathanael Coyne
Cc: COG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] King Parrots on Masson Street
Nathanael,
I checked Pryor & Banks (1991) 'Trees and Shrubs in Canberra' and they confirmed my recollection that Hackett Gardens has/have been 'blessed with' Chinese Elm Ulmus parvifolia, whose fruits are sought after by Crimsons and Kings, inter
al. So, if it was the western corner where you have recorded King Parrots, they are/were probably eating Chinese Elm fruits. Interestingly, the eastern corner is 'blessed with' a dense population of Onion Grass Romulea rosea var. australis, of which the corms
are highly sort after by Galahs and many other parrot species.
Australian Botanical Surveys,
POB 6031,
O'Connor ACT 2602.
02 6257 1860
0429 798 887
On 04/06/2015, at 9:16 AM, Nathanael Coyne <> wrote:
I'm curious what it is about the intersection of Masson Street and Hackett Gardens in Turner that causes a flock of 20-30 King Parrots to have been congregated there in the tree and feeding on the ground every morning this week. I wonder
if someone is feeding them and throwing out seed, or they just really like that spot?
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