During the past week Crimson Rosellas have lain siege to our beautiful Moore
Park Apricot currently in the full flush of blossom. They seem to be eating
the base part of the flower just below the petals, whatever the botanists
call it. Similar minor attacks have been launched against the almond trees
in the past but never enough to cause a problem. However, I fear there'll be
a scarcity of apricot jam this season.
John Layton
Holt
-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Compston Subject: [canberrabirds] crimson rosellas and
camellias
A few weeks ago I noticed that buds on my very best camellia were falling to
the ground. Then I saw a pair of crimson rosellas in the tree, just pecking
the buds and dropping them to the ground. Has anyone else had this problem?
They only did it on one tree; and it is a tree. What satisfaction are they
getting from the buds? How can I stop it happening next year? They have
never done it before
Elizabeth
*******************************************************************************************************
This is the email announcement and discussion list of the Canberra
Ornithologists Group.
Emails posted to the list that exceed 200 kB in size, including attachments,
will be rejected.
All emails distributed via the list are archived at
http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/canberrabirds. It is a
condition of list membership that you agree to your contributions being
archived.
When subscribing or unsubscribing, please insert the word 'Subscribe' or
'Unsubscribe', as applicable, in the email's subject line.
List-Post: <>
List-Help: <>
List-Unsubscribe: <>
List-Subscribe: <>
List manager: David McDonald, email <>
|
