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Creching Superb Parrots

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Subject: Creching Superb Parrots
From: Rosemary Blemings <>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 10:09:41 +0000
Ughhh!!!!
What’s been dumped Lyndon?
Either way Fix my Street has done well on several occasions.
Phil’s (our erosion run-off volunteer) reported the mattresses in the wattle 
thicket earlier this week.
The rocky knoll behind your place is another Mt Rogers treasure in terms of 
native vegetation. Though your neighbours off Bird place did dump some 
cotoneaster branches months ago.

Thanks for the heads up,
Season’s greetings to you all,
Rosemary
> On 22 Dec 2017, at 4:33 PM, rosemary blemings <> wrote:
>
> There have been several reports of Superb Parrots in the general North West 
> trees of Mt Rogers Reserve this last week.
> I saw at least one pair fly to unseen but begging young this morning about 
> 10am. But other reported sightings have been from 06.30am.
> The adults were feeding on or from Acacia pods showing the importance of 
> Wattles to this species at this time of the year.
> The general area is around Wickens Close, Fraser but there’s no guarantee how 
> much longer the ‘Superbs’ will be creching young there.
>
> We have not heard or seen Superb Parrots around unharvested fruit in 
> mid-Flynn this season. There are several Loquat trees that they visited in 
> past years until perhaps 2015’s summer.
> Whether it’s a coincidence or a threatening process Rainbow Lorikeets are 
> common in this same mid-Flynn area now. They feast on eucalypt blossoms and, 
> last week, Loquat fruit.
> Will the overly aggressive Lorikeets alter the dynamics of Superb parrots’ 
> territories and/or foraging habits?
>
> There was a Scaly-Breasted Lorikeet in a neighbour’s backyard yesterday 
> afternoon at about 16.00hrs.
> It was last seen  in the grass under a flowering Feijoa tree.
> I assume it was an escapee as it was unfazed by the noise of three children 
> 2, 7 and 10 years and three adults.
>
> Rosemary
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