Thanks Dennis,
Several Mt Rogers folk have reported “many” so I’m glad you’re able to improve
on the two i saw.
I even had a S Bower bird briefly in the garden after Dianella berries last
week. Definitely a first for my GBS area if I did those counts.
Cheers,
Rosemary
> On 22 Dec 2017, at 9:09 PM, Rosemary Blemings <> wrote:
>
> 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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