Red-rumped Parrots

[Con Boekel <>]

Martin

The fires might have stimulated weedy species and it is the seeds of these rather than grasses which are attracting the RRs. I often see them feeding on wire grass seeds around town.

regards

Con

On 1/16/2018 6:47 AM, Martin Butterfield wrote:

In the 11 years we have lived at Carwoola I have only recorded a single Red-rumped Parrot in my GBS site before this month.  They are common on the Hoskinstown Plain but I have never seen them in the open paddocks at the top of our block or along the roads..  

Two weeks ago a flock of 4 birds flew over my GBS site and were duly recorded.  Since then I have heard or seen up to 6 birds more or less daily.  They are both perching on trees and feeding on the ground.  I presume that part of the reason they have appeared is as a result of the fire opening up the vegetation (the Kunzea is about 20cm high rather than 1.5m).  However this doesn't explain why I haven't seen them in the top paddock.  Perhaps the fire has stimulated a more attractive grass species to grow, and now seed?

Martin Butterfield

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