Neville Schrader wrote:
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> Neville Schrader
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> > To: birding-aus <>
> > Subject: Little Lorikeet, Noisy friarbirds, Little friarbirds
> > Date: Sunday, 29 June 1997 4:28
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> > For the last 4 years we have had a substantial reduction in the local
> > populations of the above three species ( there was a drought on). This
> > season there has been a build up in numbers. Who is missing a large
> > proportion of there normal population of the three species. There appears
> > to be a lot of lerps this year and also the white box is flowering which
> > explains why they have returned.
> >
> > But where have they come from.
Neville,you don't tell us where you are at....I spend a fair bit of time
dagging around Rushworth in central Victoria.In the past Noisy
Friarbirds in particular and to a lesser extent Little Lorikeets turn up
in May/June to feast on the Red Ironbark blooms.This year the ironbarks
are rather slow getting off the mark so consequently NFB's have not yet
arrived & LL's are in low numbers.The NFB's may not even turn up,I'm
waiting with bated breath.Don't tell me you've pinched all our birds!?
Susan Myers
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