birding-aus
Hi all,
Rainbow Lorikeets are also spreading considerably in Perth, Western
Australia, too. They were introduced here some years ago, the details of
which escape me at the moment.
About 12 or so months ago, I saw a flock of about 20+ flying eastwards thru
Midland in the outer eastern suburbs of Perth.
Jenn Muir
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> From: Philip A Veerman <>
> To: Nigel Sterpin <>; birding aus
<>
> Subject: birding-aus Re: Rainbow Lorikeets in Melbourne
> Date: Wednesday, 3 February 1999 17:37
>
> birding-aus
>
> Yes, it is a bit of a giggle to me that I, living in Canberra, was the
first
> to publish on the increase of the Rainbow Lorikeet in Melbourne. See
> Australian Bird Watcher 14(1): 3-9, (March 1991). I even cited that Gould
> League reference too. I think Melbourne birdos must have been asleep for
> years. I resided my first 21 years in Melbourne (till 1978) and never saw
> Rainbow Lorikeets, now they are common.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nigel Sterpin <>
> To: Merrilyn Serong <>
> Cc: Birding-Aus <>
> Date: Tuesday, 2 February 1999 23:09
> Subject: Re: birding-aus Musk lorikeets in Melbourne
>
>
> >birding-aus
> >
> >I am also in Burwood. I thought they were actually Rainbows, as I
thought
> >the Musk Lorikeets had already migrated on...I obviously wasn't being
> >observant.
> >About 6 months ago, I initiated a discussion about the increase in
> >Lorikeets around Melbourne. If you have a Gould League - Birds Of Urban
> >Areas book (published in the 1960's), you will notice that Rainbow
> >Lorikeets were an "accidental" sighting back then.
> >After all the thoughts put forward, the general consensus was that due
to
> >the increase and promotion of "planting natives", it was considered that
> >the natives that have been planted, have been disproportionately
favoured
> >to these lorikeet species. Possibly also they are more comfortable with
> >"urban" areas than their predators (eg:raptors) and as such are more
likely
> >to flourish. These are only thoughts though.........
> >
> >Uroo, Nigel Sterpin
> >email:
> >----------
> >> From: Merrilyn Serong <>
> >> To:
> >> Subject: birding-aus Musk lorikeets in Melbourne
> >> Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 22:30
> >>
> >> birding-aus
> >>
> >> Every evening for an hour about sunset, (approx 7.45 pm to 8.45 pm
> >> today) thousands of musk lorikeets fly north over my house in suburban
> >> Burwood, Vic. They call loudly as they fly over in waves of flock
after
> >> flock. Each flock is from 30 to 100 birds flying in smaller groups
> >> within the flock. The sky is seldom empty of birds during this time.
> >> The same phenomenon is happening in South Oakleigh, nearly 7 km south
of
> >> here.
> >>
> >> Other people must have noticed this. If so where are you? I would
love
> >> to know where the birds are coming from, and where they spend the
> >> night. I wonder how wide to the east and west the area of bird
movement
> >> is.
> >> Presumably the birds fly south in the morning (when I am asleep?).
> >> Perhaps not all the birds fly the full distance, whatever that may be.
> >> They might stop off along the way, and rejoin the flocks during the
> >> evening return to wherever.
> >>
> >> Only a few years ago (or so it seems) there were no lorikeets in this
> >> area, then rainbows started gradually appearing, followed later by
musk
> >> lorikeets, which now have increased to numbers beyond what I ever
could
> >> have imagined.
> >>
> >> I would love to hear from anyone else who has noticed the birds, and
> >> even from people in the general area who haven't seen/heard them so I
> >> know where the limits of their movement are.
> >>
> >> Merrilyn.
> >>
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