More on Musk Lorikeets - large numbers were reported to be on the eastern
side of Lake Macquarie (e.g. around Toronto) in the Hunter Valley last
week. I'm also told that on Easter Monday, there were also many Musk
Lorikeet at Blandford, which is a hamlet near Murrurundi in the Upper
Hunter.
Alan Stuart
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| From: morris <>
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| Subject: birding-aus Musk Lorikeets in NSW
| Date: Wednesday, 14 April 1999 21:54
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| Hi Birders,
| David Geering and others have commented upon the large numbers of Musk
| Lorikeets in the Sydney area and have speculated whether they are in
| Sydney's street trees because there is not much food for them elsewhere.
| During the Easter long weekend, John McLennan and I travelled around a
| fair part of the Mudgee/Gulgong/Wollar area and throughout the Hunter
| Valley and we saw small numbers of Musk Lorikeets. Only in the street
| trees in Mudgee was there any concentration of Musk Lorikeets and they
| were feeding in odd White Box, Mugga Ironbark and Yellow Box that were
| in flower. Overall, there was little to no flowering of the forest and
| woodland box/ironbarks, possibly because of the good season so that the
| trees were concentrating on setting new growth rather than flowers? Here
| on the Central Coast, because of the wet spring, summer and autumn, the
| Swamp Mahogany is only just commencing to flower in some places! It
| looks as if there will be prolific flowering eventually! In the meantime
| the Musk Lorikeets, and Friarbirds & Regent Honeyeaters could well be
| having a hard time finding blossom although maybe lerps are still
| available. David Geering therefore could be correct, the birds are
| common in Sydney because there is little to no flowering on the Central
| Coast and Central Tablelands.
|
| Alan Morris
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