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Jon,
Interestingly, I have seen Orange bellieds at Werribee on
three occasions and each time they were feeding in (and this is where my
ignorance regarding botany shows) the 1-2m high sparsely yellow flowering "weed"
that grows all around the sewage ponds. They were right in amongst it
feeding. Is this related to your "weed dependence theory" ?
Regards,
Paul
>>> "Jon Hall" <> 10/15/01
02:33pm >>>
Hi, I read in Tim Low's excellent "Feral Future"
that Orange-bellied Parrots are
weed dependent. Could anyone let me
know:
1) which weeds do they depend on; and
2) why (ie for food,
shelter etc?)
I'm not subscribed to the list at work so could you reply
to me direct please,
Many thanks
Jon Hall
Measuring Australia's
Progress
Analysis Branch
ABS
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