Hi Martin
Here in Bayside, as with Bruce in Glen Waverley, sometimes individual
King-parrots hang around for several weeks.
Some have been quite tame, but many wild birds are because of feeding.
The table below is in terms of birds, i.e. excluding sequences probably
relating to particular individuals.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Unk All
- - - 1 - - - 2 1 1 - 1 5 11
The records in August to October relate to 1988 (1 record) and then 2003 (2
records), 2004 (6 records), and 2005 (2 records).
So there may be some sort of increase and a greater likelihood of them being
around urban Melbourne at this time of year.
It's interesting that most of these records are from areas with substantial
amounts of mistletoe (but after fruiting and before flowering?).
Michael Norris
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