Hi Birders,
During the early summer of 1976 at Coonabarabran NSW where many people have
Apricot Trees in their home gardens, in my capacity of National Parks
District Manager, I received a report of some one capturing Musk Lorikeets
illegally. On investigation it was found that the Lorikeets had been feeding
on the apricots in one backyard and due to the recent rains the ripened
fruit fermented and the lorikeets having had their fill, fell to the ground,
having "over -indulged". This local person decided to catch them and sell
them and head about 14 in captivity. He was pursuaded to let them them go. I
then followed up on this issue and found a number of Musk Lorikeets in other
locations which also had been picked up by house holders but all after some
hours, recovered sufficiently and flew off.
Alan Morris
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