As some subscribers know, my links with current Australian birding
include contact with a very worthy band of Glossy devotees on the
Sunshine Coast of Queensland. With Bob Carey as a moving force, they
mark the food trees in the northern Sunshine Coast area (eg Noosa,
Sunshine Beach, Peregian and Coolum) and make weekly records of the
sightings and movements of the Glossies in their patch. Glossies appear
to be continually present in the area and are usually seen (including
juveniles) in groups of from 3 to 10.
Although the favoured food trees of Glossies are usually given as the
Black She-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) and the Forest She-oak
(Allocasuarina torulosa), in the Sunshine Coast area the Beach She-oak
(Casuarina equisetifolia) is commonly used, including some planted as
street trees.
Amongst favoured species of trees there are only specific trees which
are in fact favoured as food trees - hence the marking of food trees (as
a potential ground for protection).
The groups sightings are sent to the Glossy Black Conservancy, a joint
venture between South Queensland academic institutions, local
governments and corporations, (including a mining company). It's website
is:
http://www.glossyblack.org.au/ <http://www.glossyblack.org.au/>
A couple associated with the group recently took some good photographs
of a family group of three glossies in the Lake Cooroibah area on the
Noosa River. I would be happy to forward them to anyone interested.
Angus Innes.
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