large flock on Rainbow Lorrikeets, Strathfield railway station, Sydney, NSW

[Denise Goodfellow <>]

There are roosts of thousands in both Palmerston and Darwin.
Denise L Goodfellow

on 25/3/10 4:57 AM, Bill Stent at  wrote:

> Could they have been preparing to roost for the night?  We see this
> behaviour in Melbourne as well, and a noisy affair it is indeed!
> 
> Bill
> 
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> From: "Ben Hope" <>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 11:18 PM
> To: <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] large flock on Rainbow Lorrikeets,Strathfield railway
> station, Sydney, NSW
> 
>> Birders,
>> tonight (7:30pm) I saw a flock of what must have been about 500 rainbow
>> lorrikeets in the park to the south of strathfield railway station
>> (Sydney).
>> They appeared to be feeding on the street trees (liquid ambers etc.). Can
>> anyone comment on if this is a regular occurence in this location or
>> others?
>> I have never seen some many of this species in one location prior to this.
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> Ben
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