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

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Subject: large flock on Rainbow Lorrikeets, Strathfield railway station, Sydney, NSW
From: Clive Nealon <>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:43:26 -0400
 Thanks Chris - my sentiments entirely.
Beautiful they may be - but I would much prefer to have to travel to the 
eastern states to appreciate that.


Regards, Clive.




-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Sanderson <>
To: Bill Stent <>
Cc: Birding Aus <>
Sent: Thu, Mar 25, 2010 10:24 am
Subject: large flock on Rainbow Lorrikeets, Strathfield  railway station, 
Sydney, NSW


Perhaps in Perth, where they are feral and a huge pressure on the native
hollow nesting parrots like Red-capped, they *should* be netted?

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Bill Stent <> wrote:

> Goodness David, I certainly didn't mean to even so much as hint that
> Rainbow Lorikeets should be harmed in any way.  I agree that seeing and
> hearing them flocking for roosting is a wonderful experience.
>
> I was hinting that we should consider humanely culling the Common Mynah,
> NOT the Rainbow Lorikeet.
>
> I'm sorry for any confusion I may have caused!
>
> Bill
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "david taylor" <>
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 12:30 PM
> To: "Birding Aus" <>
>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] large flock on Rainbow Lorrikeets,Strathfield
> railway station, Sydney, NSW
>
>  Bill Stent wrote - "Actually, Common Mynas do this as well around our way.
>>>  I wonder if you can get an enormous cannon net to go over the whole
>>> tree"...
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I was concerned with the inference ( whether intentional or in jest) that
>> a flock of one of our most beautiful and protected native species would be
>> considered in the same breath as Common Mynahs and that because they are in
>> large numbers and noisy  they should be cannon netted!  Certainly any
>> impression we should cannon net such a unique bird needed clarification for
>> mine.  Here in Brisbane we have similar occurences which i find a wonder to
>> see and experience.
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> David Taylor
>> Brisbane
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 25/03/2010, at 7:50 AM, Bill Stent wrote:
>>
>>  Actually, Common Mynas do this as well around our way.  I wonder if you
>>> can get an enormous cannon net to go over the whole tree...
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Shirley Cook" <>
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 8:48 AM
>>> To: "Ben Hope" <>; <>
>>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] large flock on Rainbow Lorrikeets,Strathfield
>>> railway station, Sydney, NSW
>>>
>>>  Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I was at the Chifley Hotel in Penrith for a couple of nights a fortnight
>>>> ago and on the first night just on dusk, I came out of the hotel to be
>>>> greeted by the most unearthly cacophony that at first I thought was some
>>>> ear-splitting metal working being done somewhere nearby.  It then became
>>>> obvious it was coming from hundreds of Rainbow Lorikeets, settling down for
>>>> the night in the trees around the hotel.  When I came outside again about
>>>> half an hour later with darkness approaching, they had settled down to the
>>>> occasional twittering!
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Shirley Cook
>>>> Secretary/Treasurer
>>>> Birds Australia (Northern NSW)



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