In the northern suburbs (Melb) there've been recent Swift Parrot reports at a
few locations including Yarra Bend and La Trobe Uni. I can't see any recent
report in Moreland - and I don't think they have been recorded on the Merri
Creek bird surveys (yet). However Swift Parrot have been sighted at the
southern end of the Cooper Street Grassland Reserve, the Mickleham-Mt Ridley
site of the Merri Creek (near Malcolm and Aitken Creeks), further north at
Woodland Park, the remnant Red Gum woodlands at the Edgars Creek headwaters
(around Wollert), Kismet Creek Woodland (near Sunbury), Wallan, and the
box-ironbark on Mt Piper (near Broadford).
Of interest I recently rode my bike through Yarra Bend and the place is firing
with lorikeets! There were enormous numbers of Rainbow and Musk and a few
Little and Scaly-breasted. I didn't see any Swift Parrot here, but given the
fact that they're about at Royal Park (I first saw them there on the 28th of
April, 2011, so they've been there for nearly a month and half) I suspect
they'll be at Yarra Bend as well.
If anyone is interested in having a look for Swift Parrot at Yarra Bend, the
place to look is in the flowering Spotted Gum along Yarra Bend Rd, and the line
of trees - which includes profusely flowering Yellow Gum and Red Ironbark -
around the Westfield Grasslands opposite the Park Victoria Office - see
http://tinyurl.com/6yzjqqe.
Cheers,
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Wendy
Sent: Tuesday, 7 June 2011 12:45 PM
To:
Subject: Swift Parrots question (Moreland, Melbourne) ..
There have been a good number of reports of Swift Parrots feeding in Royal Park
(Melbourne)
Could you please let me know if anyone seen or heard any a little north of this
in Moreland??
thanks in anticipation
Wendy Moore
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