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Fwd: Swift Parrot News

To: "" <>
Subject: Fwd: Swift Parrot News
From: Bill Stent <>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 22:02:45 +1000
See below.

Unfortunately, people with yahoo or aol addresses can't post to birding-aus (or 
many other news groups) at the moment.

Replies to Tim, please.

Bill


Begin forwarded message:

> From: tim morris <>
> Date: 8 May 2014 9:33:28 PM AEST
> To: "" <>
> Subject: RE: Swift Parrot News
> Reply-To: tim morris <>
> 
> Dejan,
> That is a fascinating article on the Swift Parrots. Trying to stop Gliders 
> from accessing nest hollows would appear to be almost impossible.
> With regards to the association of Sugar Gliders with more disturbed forest 
> where there is high Swift Parrot nest predation, isn't that a response to the 
> prevalence of acacia's which are a coloniser species of disturbed areas and 
> are also a major food source for the Sugar Gliders?
> Not that trying to weed out acacias near Swift Parrot habitat is really an 
> option.
> 
> I'm not familiar with current land management practices in Tassie but is 
> significant deforestation still considered to be occurring? 
> Tim
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