Hi Michael,
It is like watching all of the great native birds feasting on an old Camphor
laurel dripping with fruit. It is a great sight but those same birds are
spreading the seeds for kilometres around.
Regards
Greg
Dr Greg. P. Clancy
Ecologist and Birding-wildlife Guide
Organiser, Gould League Bird Study Camp Club,
| PO Box 63 Coutts Crossing NSW 2460
| 02 6649 3153 | 0429 601 960
http://www.gregclancyecologistguide.com
http://gregswildliferamblings.blogspot.com.au
I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which I
live and work – the Gumbaynggirr, Yaegl and Bundjalung peoples – and to pay
respect to their elders past, present and emerging
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Hunter
Sent: Monday, May 6, 2019 9:26 PM
To:
Subject: [Birding-Aus] African Olive
Hi All.
I was woken predawn at Avoca Beach NSW on Sunday by a remarkable chorus of
contented whistles, chortles, clicks, snaps, rasps, hiccups, short songs and
other bird noises emanating from a huge old African Olive outside the
bedroom window.
It was laden with small fruit, unripened green and ripe black.
I identified Satin Bowerbird, King Parrot, Rainbow Lorikeet, Pied Currawong,
Noisy Miner, Indian Miner in the tree, and a pair of Scrubfowl on the
ground feeding on fallen fruit including green unripened "olives",
may have missed others in the dark.
This at have been some kind of "feeding flock" of larger birds, none were
there next day and they may have together moved on to other fruiting trees.
Our tree still had plenty of fruit.
What were probably squabbling fruit bats, possums and maybe rats woke us
through the night as well.
Although a noxious weed the tree has been spared,
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