Castlereagh, NSW
It has been far too long since I got out in the yard to see what there is to see! Life takes me off in all kinds of tangents so this morning I spent some time in our front yard checking out the birdlife and found one tree that had a great array of birds nesting in it.
In one old gum tree alone we had a pair of Long Billed Corellas at one hollow, a pair of Rainbow Lorikeets in another hollow, and a pair of Musk Lorikeets at a third hollow.
Was great to see so much breeding happening! The admittedly the Long BIlled Corellas are not native to this area.
Great find - One tree providing for so many birds. Nice photos.
In spite of the presence of Long-billed Corellas which seem to have been introduced to your area, Wollemi, your photos demonstrate yet again the critical importance of protecting old trees, especially those with hollows, from the bulldozers & other forms of human destruction.
Nice photo's and thanks for sharing
Great example of why trees like that should not be knocked down for no reason.
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Some of the Long-billed Corella populations are a result of natural dispersal events, exodus from its original home during drought periods coupled with expansion of grain cropping. They never used to occur in Melbourne, for example.
The further and further away from their you get from their W Vic homeland the more likely they are descended from domestic escapees, though it might be difficult to demonstrate origins of 'feral' populations given the remarklable bird vagrants that occur all the time and they are strong flyers.
That's fantastic Wollemi!
I wonder how high the Muskies are? I have not yet gotten a decent photo of one.
Excellent to see such a great nesting tree, Wollemi.
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