tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post8213989831349231227..comments2023-11-12T21:16:10.098+11:00Comments on Birds in Tasmania: Setting Up Home.....Musk LorikeetsBirdingTashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08341646998037894004noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-89297695477736555922008-08-27T09:36:00.000+10:002008-08-27T09:36:00.000+10:00Great shots and great story!Great shots and great story!Kris McCrackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789355638389350528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-30858135526529392202008-08-26T19:27:00.000+10:002008-08-26T19:27:00.000+10:00Wonderful action shots Alan. Great time to snap th...Wonderful action shots Alan. Great time to snap them when their minds are on other things! <BR/><BR/>On the subject of bearing gifts to a mate, the Cygnet SeaEagle was seen during the recent bout of bad weather, carrying a black cat back to the nesting territory - I would have thought that would have been worth a few points in bird world!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-43740760481536509302008-08-26T15:17:00.000+10:002008-08-26T15:17:00.000+10:00Hi Mick, Thanks, the wonders of digital photogra...Hi Mick,<BR/> Thanks, the wonders of digital photography, but they did make it pretty easy for me! Can't wait for the time when broadband speeds enable it to be shown in real time as a movie file. Has the potential for being a great scientific and informational tool.BirdingTashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08341646998037894004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-24968267112172938272008-08-26T14:22:00.000+10:002008-08-26T14:22:00.000+10:00Great photos showing bird movement and action. So ...Great photos showing bird movement and action. So much easier to learn from shots like this than the studied poses in books.mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230845410313320080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-72880702967837506682008-08-26T14:03:00.000+10:002008-08-26T14:03:00.000+10:00Hi Murray, You've been away too long! Many parr...Hi Murray,<BR/> You've been away too long! Many parrots, Galahs, Sulphur-cresteds, and Musks in particular,have increased in numbers remarkably over the last ten years or so. Corellas and more recently, Rainbow Lorikeets are slowly building numbers too. This Winter I've also had far more Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos in my garden than ever before. I suspect that in their case, lose of more suitable habitat may be the cause.BirdingTashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08341646998037894004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-45337704353347679272008-08-26T13:58:00.000+10:002008-08-26T13:58:00.000+10:00Hi Mosura, Thanks for your comments. Musks ha...Hi Mosura,<BR/> Thanks for your comments. Musks have found that suburban parks and gardens are very much to their liking down South. In many areas I think it could be said that they've outstayed their welcome. They are very noisy feeders! Before the population explosion, they were more common in the East and South East, often in Banksia heaths, mainly during the warmer months, but we now have them year round.BirdingTashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08341646998037894004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-66454814440126557972008-08-26T09:52:00.000+10:002008-08-26T09:52:00.000+10:00Interesting - I used to do regular counts in Lambe...Interesting - I used to do regular counts in Lambert Park about 20 years ago and I don't think I ever had Musk Lorikeets there. David Milledge used to do counts there back in the 1960s and I don't recall him having recorded them there. He used to get all sorts of things, eg Pink Robins breeding in the valley above Churchill Avenue, which I never had. Muskies must be an expanding species.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-56586005247526281112008-08-26T08:34:00.000+10:002008-08-26T08:34:00.000+10:00Great behavioral shots of the Musk Lorikeets. We d...Great behavioral shots of the Musk Lorikeets. We don't see too many around here.(north-west Tas)Mosurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786494432479216149noreply@blogger.com