exotic nectar “theft”

Watching Noisy Miners in the golden trumpet trees, I see that they are piercing the bases of the large flowers to access the nectar. I had heard of birds doing this with introduced blooms the world over but had not seen it before. I’m guessing Darwin never got to see this…?

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Night Parrots – the importance of knowing what to look and listen for

Following Adrian Boyle’s link in Australian Twitchers – mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-14/night-parrot-found-sandy-desert/9047462

Knowledge of the actual status of NPs is growing now that people can tell if they are present in an area.

Regards, Laurie.

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