Yes, that “Brushtail Possums eat a great deal of Mistletoe” is one of the things mentioned by David Watson, at COG last night as a likely hypothesis that is especially relevant as one of the contributing factors to why there aren’t mistletoes in Tasmania (or not many). Funny, a message from me and Sandra about this came through at the same time. Philip —–Original Message—–From: birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of brian fleming Sent: Thursday, 15 August 2013 8:40 AMTo: birding-aus@vicnet.net.auSubject: [Birding-Aus] Fwd: Re: The value of Mistletoe ——– Original Message ——–Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] The value of MistletoeDate: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 08:37:52 +1000 From: brian fleming <flambeau@labyrinth.net.au>To: Jenny Stiles <jstiles@optusnet.com.au> Many years ago I was told that Brushtail Possums eat a great deal of Mistletoe. Certainly i see their droppings under trees carryng Mistletoe. Mistletoes often flower splendidly when there is a shortage of other nectar sources and are therefore very valuable to honeyeaters and othr nectarivores. Anthea Fleming =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
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