If infection and inbreeding are major problems, I’m not sure if the time when OBPs only survive as aviary birds will be very long.
Peter Shute
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> If you haven’t already seen it, there is a write-up in the Fairfax media of the
> rear guard campaign to keep the OBPs going in the wild. see
> www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/can-a-lastditch-intervention-save-
> the-orangebellied-parrot-20170817-gxycg2.html … “Can a last-ditch
> intervention save the orange-bellied parrot”?
>
> Part of the problem is caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa a bacterium
> infecting the seed prepared at the Hobart Breeding Facility that is resistant
> to the disinfectant used to sterilise the seed.
>
> If you haven’t already seen OPB’s in the wild, you should seriously consider
> popping down to Melaleuca this summer. I combined OBP time with a
> bushwalk to SW Cape [which involved Hooded Plovers and Ground Parrots
> and nice beach walking and camping]. I enjoyed watching the OBPs coming
> in to the feeder at the Deny King Museum [and logging their arrivals in the
> daily obs sheet]. Even better, I got to photograph an unbanded adult [which
> keeps the twitching purists happy].
>
> There may be a time when OBPs only survive as aviary birds [a fate
> preferable to extinction], but if you want to see them in the Wild, the best
> option is to fly to Melaleuca. Par Avion has daily flights from Hobart
> [Cambridge airport] in summer. You can either do a day trip [take warm
> clothing and extra food as weather may delay the flights] or spend a couple
> of days in the SW – there are two bushwalkers huts at Melaleuca …
>
> If you haven’t already seen OBPs, it may be your last chance to see them …
>
>
> Regards, Laurie.
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