Title: Visitation by common native birds to eucalypts on Deakin University Burwood Campus, Victoria
Abstract: The Burwood Campus of Deakin University is located approximately 15 km from Melbourne's Central Business District. The campus has a variety of plants including eucalypts and grevilleas. Eucalyptus species include 'E. sideroxylon' (Red Ironbark), 'Corymbia maculata' (Spotted Gum) and 'E. muellerana' (Yellow Stringy Bark). Many bird species frequent the campus and visit the various plants and I was curious as to whether there would be a difference in the number and types of birds visiting these three eucalypts. I examined three trees of each species at hourly intervals on 5, 6 August 2014, from 8.00 am to 5.00 pm. I focused on four bird species, all native and common: Rainbow Lorikeet 'Trichoglossus haematodus', Noisy Miner 'Manorina melanocephala', Australian Magpie 'Cracticus tibicen' and Eastern Rosella 'Platycercus eximius'. Each bird belonged to a different foraging guild (Table 1) and I believed that tree visitation would be related to foraging motivation. Both 'C. maculata' and 'E. sideroxylon' were in flower at the time of my observations.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-08-01
Language: en
Type: article
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