Fox attack on lorikeets

The female lorikeet feeding its babies.THE Campbell family is relieved that a pair of lorikeets and their two babies are safe after a fox attacked them.

The lorikeet pair, which have been coming to their Lane Cove back yard for 10 years recently became a family with two eggs hatching under the family’s bird bath.

Kristen Campbell said the babies were about two weeks old and had just learnt to stand on their own.

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Lorikeet numbers in decline

Rainbow Lorikeet. Image by Doug_75Rainbow lorikeets are becoming less common on the Gold Coast, as development takes away their habitat and food sources.

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Aviary visitors given parrot poo protection hats

Theme park bosses have been forced to start offering visitors weird-looking umbrella hats -- to stop birds from pooing on them.

Zoo keepers at Chessington World of Adventure say they noticed many visitors to their walk-through aviary were ending up with poop on their head.

And while it's meant to be considered lucky, few guests agreed and many were even being put off visiting by the prospect of being pelted by parrot poo.

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Authorities crack egg smuggling racket

Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos pictured at Edithvale wetlands. Image by Wayne Butterworth

AN INTERNATIONAL crime syndicate based in northern Victoria is making millions of dollars smuggling endangered and exotic bird eggs in and out of the country.

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Lorikeets on the loose in Dunedin

Rainbow lorikeet in a banksia tree. Image: Leo 0ystercatcher Rainbow lorikeets, distinctive multicoloured parrots with a blue head, which threaten native birds and the horticultural industry, have been sighted in the wild in Dunedin.

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