Ten years ago we would never see these beautiful parrots in suburbia, but for whatever the reason, the Rainbow Lorikeets have moved in and are common in this area. The birds nest in hollows in trees and here you can see them working on enlarging a hollow in a mature European Plane tree. Tree limbs are regularly cut off when the branches threaten to hit overhead power lines, and where the branch has been removed there is a soft patch of wood that develops into a shallow hollow which the birds enlarge.
The trees develop quite odd shapes as a result of the pruning, sort of 'T' shaped, but it's perfect for these very pretty birds.
The males and females have similar colouring, and you can see where they get their name, Rainbow indeed.
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