We love the birdlife at our place, we get many varieties of birds including the Scaly Breasted Lorikeet or “Greenie”. We have just rescued a pre-fledgling who is determined to explore the great big world rather than remain in his nest!
His tail and wings are not yet fully formed; despite this he has made several attempts to fly after his parents. A very plucky little fellow. We found him running around on the ground after returning him to his tree several times. We have him in a cage for the moment, for his own protection and our peace of mind!
His parents are still feeding him, and he also seems to enjoy the mashed fruit mixed with lorikeet wet mix we give him. These little Greenies are quite friendly, they are fascinating to watch and it is easy to grow attached to them. They apparently adjust quite well to living in captivity, but we hope to return this one to the wild as soon as his feathers are better developed.
He is not the first, and I have a feeling he wont be the last little Greenie chick we’ll have the pleasure of helping.
FAUNA Fostercare site:
http://fauna.com.au/birds/scalybreastedlorikeet.php
Lorikeet Mix Recipes:
http://www.birdsnways.com/mowen/lories.htm
Haven’t seen cheeky boy’s parents around for a few days now, I wonder if they’ll be back? Scaley doesn’t seem to mind, he is well fed and gets lots of attention from his foster parents!!
It’s a sad day for us today, but we’ve been expecting it for a while. Scaley decided to leave us. H had him out of his cage for a pat and one of our maggies landed on the banister rail and gave him a scare – he took off!
Every time I see or hear a Scaly I will wonder if it is our little friend.
Scaley’s back! After two days with the flock he has decided life with human caretakers isn’t so bad. He jumped into H’s hand for some cuddles and we gave him a bowl of food. Boy, was he hungry!
Scaley is now regularly flying off and coming back for a feed. He rarely leaves our yard. Today we had some Rainbow Lorikeets at the feeder – we’ve noticed them in the trees for a while, but this was the first time they’ve come down for food. They are slightly larger than the Scaly Breasted Lorikeets, and more colourful – otherwise very similar birds in behaviour and shape.
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