Our WILVOS 5441 6200 Hotline gets the occasional call for nests of eggs from clearing sites.
Ideally they can get to an incubator fast.
Thank you to the Biodiverse Environmental team for saving the life of this exquisite rainbow
lorikeet chick. Jess brought two rainbow lorikeet eggs to me, after their discovery when
checking a tree before removal. Sadly only one hatched, but every animal counts! It is
hoped that all tree removal businesses take the time to look carefully before removal of
trees and larger scale clearing. One tree can harbour so much wildlife, and the nocturnal
mammals and birds will be hiding well in hollows or foliage. Careful inspection needs to be
done before branches are fed into mulchers.
This lorikeet hatched on the 22 nd June at 5 grams, and one month later it weighed 100
grams and is such a strong healthy chick. The brilliant, beautiful colours are starting to show
through – the blue head, bright orange chest and iridescent green wings. Rainbow lorikeets
are so taken for granted but their colouring is spectacular, and especially amazing when
watching the changes emerging on young chicks.
As I type this, a text comes through from another carer, saying another clutch of four
masked lapwing eggs have begun to hatch. These were brought to Louise 28 days ago and
once again, thank you to Liam at Biodiverse Environmental. Noone wants to remove eggs,
and a licence to do so is needed, but unfortunately in some cases there is no other way of
saving the eggs. It is unthinkable that bird or reptile eggs are just ignored or broken.
Our Australian native animals are disappearing at an ever increasing rate, so every life is of
utmost importance.
Donna Brennan Wildlife Volunteers Assoc Inc (WILVOS) PO Box 4805 Sunshine Coast Mail
Centre Q 4560 PH 5441 6200 www.wilvos.org.au
Thank you to Biodiverse Environmental team…
