Avocado seeds are big, sunflower seeds a bit smaller, but for Neophema parrots, food seeds are rather small. The Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) feeds on the seeds of Beaded Glasswort (Sarcocornia quinqueflora); seeds just over 1 mm long. [caption id="attachment_33902" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Beaded Glasswort seeds from...
Are you interested in becoming a skilled volunteer? Do you enjoy the outdoors and learning about your local environments? If the answer is 'YES' then please join us in Koroit this weekend for the south-west Victoria Orange-bellied Parrot Workshop from 1.30pm on Saturday 11th May. You will...
Autumn is here, and with that the start of preparations for the Orange-bellied Parrot winter surveys. First, an update on the latest recovery efforts. In early February, seven captive-bred juvenile OBPs were released in Tasmania. This is the second time that an autumn release has taken place...
There may have been no OBPs confirmed, but we've still had a good Parrot season in 2018! With a slight increase in regular volunteers and more feedback from the general public we have been very busy over the last few months. Although we unfortunately did not...
At the end of June, NGT helped organise a special OBP movie screening in Port Fairy. The Orange-bellied Parrot is one of the most endangered parrots in the world. They breed over the summer in South West Tasmania and then cross Bass Strait to spend...
Please join us for the screening of the Orange-bellied Parrot film “The Desperate Plight of the Orange-bellied Parrot” at the Reardon Theatre in Port Fairy. We're also excited to announce that the film makers, David Neilson and Karen Alexander, as well as Rachel Pritchard from the...
Fourteen wonderful and eager volunteers helped out during the first OBP count weekend of 2018 in SW-Victoria. It was great to meet all the new volunteers and to catch up with returning project supporters. Despite the cold and wet weather, it turned out to be an...
[caption id="attachment_27617" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Orange-bellied Parrot: photo by Chris Tzaros[/caption] Orange-bellied Parrots have started their journey back to the mainland and the first wild-bred male parrot has already been sighted near the Werribee treatment plant. The OBP recovery team has again released captive birds at two different sites on...
The days are getting longer and warmer and with spring arriving, the Orange-bellied Parrots are getting ready to start their journey back across Bass Strait to Melaleuca in Tasmania. Exactly one week after our last winter survey the first OBP has arrived back in Melaleuca....
On the first of July, NGT held an Orange-bellied Parrot workshop for anyone interested in the recovery efforts of this unique and highly endangered species. Rachel Pritchard (from DELWP) gave an update on the current recovery efforts and on how the winter count data collected...