Most nature docs will just say "this species is native to australia" and completely neglect that australia is a massive place where native animals can become pests elsewhere. I admire how thoroughly you explain everything in these videos while keeping it entertaining! Keep up the good work
@@AnneMarieNicol tell that to my mad rainbow lorikeet "ARky" (almost road kill) Trichoglossus haematodus. A well travelled bird that couldn't fly. Walk, car, boat, bus, train but no plane ! Mad, he liked good loud music and getting almost as drunk as me.
My aunt has a pet lorikeet. His name is Paulie and he likes to imitate people. He imitates calling the dog, phone calls, and when my aunt smokes a bong, he not only imitates the sound of the bong, but also specifically imitates her cough afterward. He also imitates her laugh even when it devolves into coughing.
Our son and his fiance also have two of them which the male will initiate everything he hears including the radio conversation of the host, the dishwasher, the microwave and of course the laughter.
Can relate. Sometimes they all decide to roost in the eucalypts on the next hill over from me. On the evenings they roost there, you can hear them as late into the night as 12 or 1 am. I walked under there one afternoon just as they were roosting for the night and it was DEAFENIING! I loved it!
I had the pleasure of hanging out and feeding some of these little guys at an Ostrich farm of all places. They had their own greenhouse like enclosure. There were approximately 25 or so of them. Made quite an impression on me. Only two Lorikeets came and landed on my arm, quickly removed the lid of the cup the nectar like liquid was in. Like a seesaw, one would dip it’s beak in take a sip, and pull back for the other to have it’s drink. They did this perfectly synchronized back & forth the entire time until they had finished, then immediately started grooming each other’s beaks, to clean each other. Then flew off. It was so cute, and they actually taught me a little lesson about politeness. There was no fighting for food, just respect and kindness. They were so adorable.
I notice the red, blue and yellow all camouflage well too. When they're feeding on nectar the red and yellow often blends in with flowers and shrubs, and blue with the sky!
every summer all i ever hear is lorikeets in my back garden, its great. i have wattlebirds and ravens living in my garden too and theyre all always bickering, endless entertainment
6:25 I'm in QLD, about 3 weeks ago I had to take a Lori to the vet, it wasn't able to fly and wasn't able to walk properly. Still put up a good fight when I put it in the box though, hope the little guy is alright. Doesn't sound good though :(
Really love these cheeky, noisy Birds! They always come in pairs or massive flocks and they have their own personalities. Oh and the colours and chirps are the best! Thanks for the video! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
My Buddy and his untrustworthy Missus decided to amp up his relationship with me this year. He said, "If I land on you're head, I want sunflower seeds. If I land on your shoulder, I want sunflower seeds and if I land on your screen door and whistle for thirty minutes, I want sunflower seeds." Apparently sunflower seeds are his favourite because if I feed him other seeds, he gives me the bird, (pun intended) and disappears for several days. Picky bloody eater. Awesome job, Darcy ... and the Oscar goes to, The Backyard Naturalist. Yay.
@@the-Backyard-Naturalist Nice to know I have a purpose in life, Darcy; I'll try to up my game for the next Blockbuster Episode of The Backyard Naturalist. I knew I should have poignantly referred to "More Rainbows than a Pride Parade on Acid." Of course, my uping my game means the expectation is on you to exceed all previous endeavours. Where else is my inspiration going to come from? See you in the next one.
Hi Grant, you want to be careful with the sunflower seeds - they're chock full of fats. We "spoiled" our pet galah with them because they were his favourite too, and we nearly lost him. He developed a large lipoma in his lower abdomen which had to be surgically removed, and the vet, after querying his diet, told us about the high fat content of the sunflower seeds. So we keep them to a minimum in his diet now. His fave treat now is brocholli?! 😅😅 All the best from SA. 👍
Please consider feeding them fruit and flower blossoms instead. Being fed too many seeds can destroy the delicate 'feather' on their tongues that they use to eat their natural diet; fruits and flower nectar. If their tongues are damaged, they find it harder to survive in the wild.
Had a backyard with a gum and bottlebrush tree. The normally bully noisy minors went quiet and moved away when the Loris come to town. Thanks for another insight to a great Aussie bird.
Another fun vid bro. There's a local Lori flock of 50 odd, that fly over my house every afternoon. When the setting sun hits them their colours come alive and it's so beautiful to watch...bit bloody noisy though lol
Ah. Glad they pissed off and didn't hang around my little sparrow feeder, then. I think they dropped in only to cause some biffo. They'd brawl with sparrows and spotted doves like crazy, hardly even go near the feeder, then leave again. Thanks again for another great video!
Their camouflage power amazes me considering how colourful they are. I've heard a dozen of them screeching in a eucalypt without being able to spot one unless it flies away from the tree for a bit.
Here in my regional coastal town in NSW, the lorikeets are the noisiest late afternoon/dusk. They're all squawking and yelling in the palm trees and camphor laurels at sundown. It's like the busiest pub you've ever been in on a Friday night. Once it gets really dark tho, everyone is tucked in 1:57 and it's quiet. Like they've gotta get up for an early morning surf...😀
They used to get into the nectar from the trees outside the Cairns Council Offices in the city when we used to holiday at the beaches many moons ago. And yep, it was a toss-up between the Palm Cove Lifesavers and the Boids as to who had the best drunken parties.
‘One bedroom unit with waterboarding facilities’ omg that was hilarious! But for real this was really interesting, I had no idea how lorikeets became so prolific!
Also, with the seed feeding, it eventually wears down the little bristles on their tongue which is essential for their necatarious lifestyle. So just thought I'd pop that in. I had a rescue lorrie. She had a bed tent on top of her cage. When she was ready for bed she would wait at the entrance for me to come and make sure she was tucked in. Then she would lay down and go to sleep all night until her outside gang came early again the next morning. I miss you Groggy xx
‘One bedroom unit with waterboarding facilities’ omg that was hilarious! But for real this was really interesting, I had no idea how lorikeets became so prolific! I will add though that feeding lorikeets is okay as long as you give them the right food (nectivore mix can be bought at some pet stores), and you clean their feeding bowls daily. However planting natives will always be best by a mile! It gives them a place they feel comfortable too and attracts other species of birds
Rainbow Lorikeets are a recurring symbol used in the Sydney G&L Mardi Gras (go figure). Yes they may be pesky, but they really brighten up your day when you see one. I can attest that I never saw any in Sydney until the 80s. There was a big fire in the National Park and the birds flew into the city. I'm glad we planted so many nectar natives (less happy about the Noisy Miners though, and no more sparrows).
When I was a kid in the eighties in Melbourne, the only time I saw a lorikeet was in QLD tourist brochure’s, we moved to QLD and got to see many of them, in 06 moved back to Melbourne and too my surprise here they were living in Melbourne, I guess it was the trees as you mentioned, I thought it was the weather!
Their plummage looks amazing under black light. Most birda and flowers ahve a difderent colour when on Ultra Violet and Infra Red. Insects, in particular, see the world so differently from us. I wish had tetrachromatic vision. That would be wild!! Damn fine video pal.
My lori is my best mate. Except when he isn't. He's an excellent mimic, I'm training him to whistle the Italian national anthem. He makes me laugh so much he has copied my laugh perfectly. He also swears like a fkn sailor.
They are the star attraction since I put a bird bath in the front yard. Their behaviour and interactions with each other is so hilariously funny to watch.
My dad and I used to feed a pair slices of apples when they kept coming around. Only used to feed them if we were home and they'd only really show up when it rained. Ended up being cool enough with us to jump on my shoulder and we'd always see their babies.
My local lorikeets came daily for their [hand feeding] at Surfers [table cleaned daily]. Here in Canberra we have more cockatoos & galahs. The feeding hierarchy in Surfers was 1. Lorikeets, 2. Wattle birds, 3. Noisy Miners, 4. the Peewee lol.
Hi from Perth Western Australia, aka Alaska 🤣 Absolutely love your vids ❤ I have a lot of birds visiting my yard but only see the lorikeets flying overhead and in the park behind my house in very small numbers. Though we do have a real issue with corellas in our area. Boy, are these guys super noisy and can be destructive! They fly over every morning and evening in huge numbers as they tend to congregate at the nearby Jandakot airport, causing havoc I would imagine due to the huge flock sizes and small aircraft. I love the 28, Ringneck, but have not seen any near my suburb of Perth. Great information presented with very clever wit. Keep up the fabulous content. Thank you 💗
Hello i live in Broome North Western Australia and as summer approaches every year and the fruit of the mango trees ripen you find lorikeets chattering in the mango trees.
Man, love your vids. I live in Sydney and am familiar with most of the animals you spotlight, but always manage to learn something from you. Keep it up you little legend. Xx
We have two families, up to six birds, that drop in from nearby bushlands...they are all feisty little buggars who take no sh1t from much larger species like Kookas, Maggies and Sulphur Cresteds, all of which also regularly drop in. It is amazing to listen to the chatter between them when they are bouncing around looking for food, it never stops.
I’ve seen rainbow lorikeets fight everything from king parrots to even sulphur crested cockatoos, they have short bird syndrome and will fight things many times their size, or screech loudly at them I guess
Yep. Pale-headed and Crimson Rosellas, King Parrots, Galahs, Scaly-Brested Lories, Cockies, Crested Pigeons and Diamond Doves all bow down at the feeder to these little Bonapartes. You pretty well have to take a tennis racquet to the Rainbow Regiments to give everybody a fair crack of the whip.
There is a massive flowering gum tree in the street near my bedroom window. Usually every May the 5am 120db screeching of a thousand lorikeets wakes me too early. So far this year have only seen the advance scouting pairs searching for which tree is their next food supply. The tree is not flowering yet. Melbourne East.
I live on the the Northern Rivers NSW where we used to have 1000's of these beautiful noisy birds. The last couple of years a disease has wiped most of them out. Slowly they are making a recovery. Funniest thing when they get drunk on the Bottle Brush tree.
I absolutely love our continent's gaggle of feathered chaos demons and the Rainbow Lorikeet is no exception. I actually like waking up to their cacophony in the morning.
The alarm clock of late winter. When our bottle brush flowers, which is just outside our bedroom window here in Melbourne, it attracts the lorikeets and the noisy miners. They squabble continuously. The noisy miners are recent addition to our garden and they’ve chased away the wattle birds which is a bit sad. But they chase the cat which is quite amusing. We always know when the cat is coming up the path and about to enter the building because of the noise! We also have an apple tree that the lorikeets have invaded. They half eat an apple then move onto the next one. I don’t mind though. They are full of character.
oh god, rainbow lorikeets are sooo loud. in certain urban places there will be only a couple of gum trees where they gather and even standing NEAR THEM is enough to make your ears hurt. you can't even see any of them because they camoflage so well, even though judging by the sound of it there must be hundreds! love these birds though, they're very sociable and don't seem to be as scared of people as some others are.
Keep up the great work! Love your videos and sense of humour. Amazing that you have a platform to promote Australian Natives ❤️ sugar gliders next please
I both love and loath Lorikeets. They totally decimate my pear tree every year - they love the fruit, but don't eat all of it so what gets left makes quite a mess. But they're so pretty to see and I love how there can be 25 in the tree - you can hear them, but they just 'disappear'!
I've experienced a few wild lorikeets with the paralysis syndrome, usually on the first day of encountering them they are unable to properly fly anymore, can tell something is wrong when approaching the lorikeet because it can only either hop away on the ground like a kangaroo or it starts to try and climb up a nearby tree. On first day they still have some strength to fight back but by 2nd day their health has deteriorated rapidly not able to move much and eyes keep closing like they are sleeping. The ones I've met with the condition don't live much more then a few days to a week at most but they would of likely caught this sickness a long while before, and since the lorikeets try not to show their illness it's hard to spot the sick ones until it's too late. I notice some wild lorikeets that close their eyes in same way, it's not a sleeping type, cause when they close their eyes they still twitch and not relaxed. The Lorikeet group will isolate and avoid this sick one, maybe this is early symptoms to the sickness
Coor mate.. yous forgot to add they're pissheads and can be found blacked out in your local park after down'n a few steamy fermented dates.. not an unknown practice amoung the more colourful crowd.. especially in some of the inner city parks😊
Thank you for this information. I don't have any native lorry's around my area but are aware that they are that far away, in a another suburb and only a flight away. They are very pretty but as you say aggressive and somewhat territorial.
6:30 for anyone concerned the paralysis syndrome isn't terminal, I teared up on the first watch seeing some snuggled up "smiley" little guys who may never fly or see their partner again
I was interested in the evolution of their colouring, and apparently it's a form of "mosaic evolution." Their colouring evolved at different points and independently of each other. So the green is for camouflage (I think this is their OG colour), and the other colours help identify their species amongst other lorikeets. Some of their colours are invisible to humans, and all their markings make up 1/3 of colours birds can see.
When it comes to their status in New Zealand, Rainbow Lorikeets did indeed establish a population here, namely in Auckland if I remember correctly. The population was unfortunately exterminated though, which is due to legit worry that they could have become yet another invasive species to add to the list, and that they were seen as likely vectors of certain parrot specific diseases that could threaten our native parrots. As lovely as lorikeets are, it is perhaps for the best that they never establish here (though it would be awesome if we had a native lorikeet!). Eastern Rosellas are a widespread introduced species in NZ's North Island though, and also have a separate population around the city of Dunedin in the South Island. The classic Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo also has some feral populations here and there in NZ, plus Galahs have feral populations on some of the islands near-ish to Auckland.
Most nature docs will just say "this species is native to australia" and completely neglect that australia is a massive place where native animals can become pests elsewhere. I admire how thoroughly you explain everything in these videos while keeping it entertaining! Keep up the good work
Yeah they don't seem to realise that Australia is a continent with many diverse ecosystems and climates, separated by deserts, mountains and seas.
Also there are subspecies of rainbows in Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomons, Vanuatu and the New Hebrides.
Same goes with laughing kookaburras. Most WA locals don't realise they are introduced and outcompete the native kingfishers.
We are the “ pests” ! We intrude their world.
@@AnneMarieNicol
tell that to my mad rainbow lorikeet "ARky" (almost road kill)
Trichoglossus haematodus.
A well travelled bird that couldn't fly.
Walk, car, boat, bus, train
but no plane !
Mad, he liked good loud music and getting almost as drunk as me.
My aunt has a pet lorikeet. His name is Paulie and he likes to imitate people. He imitates calling the dog, phone calls, and when my aunt smokes a bong, he not only imitates the sound of the bong, but also specifically imitates her cough afterward. He also imitates her laugh even when it devolves into coughing.
That comment is pure gold 👏🏻😂 I would love to meet your Aunt and her pet Lorikeet 🫶🏼
I love this 😅
Our son and his fiance also have two of them which the male will initiate everything he hears including the radio conversation of the host, the dishwasher, the microwave and of course the laughter.
Your aunt sounds cool as hell 😎
Your aunt sounds fukin mad
the amount of excitement when I see a new backyard naturalist viddy drops >>>
Same. I check every Sunday night and if there's no new video from this channel, I find myself rewatching the previous ones again.
whats bro pointing to 😭😭😭
stop like begging kid
@@r4gn4r0k56 me when i skip maths class:
Threw in every nickname but the flying fruit tingle.
The Rainbow Lorikeet. Arguably the cutest and most annoying alarm clock in existence. The soundtrack to most Aussie's mornings across the country.
Can relate. Sometimes they all decide to roost in the eucalypts on the next hill over from me. On the evenings they roost there, you can hear them as late into the night as 12 or 1 am. I walked under there one afternoon just as they were roosting for the night and it was DEAFENIING! I loved it!
I had the pleasure of hanging out and feeding some of these little guys at an Ostrich farm of all places. They had their own greenhouse like enclosure. There were approximately 25 or so of them. Made quite an impression on me. Only two Lorikeets came and landed on my arm, quickly removed the lid of the cup the nectar like liquid was in. Like a seesaw, one would dip it’s beak in take a sip, and pull back for the other to have it’s drink. They did this perfectly synchronized back & forth the entire time until they had finished, then immediately started grooming each other’s beaks, to clean each other. Then flew off. It was so cute, and they actually taught me a little lesson about politeness. There was no fighting for food, just respect and kindness. They were so adorable.
Rarer than an Eshay with a valid train ticket ........gold!
It made me lol out loud
Darcy mate! You made it happen!! Thank you so much. Love seeing these shrieking rainbows in my back yard.
Made this one just for you mate
The picture of the lorikeet with a gun got me
The bird:🥰
The bird's call: 👹
Love the Lorikeets
Love these birds. Sitting back with a hot cupper watching these guys stuff around. Weekends are made for it.
That's the sulfer cockatoos, the rainbow lorikeets have sweet calls
And magpie's are the opposite.
Aussie birds in a nutshell
Ah, the rainbow mafia. Another great video :)
That is exactly what my wife and I call them.
It bears repeating that if you want to feed native birds you do it by planting native trees.
As a wildlife carer we used to call these birds "Flying Boltcutters", they'll bite you and then make eye contact and bite harder...scary hard.
I call them Technicolour vandals.
I notice the red, blue and yellow all camouflage well too. When they're feeding on nectar the red and yellow often blends in with flowers and shrubs, and blue with the sky!
We get hoards of these guys in spring down where I live, always a joy to see them :)
Woohoo, another video from our Aussie Attenborough. ❤
“Confetti conquistadors have colonised this continent.” Fantastic writing.
“These sky high tie dyes” is perfect
@@Ihadthismate it’s giving Lano and Woodley.
every summer all i ever hear is lorikeets in my back garden, its great. i have wattlebirds and ravens living in my garden too and theyre all always bickering, endless entertainment
They're beautiful little bastards, that's for sure.
they are, and cheeky little bastards at that
My hand raised female rainbow Lorikeet lived for 30 years and had a vocabulary of around 6 / 8 words
The second Tassie hybrid Lori is giving Rainbow Paddlepop
6:25 I'm in QLD, about 3 weeks ago I had to take a Lori to the vet, it wasn't able to fly and wasn't able to walk properly. Still put up a good fight when I put it in the box though, hope the little guy is alright. Doesn't sound good though :(
Really love these cheeky, noisy Birds! They always come in pairs or massive flocks and they have their own personalities. Oh and the colours and chirps are the best! Thanks for the video! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you! Love your birdy vids :)
@@the-Backyard-Naturalist 👍👍👍
'Sky high tie-dies' - beautiful!
My Buddy and his untrustworthy Missus decided to amp up his relationship with me this year. He said, "If I land on you're head, I want sunflower seeds. If I land on your shoulder, I want sunflower seeds and if I land on your screen door and whistle for thirty minutes, I want sunflower seeds." Apparently sunflower seeds are his favourite because if I feed him other seeds, he gives me the bird, (pun intended) and disappears for several days. Picky bloody eater. Awesome job, Darcy ... and the Oscar goes to, The Backyard Naturalist. Yay.
That's a little bit wholesome! Always a pleasure to read your comments Grant
@@the-Backyard-Naturalist Nice to know I have a purpose in life, Darcy; I'll try to up my game for the next Blockbuster Episode of The Backyard Naturalist. I knew I should have poignantly referred to "More Rainbows than a Pride Parade on Acid." Of course, my uping my game means the expectation is on you to exceed all previous endeavours. Where else is my inspiration going to come from? See you in the next one.
Hi Grant, you want to be careful with the sunflower seeds - they're chock full of fats. We "spoiled" our pet galah with them because they were his favourite too, and we nearly lost him. He developed a large lipoma in his lower abdomen which had to be surgically removed, and the vet, after querying his diet, told us about the high fat content of the sunflower seeds. So we keep them to a minimum in his diet now. His fave treat now is brocholli?! 😅😅 All the best from SA. 👍
Broccoli hey? Will be planting some soon and will see if our noisy arsehat likes it
Please consider feeding them fruit and flower blossoms instead. Being fed too many seeds can destroy the delicate 'feather' on their tongues that they use to eat their natural diet; fruits and flower nectar. If their tongues are damaged, they find it harder to survive in the wild.
My favourite bird in the whole wide world.
Your alliteration never ceases to amaze me.
I can honestly say that these videos are the best thing I’ve found on TH-cam
‘Their customer-facing parts’ had me cackling
I love your sense of humour in these videos.
Had a backyard with a gum and bottlebrush tree. The normally bully noisy minors went quiet and moved away when the Loris come to town. Thanks for another insight to a great Aussie bird.
Another fun vid bro. There's a local Lori flock of 50 odd, that fly over my house every afternoon. When the setting sun hits them their colours come alive and it's so beautiful to watch...bit bloody noisy though lol
Ah. Glad they pissed off and didn't hang around my little sparrow feeder, then. I think they dropped in only to cause some biffo. They'd brawl with sparrows and spotted doves like crazy, hardly even go near the feeder, then leave again.
Thanks again for another great video!
They absolutely live for a punch on
The combo of dry humour and information is perfect!! Keep up the good work!
Their camouflage power amazes me considering how colourful they are. I've heard a dozen of them screeching in a eucalypt without being able to spot one unless it flies away from the tree for a bit.
I love Rainbow Lorikeats. Had 200 walking n climbing on me daily n eating out of hand. Have seen them SMASH Kurrawongs
Just come in from watering my garden under a cacophony of NOISE from the blooming Lillli Pilli next door, full of Rainbows !
Yesssss rainbows lets go! My best friend is a rescue rainbow, evil loud abusive angel and i love her.
I never wanted a bird, but then my housemate rescued a baby disco chicken while working on a building site in Melbourne. Pure adorable chaos.
Here in my regional coastal town in NSW, the lorikeets are the noisiest late afternoon/dusk. They're all squawking and yelling in the palm trees and camphor laurels at sundown. It's like the busiest pub you've ever been in on a Friday night. Once it gets really dark tho, everyone is tucked in 1:57 and it's quiet. Like they've gotta get up for an early morning surf...😀
Omg dude, cackled at "sorry bro" 🇳🇿❤️🇦🇺
that's so true they do brighten up my morning on the way to work, I always see a flock hiding in a neighbour's camellia hedge
Umbrella tree nectar gets them drunk. I know it's probably not good for them, but drunken lorikeet brawls are hilarious.
They used to get into the nectar from the trees outside the Cairns Council Offices in the city when we used to holiday at the beaches many moons ago. And yep, it was a toss-up between the Palm Cove Lifesavers and the Boids as to who had the best drunken parties.
Love your videos and sense of humour. Thanks
So many one liners. Love it
No ending of you sitting on a log, chucking a spready? That was the best bit! 😉
‘One bedroom unit with waterboarding facilities’ omg that was hilarious!
But for real this was really interesting, I had no idea how lorikeets became so prolific!
Also, with the seed feeding, it eventually wears down the little bristles on their tongue which is essential for their necatarious lifestyle. So just thought I'd pop that in. I had a rescue lorrie. She had a bed tent on top of her cage. When she was ready for bed she would wait at the entrance for me to come and make sure she was tucked in. Then she would lay down and go to sleep all night until her outside gang came early again the next morning. I miss you Groggy xx
‘One bedroom unit with waterboarding facilities’ omg that was hilarious!
But for real this was really interesting, I had no idea how lorikeets became so prolific!
I will add though that feeding lorikeets is okay as long as you give them the right food (nectivore mix can be bought at some pet stores), and you clean their feeding bowls daily. However planting natives will always be best by a mile! It gives them a place they feel comfortable too and attracts other species of birds
Rainbow Lorikeets are a recurring symbol used in the Sydney G&L Mardi Gras (go figure). Yes they may be pesky, but they really brighten up your day when you see one. I can attest that I never saw any in Sydney until the 80s. There was a big fire in the National Park and the birds flew into the city. I'm glad we planted so many nectar natives (less happy about the Noisy Miners though, and no more sparrows).
When I was a kid in the eighties in Melbourne, the only time I saw a lorikeet was in QLD tourist brochure’s, we moved to QLD and got to see many of them, in 06 moved back to Melbourne and too my surprise here they were living in Melbourne, I guess it was the trees as you mentioned, I thought it was the weather!
Love your commentary bro. Super descriptive ,👍
Their plummage looks amazing under black light. Most birda and flowers ahve a difderent colour when on Ultra Violet and Infra Red. Insects, in particular, see the world so differently from us. I wish had tetrachromatic vision. That would be wild!!
Damn fine video pal.
My lori is my best mate. Except when he isn't.
He's an excellent mimic, I'm training him to whistle the Italian national anthem.
He makes me laugh so much he has copied my laugh perfectly.
He also swears like a fkn sailor.
The lori our son and daughter in law has likes to copy the tune of the Mexican hat dance.
The loriis love love love the pollen from the palm trees in my dads backyard
Beautiful mongrels.
They are the star attraction since I put a bird bath in the front yard. Their behaviour and interactions with each other is so hilariously funny to watch.
Fuck yeah Lorikeets.
My dad and I used to feed a pair slices of apples when they kept coming around. Only used to feed them if we were home and they'd only really show up when it rained. Ended up being cool enough with us to jump on my shoulder and we'd always see their babies.
My local lorikeets came daily for their [hand feeding] at Surfers [table cleaned daily]. Here in Canberra we have more cockatoos & galahs.
The feeding hierarchy in Surfers was 1. Lorikeets, 2. Wattle birds, 3. Noisy Miners, 4. the Peewee lol.
Hi from Perth Western Australia, aka Alaska 🤣 Absolutely love your vids ❤
I have a lot of birds visiting my yard but only see the lorikeets flying overhead and in the park behind my house in very small numbers. Though we do have a real issue with corellas in our area. Boy, are these guys super noisy and can be destructive! They fly over every morning and evening in huge numbers as they tend to congregate at the nearby Jandakot airport, causing havoc I would imagine due to the huge flock sizes and small aircraft. I love the 28, Ringneck, but have not seen any near my suburb of Perth. Great information presented with very clever wit. Keep up the fabulous content. Thank you 💗
They’re an introduced invasive species in Perth and responsible for displacing Twenty Eights :’(
I meet one up close in a tree the other week, very kindly let me take really close up pictures of him!
the OneyPlays reference was a nice touch
Love these guys on my block in the Adelaide Hills _ P.S, that beer with the pie floater should be a South Aussie Coopers Ale!
Hello i live in Broome North Western Australia and as summer approaches every year and the fruit of the mango trees ripen you find lorikeets chattering in the mango trees.
They're beautiful and I love them They visit my garden often. I think they're delightful 😁
The Hellsing anime soundtrack was not something I was expecting to hear on this video. Great content.
Man, love your vids. I live in Sydney and am familiar with most of the animals you spotlight, but always manage to learn something from you. Keep it up you little legend. Xx
Really entertaining and informative ....10/10.
Love the use of Zachs scream hahaha
We have two families, up to six birds, that drop in from nearby bushlands...they are all feisty little buggars who take no sh1t from much larger species like Kookas, Maggies and Sulphur Cresteds, all of which also regularly drop in.
It is amazing to listen to the chatter between them when they are bouncing around looking for food, it never stops.
Another great presentation. Please keep them coming!
They are vicious! All birds fl😮y swiftly out of their way!
I’ve seen rainbow lorikeets fight everything from king parrots to even sulphur crested cockatoos, they have short bird syndrome and will fight things many times their size, or screech loudly at them I guess
Yep. Pale-headed and Crimson Rosellas, King Parrots, Galahs, Scaly-Brested Lories, Cockies, Crested Pigeons and Diamond Doves all bow down at the feeder to these little Bonapartes. You pretty well have to take a tennis racquet to the Rainbow Regiments to give everybody a fair crack of the whip.
There is a massive flowering gum tree in the street near my bedroom window. Usually every May the 5am 120db screeching of a thousand lorikeets wakes me too early. So far this year have only seen the advance scouting pairs searching for which tree is their next food supply. The tree is not flowering yet. Melbourne East.
Theory confirmed
Awesome content, so many colloquialisms 😂. I wonder how much someone from OS would understand? Love it!
I live on the the Northern Rivers NSW where we used to have 1000's of these beautiful noisy birds. The last couple of years a disease has wiped most of them out. Slowly they are making a recovery. Funniest thing when they get drunk on the Bottle Brush tree.
I absolutely love our continent's gaggle of feathered chaos demons and the Rainbow Lorikeet is no exception. I actually like waking up to their cacophony in the morning.
The alarm clock of late winter. When our bottle brush flowers, which is just outside our bedroom window here in Melbourne, it attracts the lorikeets and the noisy miners. They squabble continuously. The noisy miners are recent addition to our garden and they’ve chased away the wattle birds which is a bit sad. But they chase the cat which is quite amusing. We always know when the cat is coming up the path and about to enter the building because of the noise! We also have an apple tree that the lorikeets have invaded. They half eat an apple then move onto the next one. I don’t mind though. They are full of character.
Good timing posting this video, it's now too dark to see birds from my window and I was missing them. This will comfort me for a few more minutes.
oh god, rainbow lorikeets are sooo loud. in certain urban places there will be only a couple of gum trees where they gather and even standing NEAR THEM is enough to make your ears hurt. you can't even see any of them because they camoflage so well, even though judging by the sound of it there must be hundreds! love these birds though, they're very sociable and don't seem to be as scared of people as some others are.
They are the F18’s of bird world, rocketing through the neighbourhood.
I love how informative and entertaining your videos are! Always a good day when a new video drops.
We had some perch on our old house's balcony and we called them Heckle and Jeckle, no idea why~
I love my birds ,so thanks for such an interesting video.
Plant grevilleas and you'll always have lorikeets in your garden!
Keep up the great work! Love your videos and sense of humour. Amazing that you have a platform to promote Australian Natives ❤️ sugar gliders next please
I both love and loath Lorikeets. They totally decimate my pear tree every year - they love the fruit, but don't eat all of it so what gets left makes quite a mess. But they're so pretty to see and I love how there can be 25 in the tree - you can hear them, but they just 'disappear'!
I've experienced a few wild lorikeets with the paralysis syndrome, usually on the first day of encountering them they are unable to properly fly anymore, can tell something is wrong when approaching the lorikeet because it can only either hop away on the ground like a kangaroo or it starts to try and climb up a nearby tree. On first day they still have some strength to fight back but by 2nd day their health has deteriorated rapidly not able to move much and eyes keep closing like they are sleeping. The ones I've met with the condition don't live much more then a few days to a week at most but they would of likely caught this sickness a long while before, and since the lorikeets try not to show their illness it's hard to spot the sick ones until it's too late.
I notice some wild lorikeets that close their eyes in same way, it's not a sleeping type, cause when they close their eyes they still twitch and not relaxed. The Lorikeet group will isolate and avoid this sick one, maybe this is early symptoms to the sickness
Coor mate.. yous forgot to add they're pissheads and can be found blacked out in your local park after down'n a few steamy fermented dates.. not an unknown practice amoung the more colourful crowd.. especially in some of the inner city parks😊
How could you omit that just like they typical Aussie, they get drunk off fermented fruit! What a missed opportunity! 😅🍹
In the NT there is a variety called the red collared lorikeet.
There is a gradation of colours over their range. A bit like in Sydney from Elizabeth Bay over to the Western Suburbs. 🤔😈
Thank you for this information. I don't have any native lorry's around my area but are aware that they are that far away, in a another suburb and only a flight away. They are very pretty but as you say aggressive and somewhat territorial.
Keep ‘em coming. This series can’t end.
Beautiful. Thankyou.🥰
6:30 for anyone concerned the paralysis syndrome isn't terminal, I teared up on the first watch seeing some snuggled up "smiley" little guys who may never fly or see their partner again
I was interested in the evolution of their colouring, and apparently it's a form of "mosaic evolution." Their colouring evolved at different points and independently of each other. So the green is for camouflage (I think this is their OG colour), and the other colours help identify their species amongst other lorikeets. Some of their colours are invisible to humans, and all their markings make up 1/3 of colours birds can see.
Hilarious 😂always look forward to these ❤thank you, from Perth
They compete too successfully with local parrots.As well as crop destructors. Feral pest for WA
Best one yet! And informative! I'm defs not gonna build that bird feeder now 😱
When it comes to their status in New Zealand, Rainbow Lorikeets did indeed establish a population here, namely in Auckland if I remember correctly.
The population was unfortunately exterminated though, which is due to legit worry that they could have become yet another invasive species to add to the list, and that they were seen as likely vectors of certain parrot specific diseases that could threaten our native parrots.
As lovely as lorikeets are, it is perhaps for the best that they never establish here (though it would be awesome if we had a native lorikeet!).
Eastern Rosellas are a widespread introduced species in NZ's North Island though, and also have a separate population around the city of Dunedin in the South Island. The classic Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo also has some feral populations here and there in NZ, plus Galahs have feral populations on some of the islands near-ish to Auckland.