@rogespeed wrote:Seems the SE QLD Lorikeet population is taking a dive literally.
That's really sad. I quite like the noisy critters. I like looking at them hanging upside down while feeding.
The replies below may be on to the problem.
@Folks at echo.net.au wrote:
11 responses to “Lorikeet Syndrome attacking north coast birds”
Kim Hunter says:
I agree with the previous comment. I have been a wildlife carer most of my life, I remember 20 years ago receiving as many as 70 Lorikeets in a day all with the exact same symptoms. This was in Adelaide, the avian vet as well as myself and other carers all agreed that it was poisoning (possibly the local councils were spraying. Many birds did not recover, so a immediate thorough investigation is of paramount importance, we already have enough Australian species in serious threat.
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Anonymous says:
Jeffrey Gibbs has hit the nail on the head. Lorikeets aren’t a pest in our state and shouldn’t be treated as such. This is an oversight probably signed off by our own government. They don’t care about wildlife they’ve made that perfectly clear.
We need our ecosystems and pesticides are a big factor in it’s downfall
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Hi,
IF ANYONE IS A VET, please do an autopsy on one of the dead birds to examine the blood-brain barrier please? The symptoms sound like radiation sickness as would be caused to exposure to microwave radiation (a WHO classified 2B Carcinogen and environmental poison.
In addition to the bee collapse comment due to pesticide, another major contributor is microwave radiation from smart meters and towers. Poisons have ‘always’ been in the Northern Rivers, but cell towers have not and recently have been upgraded around Mullumbimby.
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This is not Lorikeet Syndrome but the same thing that is killing bees worldwide, and classified as Colony Collapse Disorder with bees.
This is the result of the systemic Neonicotinoid Pesticide group spread all over the cane fields.
The insecticide is transferred by the sap of the surrounding trees and is coming out through the honey and pollen. The paperbark tea trees which have been flowering for the past few weeks and is flowering again now is one of the main meals of the year for our local Lorikeets.
The pesticides are widely used on sugar cane, they are water soluble and carried by water to the tea tree roots which are taking up the systemic pesticides. No use wiping your apples anymore, the same insecticide is right through the apple and the tree and the honey and pollen.
All honey eaters world wide are under attack, you can read it anywhere under Neonicotinoid damage to bees and pollinators.
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