Hi Everyone,

We hope everyone enjoyed listening to the LPS podcast!

You may recall a couple of months ago we made a call to our citizen scientists to let us know the location of any lorikeet roosts they were aware of. Thank you to those that sent through some locations!

We are still on the lookout for lorikeet roost sites, particularly in and around the Brisbane area. For those of you who have walked or driven past a roost site, you know they are hard to miss, as the birds make their presence known with their loud calls. For those who have not had the pleasure, a lorikeet roost site is where large numbers of lorikeets congregate at night. Best time to find one is around dusk when they make their way back to their roost, calling and squabbling amongst themselves.

We would love to hear from all of our members, so feel free to either leave a comment on this journal post, or send @lozb97 a message through iNaturalist. Speaking of members, this week we would like to welcome a new members: @rrachh We look forward to seeing your observations.

Stay safe and Happy Rainbow Lorikeet spotting!

Lauren, David, Maya, Holly

Hi everyone,

You may remember when we introduced you to Ayla last year, who was writing an article about the Lorikeet Paralysis Syndrome project. In some very exciting news the article has been recently published by Scientific American!

Please feel free to have a read about the amazing work happening on lorikeet paralysis syndrome:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-mystery-of-australias-paralyzed-parrots/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow

Keep safe and happy rainbow lorikeet spotting!

Lauren, David, Maya, Holly