Photo by Dave Watts

97 surveys were conducted in 2007 to record sightings of the bird in the south west of Victoria. OBP’s were sighted at seven sites, with the maximum of nine birds sighted at both Rutledge’s Cutting and Yambuk Lake. The Birds Australia website has the most up-to-date data about OBP sightings from surveys at: http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/our-projects/orange-bellied-parrot-mainland-recovery.html For example, the data for south-western Victoria Orange Bellied Parrot Surveys Summary for 2007. From these sumary sheets I have compiled the following:

South West Victoria

44 birds maximum

Bellarine

24 maximum

South west Gippsland

2 maximum

Coorong

14 maximum

South-east South Australia

2 birds

 

 

Total in 2007

86 birds sighted