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Fairy gerygone sighting in Redwood Park

Fairy gerygone – Gerygone palpebrosa Photo credit: Roger Jaensch

On 19 November 2021, a Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa was heard, sighted and photographed by local BirdLife members in dry rainforest (semi-evergreen vine-thicket) at lower Redwood Park, on the Toowoomba escarpment.

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Rainbow Lorikeet Paralysis Syndrome

Photo credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_lorikeet#/media/File:Rainbow_Lorikeet_(Trichoglossus_moluccanus)_at_Adelaide_Airport_1.jpg

The University of Sydney has launched a citizen science project to help solve the cause of Rainbow Lorikeet paralysis. Toowoomba and the Darling Downs is in the region where this disease is occurring.