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Orange-bellied Parrots display aviary

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The Orange-bellied Parrot display aviary, opened by Peter Menkhorst last Thursday morning. It is longer than it looks in this shot, the front 1/4 is the "beach" with a pond, the next 1/2 is planted out with salt marsh plants, and the back 1/4 is planted out with melaleuca and associated plants, and hopefully will become quite thick in future.
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The Orange-bellied Parrot display aviary, opened by Peter Menkhorst last Thursday morning. It is longer than it looks in this shot, the front 1/4 is the "beach" with a pond, the next 1/2 is planted out with salt marsh plants, and the back 1/4 is planted out with melaleuca and associated plants, and hopefully will become quite thick in future.
 
Hix
Sounds good. Lets hope they breed soon!
 
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zooboy28 said:
How will you maintain saltmarsh plants? I thought such plants, such as Zostera, required saltwater inundation relatively regularly?
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One thought was to wait for global warming to kick in, the exhibit is only 500 meters from king tides as it is:)

Working with a local indigenous nursery we chose plants that didn't need flooding plus a few "look alikes" .
 

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