Lorikeets eating autumn peach leaves

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jrsnr99
Lorikeets eating autumn peach leaves

Lorikeets seem keen to eat peach leaves just before they fall in autumn/winter. Tree now bare so they have lost interest. ? to fill vitamin deficiency?

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I note that a vet recommends feeding lorikeets peach & apricot juice (as opposed to providing natural habitat). Presumably this recommendation relates to vitamin intake. 

Also, I've observed Eastern Grey Kangaroos eating exotic tree leaves apparently in preference to adjacent exotic grasses. Perhaps there's a connection between lorikeets eating peach leaves & kangaroos eating exotic tree leaves.

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