To clarify this matter, the lyrebird would not be consuming large amounts of orchids. It's more a matter of the habit of male lyrebird who scrapes the surrounding earth into large mounds so that it can carry out its mating dances.
The article states: "We've put some exclosures up to protect a rare orchid in the south-west, which hadn't been see flowering for quite a long time and thought this was because of the activity of the lyrebird," . So it is not certain that the lyrebird is threatening any orchids despite the title of the article "Lyrebird threatens Tasmania's rare orchids". Another article also mentions habitat destruction by lyrebirds in places where lyrebirds are endemic: http://menura.cse.unsw.edu.au:64800/2000/11/msg00049.html Cheers...Steve _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
