Submit your observation to iNaturalist

Website:

• Visit the project page on the iNaturalist website
• Under the ‘Community’ heading at the top, select ‘Projects’ from the drop down menu
• In the Projects search bar, search ‘Lorikeet Paralysis Syndrome Project’
• Once in the project page, click on ‘Join this Project’ which can be found on the top right above the project picture/heading
• Once you have read the rules for adding observations, click ‘Yes I want to join’.

App:

• Under the ‘More’ heading at the bottom of the screen, select ‘Projects’
• In the Projects search bar, search ‘Lorikeet Paralysis Syndrome Project’
• Once in the project page, click on ‘Join’ which can be found under the project heading.

Whether you're walking around your neighbourhood, in your backyard, or out on a hike, keep an eye out for rainbow lorikeets feeding on plants!

When the bird has finished feeding and moved on, be sure to take at least three photos for plant identification:

• Of the whole plant/tree
• Of the leaf
• Of the flower/fruit.

To make an observation:

Website:

1. Go straight to the project page and click ‘Add observation’
2. Fill in all the information including: What do you see? When did you see it? Where were you? Add media.

Ensure all information is filled in correctly, including the date and time the lorikeet was observed feeding on the plant species, the photos are uploaded in your observation, and the location of the plant species.

App:

1. Click the camera icon where it says ‘Observe’
2. Fill in all the information including: What do you see? When did you see it? Where were you? Add media.
3. Click on the heading ‘Projects’ and click on the Lorikeet Paralysis Syndrome project to ensure the observation is added to the project

To help us determine what rainbow lorikeets are feeding on at different times of the year, and to save you adding new observations of rainbow lorikeets feeding on the same tree, you can simply EDIT your observations!

After you have made an observation of a particular tree/plant species on iNaturalist, you can simply edit your observation to add in new dates and times you have observed the rainbow lorikeets coming back to the same plant.

To do this, follow these steps:

1. Go into your profile, which can be found in the top right-hand corner of the iNaturalist web-page
2. Click the heading ‘Edit observations’
3. Choose the observation with the plant species you have seen the Rainbow Lorikeets revisist (e.g. Crimson Bottlebrush at Dunrossil Park on 23rd July)
4. Once in the observation, click the blue ‘Edit’ icon found at the top right hand side.
5. In the ‘Notes’ section, found on the left hand side, please right the date and time you observed Rainbow Lorikeets revisiting this tree/plant species (e.g. 28/06/2021 8:15am).
6. Once the edit has been made, scroll down and click the blue ‘Save observation’ down the bottom of the page.

Ensure you include both the new date and the new time (including either am or pm).

Repeat this step each time you observe a Rainbow Lorikeet feeding in the trees/plant species you have already added into iNaturalist.