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Until several weeks ago I had never recorded
Cockatiel in our garden on the outskirts of Murray Bridge (80 km SE of
Adelaide).
A single bird flew into the mallee trees near the front of our
home. I assumed that this was a cage escape because I was able to approach to
within 2 metres without moving too stealthily.
Yesterday, however, a male and female flew around our house
for quite a few minutes and were obviously wild birds.
After settling in a large mallee which has several hollows,
they began investigating one of the hollows - but were given a sudden send
off by the Starlings which had almost fledged young in the said hollow. I
haven't seen the Cockatiels since.
Have other SA birders seen any movements of Cockatiels
recently?
Trevor Hampel
Murray Bridge
South
Australia
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