Hi Edwin,
there were at least 1000 (and probably many more) at the sports oval
in the middle of Richmond yesterday week. I presumed Little Corellas
but did not stop to check. The oval was at least 25+% covered with
the birds.
Richmond is in the outer north-western suburbs of Sydney.
Andy
I was just wondering whether the large jump in the Corella
population in Sydney has much to do with birds moving away from the
inland drought! I have been hearing reports recently (and all of a
sudden) of flocks in their several hundreds around the Sydney area.
If they are from the original release stock, where are they
breeding? If they all were brought up in Sydney, I would imagine
high competition with the limited number of nesting holes. What is
the situation in other states and is anyone monitoring this increase?
Edwin Vella
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