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Corellas and Galahs

To: "Philip Veerman" <>
Subject: Corellas and Galahs
From: "Dave Torr" <>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:58:50 +1100
I remember that some years ago one of the aviaries at Healesville Sanctuary (outside Melbourne) was used by Telstra to test outback equipment - the aviary contained (from memory) Sulphur-crested Cockies and Corellas. I think they used to cause quite a bit of damage to equipment in some places

On 3/31/06, Philip Veerman <> wrote:
Doug asks: Why do people hate these two Australian birds ?" Well I suspect that most people don't. I'll give an example of why they can be a problem. My brother designed the solar collector that featured in the recent Australian stamp issue on sustainable energy systems. For a while there were some Little Corellas that liked to bite on the frame holding the very delicately placed mirrors. This is expensive equipment. It seemed to only be a few. Of course this is annoying, so yes there are good reasons for people to dislike these birds. That is not to advocate any particular action against them. Also bear in mind that the distribution and abundance of these birds have increased drastically, due to our agricultural and urban practices.
 
Philip 
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