Cas,
There is a large summer population of Little Corellas in Sydney's Inner West
(I
reported a few times: they usually are around from the 1st/2nd week of January
to some time in April). There is a roost at War Memorial Park, Leichhardt
(Catherine and Moore St). I never counted them (I should), but my impression
is
that there are approximately 200 around dusk and much fewer later in the night
(11pm). Maybe they fly from a dusk roost to a night roost later in the night?
(Similar to what corvids do). If this is true, it may explain the midnight
flights.
February 2010, Nathan Ruser made a similar observation to yours and reported it
on Birding-Aus.
Cheers,
Nikolas
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Nikolas Haass
Sydney, NSW
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From: Cas and Lisa Liber <>
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Sent: Wed, February 23, 2011 7:32:48 AM
Subject: Corellas at midnight?
Last night around midnight I heard a large flock of Little Corellas fly over
Marrickville - anyone encountered this before?
Cas
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