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After being very rarely seen in the first half of
2005, corellas have been increasingly observed again in
Chapman, particularly over the past couple of weeks. Generally they
are flying over from the Cotter to Mt Taylor (or vice versa), but latterly
they have also been seen on wires or feeding on the ground with related
species. Most are little corellas, but on Saturday there was one
long-billed corella on the wires with two of the former. Earlier in the
week 8 little corellas were feeding in my GBS site with
sulphur-crested cockatoos, galahs and a single Major
Mitchell's cockatoo. This bird has been regularly sighted in the area
for about 18 months now, often making the same trek from the Cotter to
Mt Taylor (or vice versa, including in company with the corellas ).
Lots of yellow-faced honeyeaters also around at the
moment, flying through the trees or sometimes coming down very low to feed in
grevilleas etc.
Jack Holland
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