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Benj - flocks (often noisy) of S-C cockatoos flying
towards the Cotter in the evening and into the suburbs in the morning
have been a regular sight in Chapman over the past 30 years, with their size
varying according to the season (sometimes upwards of 500).
I've always assumed this was to go to and from
their roosting sites. While this makes sense I have no real proof.
If I recall correctly McComas Taylor once tried to find their roosting sites in
the Murrumbidgee Valley in the late 1980s.
Pre-fire the King Parrots moved in the same
direction, but this is far less obvious now. Interestingly Galahs move in the
other direction, presumably preferring to roost in the suburbs as they sometimes
do round my place.
Jack Holland
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