In lower Narrabundah, Corellas have flown over every day for at least
the last month and often for the last 6 months, usually SW/NE so
could be from Callum Brae. Certainly we observed many roosting there
one evening. THere are/were at least two mixed Long+Little couples
apparently nesting there this season again, although I've never seen
any sign of success.
Julian
At 08:01 PM 10/12/2007, Jack and Andrea Holland wrote:
Geoffrey, living within 400 m of Tobias, I can confirm that Corellas
certainly have been conspicuous in the Chapman/Rivett area for the
past month or so, and particularly over the past weekend. Most of
these are Little, though it very hard to tell as they typically fly
over in groups calling on their way to and from the Cotter and
Woden/Mt Taylor. It's even harder, if not impossible, to identify
them from their call. The only time you can be sure is when they're
resting which they have been doing as they come down to strip the
ripening seed pods from the wattles, but even then they can be
tricky and usually only one or two can be positively identified as
long-billed. This was the case when there were 24 on wires early
one morning last week, but without binos it was a difficult
task. The maximum long-billed I have identified together here is 3.
However, unlike Tobias I have not noticed any begging young, though
I suspect that like the Galahs, Yellow-tailed Blacks and King
Parrots the young are pretty mobile and having noisy young around
does not necessarily mean the nest was nearby.
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