Jean - In previous discussions on these the conclusion has emerged that there are quite a few hybrids around. 24 is a good number, suggesting blow-ins, but whether for the whole of the imminent cockatoo season, who knows? g
From: casburnj [
Sent: Friday, 11 March 2011 1:27 PM
To: 'canberra birds'
Subject: [canberrabirds] 24 Long Billed Corella in Duffy 1.05pm
Great excitement for me.
These birds were sitting on the wires at the back of my house when I went outside. They stayed long enough for me to get the bins and have good look at them.
Gorgeous pink colouring at the base of throat feathers and very long and sharply pointed pale whitish bills a bit tucked into throat feathers. Bluish marking around the eyes were larger and darker in some birds than in others. Would this be a flock of younger birds? I read that mature birds are more sedentary.
Off they went in a quick flurry with higher pitched voices than the usual Corellas that we see in Canberra. I didn’t notice any yellow under the tail.
I suspect they picked my area because there is a bird feeder in the garden over the back fence and Sulphur Crested Cockatoos are generally hanging around.
Jean
