Hello subscribers,
I have always thought corellas were peri-urban on the Tablelands (most of
my sightings at home are of them flying out towards the Cotter and back), so it
was a surprise when we parked the car at the top end of Kelly Road (between
Williamsdale and Michelago) this morning at 7:25 to start the K2C survey to see
first a flock of 30 and then shortly after 70 fly straight past heading S.
It was an even bigger surprise when we arrived after 10 am to do our site
at Ingelara, a good 20 km further S (and about 50 km S of the Canberra urban
fringe), to find a huge mixed flock of corellas and sulphur-crested cockatoos in
the exotic trees beside the large dam on this property. At least 70 of the
former flew off shortly after heading SE and were not seen again, leaving most
of the latter behind (over 100 of them!).
I expect most were Little Corellas, though I can not rule out some
Long-billeds amongst them.
Jack Holland
