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Influx

To: Geoffrey Dabb <>
Subject: Influx
From: Martin Butterfield <>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 01:20:44 +0000
Your mention of the shredding of trees causes me to recall that in Queanbeyan many of the street trees - of species unknown to me -  are currently taking some damage to the outer foliage.  In most cases this is revealed by the leaves on the ground, rather than seeing the defoliation in action, butI think that the main culprits are Sulphur-crested Cockatoos.

Martin


On 26 January 2018 at 12:03, Geoffrey Dabb <> wrote:

Others might already have experienced the same thing but for me today saw the first major influx of Gang-gangs, more than 20 birds, mainly males.  They are wheeling around the neighbourhood, noisy and excited, exploring available food sources. In this street the focus was again on the Chinese Pistacios of which several have a heavy crop of berries.  This is rather early for the annual shredding of these trees but now the GGs have started other parrots/cockatoos will join in, particularly King Parrots.  No Corroboree Frogs as yet, though.

 


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