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Enquiry re Corella <fwd>

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Subject: Enquiry re Corella <fwd>
From: Ian Temby <>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 13:22:13 -0712 (EDT)
On Mon, 23 Jun 1997 18:50:57 +1000 Andrew Hincks <> 
wrote:
>Dear Ian,
>
>During a walk on Saturday afternoon(21/6/97) around 4.00pm I saw a
>Corella on the oval of Heathcote High School, south of Sydney. It was
>preoccupied digging in the dirt to find worms and we were able to get
>within 3 metres of it.
>
>It had blue skin around its eye, red around its beak and a small amount
>of red on its breast.
>
>I have looked in Simpson & Day's "Field Guide To The Birds of Australia"
>and the only Corella shown to appear at all in Sydney is the Long Billed
>Corella, and even then they are described as 'non-breeding and vagrant..'
>
>How common are Corella's in Sydney as this is the first one I have seen
>here?
>
>Regards
>
>Susan Hincks
Dear Susan

My understanding is that there is an established feral population of LBC in 
Sydney which may have originated in part from the release of a number of birds 
by a disgruntled bird trapper, during the mid-1980s.

Birding-Aussers, can anybody provide further info on Long-billed Corellas in 
the 
Sydney area?  Please respond directly to Susan.

Thanks

Cheers

Ian

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Ian Temby
Wildlife Damage Control Officer
Secretary, BIRDS Australia Parrot Association
Flora and Fauna Branch
Department of Natural Resources and Environment
4/250 Victoria Parade
EAST MELBOURNE   VIC   3002
AUSTRALIA

Phone   613 9412 4429
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