birding-aus
Birding Aus,
Thanks to those comments about the chasing that raptors and other birds do.
I wasn't ever going to try and guess whether it was a peregrine or black but
Paul Mcdonalds comments about their ditinctive flight shapes will help next
time I see a similar sighting.
Anyway I'm writing this because of a strange occurance yesterday morning. I
was awoken by about 100+ galahs in 5-6 trees just outside my bedroom window.
They were calling/screeching louder than usual and jumping about in what
reminded me of any boistrous football crowd.
More so, I noticed that none of the trees they were in were native and they
were not feeding at all, only ripping 15-25cm segments of branches and
leaves off the tree and throwing them to the ground.
Curious, I went outside to get a better view and walked right through the
scene as if I was invisible. The galahs paid me no heed whatsoever and some
even flew within a meter of me. I could sit, walk and observe from about
2-3ms. This continued for a good 20mins before they returned to their usual
place feeding on the ground in a neighbouring paddock with the Sulpher
Crested Cockatoos.
I have seen Cockatoos get loud and fly about in groups before but nothing
like what these galahs were doing in these trees. Any ideas what its all about?
-Dylan.
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Dylan O'Donnell
Soon to be offically released
Australian Digital Music Online
http://magrathea.mur.csu.edu.au:8041/
"I am a reflection, like the moon on the water..."
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