After spruiking earlier on in the year about RTBCs returning to Toowoomba
again, it turns out it was a very fleeting appearance. The local incursion
was relatively small and lasted about a month, the birds having departed
Toowoomba by early March. Normally, they've stayed for several months.
Bill Jolly reported a flock of 4 at his Helidon property, east of Toowoomba
in 12-16 April. There have been no other reported sightings in the local
region since.
No doubt all this rain affected their movements this year. I was very
aware and disappointed to see the White Cedar berries going to waste this
year, particulary the tree at the top of the Toowoomba Range highway which
was often full of RTBCs - a very nice "Welcome to Toowoomba!" for motorists
in the past.
So I ask: "Who stole OUR cockies and have you still got yours?"
Regards
Michael Atzeni
Toowoomba Q 4350
ph (07) 46 881 318
fax (07) 46 881 192
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Atzeni, Michael [SMTP:
> Sent: Wednesday, 17 February 1999 11:51
> To: 'Birding-Aus'
> Cc: 'McConnell, Pat'
> Subject: birding-aus Red-tailed Black Cockatoos in SE Queensland
>
> birding-aus
>
> Last year I alerted the list to the recent annual movement (since 1991) of
> Red-tailed Black Cockatoos (RTBC) into the Toowoomba area to feed on White
> Cedar, and tried to ascertain whether this was a localised phenomenon.
>
> Well, they're back in town again, the first report being of a flock of 6
> birds on 12 February. (Last year they arrived the first week of January).
> One might of thought they'd give us a miss this year, given the favourable
> widespread conditions, so it certainly appears that Toowoomba region has
> been included on their yearly agenda, regardless of prevailing climatic
> conditions.
>
> The limited feedback last year suggests RTBC are a rarity elsewhere in SE
> Qld, until you get to the Gympie region, about 150 km northeast of
> Toowoomba
> as the cocky flies. South of Gympie, there are occasional sightings in
> the
> Sunshine Coast hinterland (reports from Mooloolah, Caboolture, Peachester
> occurred last year; past sightings in the Conondale Ranges), and regular
> sightings in the immediate areas around Toowoomba, including Helidon and
> Grantham in the Lockyer Valley east of Toowomba, but apparently none
> further
> east, including the Ipswich/Brisbane metropolitan area.
>
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