Last week, a day after the bush fires at Wakehurst Parkway (Sydney), when
taking a morning walk around Balmoral Oval (Mosman , NSW), I noticed a small
flock of Sulfur-crested Cockatoos (8) feeding on the grass roots. Among
them was one Little Corella and four Long-beaked Corellas.
I have been watching the cockatoo flock at this location for over three
years, and have noticed the Little Corella most of this year, but the
appearance of the Long-beaked Corellas is a new phenomenom.
It seems likely that these Corellas have flown away from bushfires ? They
have not been seen since that occasion.
Wendy Bannister told me that she had seen Sulfur-crested Cockatoos with one
Little Corella at Cremorne Point.
On Sunday, I also noticed another type of mixed flock at Centennial Park
(Waverly, Sydney)- Galahs and Corella- although I could identify which
Corellas without binoculars. Previously I have only seen Long-beaked
Corellas at Centennial Park.
Jack Shapiro
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