>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
>
Re: Jack's comments above on Corellas, I frequently see Long-billed in
Centennial Park with a few Short-billed - they've been around, particularly
in winter, for the past 6 years at least. Both species often feed on the
bulbs of that small fuscia coloured lily-type plant that grows in the grass
areas (name I forget) together with Sulphur-cresteds, although the Little
Cs, with their shorter bills, have trouble getting deep enough to root out
the bults.
Penny Drake-Brockman, Examination Recitals Co-ordinator, Sydney
Conservatorium of Music.
Tel: 02 9351 1254.
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