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Hi netters,
Here along the River Murray in SA many people complain to me about corellas
arriving in huge flocks to do nothing but strip gum trees bare of leaves.
I've always pointed out to them the environment changed by humans favour
opportunistic species and especially in wheat growing areas where galahs and
corellas find additional food. I used to say the ecological balance has gone,
and the result is huge numbers of few species instead of a wide range of species
in low numbers.
People want to shoot, poison, scare them to get rid of them and I never
thought I'd be writing this but they now have arrived in the biggest Red gum
they could find near where I live. And this tree happens to be in my
garden.
The lawn and driveway are covered in millions of leaves and bits of branch.
Over 500 corellas screaming and carrying on can do a lot of damage in a few
minutes. We scare them away by running around on the lawn flapping our arms (as
in body parts, not guns!), newspapers etc (yes it does look stupid) or throwing
small stones in the air seems to help too. But they only come back after 10
minutes!
Any suggestions what I can do to save our big tree (and the TV antenna, as
well???)
Cheers
Peter Waanders
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