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corella problem

To: "Peter Waanders" <>, <>
Subject: corella problem
From: "Scott O'Keeffe" <>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:01:36 +1000
Peter-
 
If you're looking for a way to stop them roosting in the tree, I think you will need something like 'bird' scare, a noise-producing cartridge used at airports to move birds.  Its quite effective, at least in the short term.  Of course you'll just be moving the problem somewhere else.
 
Scott O'Keeffe
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From: [On Behalf Of Peter Waanders
Sent: 13 February 2001 11:03
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Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] corella problem

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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