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
