There was a very big irruption of these birds from Victoria some years back
and the current population may have been started by some birds which found
the Agricultural research station around Wolston House to their liking -
that was the nucleus of the now established colony for some years anyway.
Tim Murphy
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> Behalf Of Graeme
> Petersen
> Sent: Friday, 26 December 2003 7:15 PM
> To:
> Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Long Billed corellas in QLD
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Just hoping someone might be able to give me answer re long
> billed corellas.
>
> I live in Logan City (about half way between Brisbane & Gold
> Coast) and have
> had a long billed corella visiting us for sometime now. We have also had a
> flock of little corellas in the area for quite a while. I assumed that the
> flock of little corellas had come in from western Qld during the drought
> looking for food but I thought the long billed corella must be an escaped
> cage bird. Today for the first time I noticed 4 long billed
> corellas! 3 flew
> away immediately when I walked out to fill up the bird bath the other just
> climbed higher up the branch he was on and kept an eye on me. I'm guessing
> he is fairly used to humans and is probably the one that has been hanging
> around for a while
>
> According to the Readers Digest book of Australian Birds these birds are
> native to Western Vic. Is it possible these are wild birds...or
> more likely
> that they've all escaped or been let loose from captivity?
>
> I'm not a member of your list so if someone has any info could
> you email me
> direct? Any help much appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme Petersen
> Waterford West
>
>
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