No, plenty of Galahs around. I do mean Pink Cockatoos with the red and
yellow headbands on their crest. I have not seen or heard them for a couple
of days but Wednesday and Thursday are bad days as they mow the grass for
cricket practice on most Thurs arvos in Machin Park. Sometimes I hear but do
not see them in the large trees in the yards up the Franklin Road hill. I
assume the drought has driven them further East than their normal range.
Can't get close enough to take any photos at present as my SLR with 500mm
lens is broken and stuck with crappy digital camera.
Terry B
---- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Gross" <>
To: "Terry Bishop" <>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 11:41 PM
Subject: sparrows
Hi Terry
I went to the park area today where there were several Galahs, I'm
assuming
these are the Pink Cocaktoos you mentioned. Initially I'd thought you
meant
Major Mitchell's Cockatoos, the closest to Orange I've seen these is
halfway
between Bogan Gate and Condobolin. As far as I can work out Galah's first
appeared in Orange in the 1940's. When I lived backing onto Machin Park
Galahs were often around. I had a Peregrine Falcon flying around the area
a
couple of times. At one stage I even had a pair of Red Capped Robins
perching along the fence line behind the units.
I often see Goldfinches and I usually see Greenfinches once or twice each
year, usually between August to January but that could just be my timing.
Happy birding
Steve Gross
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