On my walk

[Doffy]

Hi. I live in Melbourne Australia.
Just thought these galahs (rose breasted cockatoos to some) might be interesting to some.
They are very common here.

[ame="https://youtu.be/nNWHzLEho8w"]25 August 2019 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Rozalka]

Welcome to the forum!
I think many of us (eg. me) live in places where parrots aren't native. I don't know how others but I like when someone post photos or videos of wild ones Thanks for sharing

 

[Scott]

Welcome to the forums! Most of us can only dream about viewing wild cockatoos in their environment! Thank you for uploading the video!!

 

[Doffy]

I see you have a corella, Scott?

This is a while back now.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8y3gtf6QUw"]19 April 2019 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

Wow!! How cool is that? Look at all those Sunny's! Now I understand when Hannah talks about the huge flocks of Corella's that land and feed in the "paddock"! Amazing. And all I get to see is blue jay's,starlings,sparrow's and grackles..




Jim

 

[Doffy]

Wow!! How cool is that? Look at all those Sunny's! Now I understand when Hannah talks about the huge flocks of Corella's that land and feed in the "paddock"! Amazing. And all I get to see is blue jay's,starlings,sparrow's and grackles..




Jim

This is metro area, so small flocks. My Dad's place, at sunrise and sunset, the sky was white with passing corellas. Then tailing behind would be a small group of galahs, barrel roll flying just to be involved (drunks of the bird world)

 

[Betrisher]

Doffy, that's a great video to show others how accessible our wild parrots are here in Oz! It's also interesting to note that, if you listen, you can hear other birds as well. I can hear Australian Ravens, Superb Blue Wrens, Australian Bell Magpies, an Australian Magpie Lark (PeeWee) and a Grey Butcherbird in the background.

Have you noticed any change in numbers of galah flocks in your area? We used to see huge flocks here in Newcastle, but in recent years we only see small ones about the size seen here in your video. Instead, we get massive flocks (over two hundred, which is massive for a city area) of SC2s and corellas. I haven't heard of any explanation for this and wonder whether it's got to do with the drought or some other factor. Why would corellas explode and galahs diminish?

We lost our galah, Dominic, just this year. He was thirty-five. Seeing your video did me good: they're such lovely birds and so funny! More recently, Miss Rosetta Stone came into our lives. She's a Little Corella and so it was nice to see your vid of her mates as well. Thank you!

PS. Hannah's Sunny is a Long-billed Corella - he's a little larger and with a longer bill and more red feathers on his face than 'Setta. The two species can interbreed, but you don't see it very often. Interestingly, Little Corellas will interbreed readily with Galahs in captivity and the result is a larger, paler galah-like bird.

 

[Doffy]

that's interesting. Sulphur crest x corellas have been observed around frankston. But i think the offspring are sterile, like mules?

not sure why numbers would change. But newcastle has boomed in recent years, so maybe they relocated?

 

[Scott]

I see you have a corella, Scott?

This is a while back now.

19 April 2019 - YouTube

Spectacular video! I have 5 Goffins and 1 Citron Crested. One of our members has an incredibly special relationship with a wild Corella, "Sunny."

http://www.parrotforums.com/cockatoos/79240-sunny-update-more-photo-spam.html
http://www.parrotforums.com/cockato...hotos-sunny-today-beautiful-full-rainbow.html

 

[HannahandSunny]

Wow!! How cool is that? Look at all those Sunny's! Now I understand when Hannah talks about the huge flocks of Corella's that land and feed in the "paddock"! Amazing. And all I get to see is blue jay's,starlings,sparrow's and grackles..




Jim

That really made me laugh All the time when I’m in the car with my partner and we pass Corellas one of us always says.. ‘look! Sunny’s!’
In fact I chuckled to myself the other day on my drive to work, I saw one lone Corella in a big paddock digging in cow poop! And I thought to myself.. that’s Sunnys sole mate

 

[Betrisher]

LOL! I call 'em Rosettas. And of course, any galah that flies over is a Dommie. Probably about five percent of the corella flocks I see are long-billed. This is remarkable, because when I was young, you just *never* saw a long-billed corella east of the Great Dividing Range. Now, y'do. Go figure!

PS. The local flock of Yellow-tailed Blacks is increasing almost daily. My son counted thirty-two the other day (we started with a single pair and their one baby). Yay!

 

[sunshine.within]

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing i would love to see a flock of wild Biancas one day


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