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Post by yesman on Dec 12, 2009 20:37:04 GMT 10
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Post by avinet on Dec 12, 2009 21:17:09 GMT 10
Eastern Long-billed Corella - Cacatua tenuirostris. Native range originally was the Mallee country of Western Victoria, but they have become established in quite a few East Coast cities through escaped birds flocking and breeding. I have always considered them to be the most intelligent of the Cockatoos, and also the best talkers. However they are often highly destructive of timber on houses so you might not want to encourage them  cheers, Mike |
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Post by yesman on Dec 12, 2009 22:16:52 GMT 10
yeah well these ones are located in se queensland.
and (1) what do they do to timber houses?
and the only birds my 'wild bird seed' is attracting is rainbow lorikeets and these Long-billed Corellas. And these corellas seem to only eat the sunflower seeds, (2) is that bad for them?
and (3) any reason why the seed isn't attracting other birds? it has a fair few different stuff in it. (4) any ideas of types of fruit that might attract some? (and what not to put out.)
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Post by avinet on Dec 13, 2009 9:04:00 GMT 10
There ar several flocks around SE Qld, all derived from birds escaped from captivity. There used to be large numbers of wild caught birds out of Victoria sold to the unsuspecting public in the 1970's to early 1990's. many of these were released or escaped when their owners realised the problems of trying to tame an older, wild parrot. Thankfully that trade, in Queensland at least, has finished.
I've seen large numbers especially in the western Brisbane/Ipswich area and have heard of flocks around the Redlands area. Up here on the Sunshine Coast it is mainly Little Corellas with just a few Long-bills.
They chew wood - window frames, balcony rails, timber cladding etc. Keep an eye on them so that if you do see them starting to chew up your house you can take steps to chase them away.
cheers,
Mike
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