Tony Douglas of Garston Station has sent in the following report of tremendous numbers of birds of 17 different species, which were attracted to a relatively small area of 25ha. 40km north of Wentworth in early April 06.
Tony counted the birds, as accurately as he could, on 5 different days, and the following list shows for each species, the highest number counted leaving the area on any one of those 5 days.
Apostle Birds (280+), White-winged Choughs (96), Pink Cockatoos (13), Sulphur-crested Cockatoos (12), Corellas (5), Ravens/Crows (410+), Galahs (500+), Blue Bonnets (8), Red-rumped Parrots (215), Mallee Ringnecks (36), Yellow Rosellas (32), Whistling Kites (4), Magpies (35), Magpie-lark (52), Crested Pigeons (68), Common Bronzewings (6), Masked Plovers (8).
Tony asks if anyone can explain why so many birds could be attracted to this one small area at the same time ? Beetles or grubs in pasture or ploughed land? Or Cereals, or Grapes, or Citrus, or Olives ? Any ideas?
Tony says 'No' – the answer is sdnomla, or more correctly it's sdnomla spelt backwards – but the crop also goes backwards!. The crop he says, is what sustains over 1500 birds with their daily bread! ….. and the farmer?
RainbowBird May 06 |
