Red-tailed Black Cockatoos back in town

Since 1991, these magnificent birds have been annual visitors to Toowoomba and surrounds in fluctuating numbers and for varying lengths of time. The availability of fruiting White Cedar (Melia azerderach) dictate their local movements but how and to what extent is unclear.

Let's collectively get a better idea on their annual numbers, daily patterns of movement and local distribution. How far east do they venture each year? Do they ever reach Ipswich and Brisbane? Provide the date and time, number of birds, exact location, and what they were doing e.g. feeding in white cedar, roosting, flying east.

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Rod Hobson
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Red-tailed Black Cockatoos back in town

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Folks,

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo sightings around Toowoomba have not been reported on this forum since May this year, however four birds are presently visiting Picnic Point to feed on the seeds of the fruiting Hoop Pines (Araucaria cunninghamii) growing in the parkland there.

Over the last week I've seen these birds on three instances. On the afternoon of Sunday 27th. December I saw four birds flying over Rangeville Park. On the 28.12.09 four cockies flew over Tobruk Memorial Drive whilst I was walking there and on the 30th December I had good views of these birds feeding on Hoop Pine seeds at Picnic Point.

It's great to see these birds around Toowoomba again.

Regards,
Rod Hobson
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