tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post4420185647153154262..comments2024-03-09T18:27:46.282+11:00Comments on The Nature of Robertson: Galahs love playing on the Powerlines.Denis Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-66599236332230340892008-04-04T09:49:00.000+11:002008-04-04T09:49:00.000+11:00Hi JoeI see you came across my link to Flying Foxe...Hi Joe<BR/><BR/>I see you came across my link to Flying Foxes. They visit Robertson briefly each summer, when certain fruit are ripe (including backyard fruit trees).<BR/><BR/>Galahs certainly are very social, but this area is a bit too wet for them (wet forest does not suit them, and even the cleared grazing properties have grass which is too long, so they are restricted to the township, normally. They love mowed grass, in which they dig for roots of plants, so people's front verges, and school sporting ovals suit them perfectly.<BR/><BR/>In Canberra, where I came from, it has been transformed into a dry savannah landscape (open grassland, and occasional large trees). That suits them well, and we get large flocks of them. <BR/><BR/>Out in their natural habitat (western New South Wales and Queensland) you still see them in their thousands, occasionally.Denis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-60235792401833772372008-04-04T05:23:00.000+11:002008-04-04T05:23:00.000+11:00I note that you reference the huge flying foxes. ...I note that you reference the huge flying foxes. Do you ever run across this species?Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345154460382394758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-55548919418562286652008-04-04T05:21:00.000+11:002008-04-04T05:21:00.000+11:00Thank you for posting the beautiful Gala's exhibit...Thank you for posting the beautiful Gala's exhibiting their comical behaviors! <BR/><BR/>The Gala is one of the most social of all parrot species. I am sure that you see very large flocks of this species!Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345154460382394758noreply@blogger.com