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Thread #173380   Message #4204159
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
19-Jun-24 - 07:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: Birdwatching 2024
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching 2024
I live 1 train station from Sydney's CBD & we have the usual urban birds - seagulls, pigeons, mynah birds (Oz & lots more imported Indian, both members of the starling family), crows/ravens, magpies & our very own Australian White Ibis aka Bin Chicken which came to the Big City c1982 after a bad drought in their proper environment. Cockatoos are very noisy & everywhere as foolish people feed them.

I've once or twice seen the beautiful Rosella in our courtyard perched on a water pipe & demanding to know where the trees are, then it heads to a park or a better garden!

We have 2 large parks nearby - Sydney CBD's Hyde Park, & Centennial Park which add to the bird population, but I haven't been there for a while as it's a huge park to walk around!