I was out on another of my daily walks when I came across a mass of Little Corellas on the ground looking for a feed. Fortunately they either didn't notice me or see me as a threats. and so I was able to take these photos. These pretty birds fly around in huge flocks and I'd guess that there could be upwards of hundreds of them wheeling in the sky.
I've looked up the species in one our bird guides and they're not even listed as located in our New England region. That was probably true a decade ago when I cannot recall seeing them in our vicinity. But suddenly they have taken our locality in large swarms. And now many people regard them as pests. Alas, one of their habits is eating the berries on our town's many Pistatio Chinensis trees - we've got three of them in our garden alone. And while they're doing that they defoliate trees leaving piles of leaves and twigs on the ground. This is such a shame as I rather like looking at them as aerial gymnasts.
Having photographed them, I continued my walk on yet another radiant day. We've recently had lots of sunshine and temperatures in the region of 16 to 20 C - somewhat above the May average for our location of just 16 C for the month.
I couldn't resist taking yet more views of our delightful little town - shown below. The first looks towards the south-east, the second to the south-west from the Apex lookout up on north hill.
And this looks eastwards from one of our nearby streets showing the Autumn foliage of the multitude of deciduous trees lining our streets. Notice however, the brilliant blue of the cloudless skies.
I've looked up the species in one our bird guides and they're not even listed as located in our New England region. That was probably true a decade ago when I cannot recall seeing them in our vicinity. But suddenly they have taken our locality in large swarms. And now many people regard them as pests. Alas, one of their habits is eating the berries on our town's many Pistatio Chinensis trees - we've got three of them in our garden alone. And while they're doing that they defoliate trees leaving piles of leaves and twigs on the ground. This is such a shame as I rather like looking at them as aerial gymnasts.
Having photographed them, I continued my walk on yet another radiant day. We've recently had lots of sunshine and temperatures in the region of 16 to 20 C - somewhat above the May average for our location of just 16 C for the month.
I couldn't resist taking yet more views of our delightful little town - shown below. The first looks towards the south-east, the second to the south-west from the Apex lookout up on north hill.
And this looks eastwards from one of our nearby streets showing the Autumn foliage of the multitude of deciduous trees lining our streets. Notice however, the brilliant blue of the cloudless skies.
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