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RE: A strange pair of birds

Posted 834 days ago

Hi Deelee,

Its possible these birds are just that, dirty. I quite often see dirty corellas around here (SE QLD). Most birds will enjoy a dust bath, helps to keep pests at bay.

It is possible for cockatoo species to interbreed with other cockatoo species. A pet shop I used to visit has a galah cross cockatoo. Very pretty bird, but she is white and apricot. But her parents were in an aviary together for years before they bred, so the chances of there being to cockatoo cross birds in the wild that have paired up would be very small, and I don't think they would be a "dirty muddy" colour either.

So I would say its a pair of corellas who enjoy a dust bath together.
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RE: A strange pair of birds

Posted 834 days ago

They could also be bathing in dirty water, eg a dam or puddles.
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RE: A strange pair of birds

Posted 834 days ago

I am sure they are red from the big dust storm we had last month,my white chook is still orange,muddy brown when she is wet,We live in Wallsend,not far from Maitland
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RE: A strange pair of birds

Posted 832 days ago

These Corella's are not dirty they are just a brown in colour, they look dirty but it is their colour.
They only visit my feeder this time every year, they never hang around through the year & they look like a pair of old birds.
I luv to take photographs of my birds & I have quiet a few varities of birds that feed at my home.
They are beautiful & I just luv taking their photos.
I do have photos of the corella's that visited my feeder when the red dust storm hit....they were red!.