The Galahs are Back

Day 24 - St George, SWQ

There may have been Corellas at Thargomindah but the Galahs were back in St George. Loved their colours in the late afternoon sunlight.

In the process of identifying the two species from yesterday's posting, I saw a report that said St George had one of the highest number of bird species of anywhere in Australia. From the number of species we saw on our short walk along the river, it would be hard to disagree.
The report didn't say why there were so many but if I had to guess, I would say that apart from the existence of permanent water in the Ballonne River, it is because St George is on the western boundary of the birds of SE Qld and the eastern edge of the birds of the arid western regions. So there is an overlapping of the two habitats and the birds that go with them. Of course I could be completely wrong - I was wrong about something once.

[Diana]

That must have been such an awesome sight, fav!

[Connie Little]

Wonderful in-flight shot of all those galahs.
I am sure you are right about the reason for there being so many birds in St George. Sounds logical.

[tony gig]

Beautiful...Fav

[Peter]

Great birds in flight captured Terry, lovely timing freezing the movement:)

[BarrieH]

I always like these guys - their colours against a blue sky is so striking

[Babs]

They are like bikers aren't they, always go round in gangs.

[Suzanne]

Yay, always happy to see the Galahs

[Jane Anderson]

The lighting is indeed perfect!

[sally agnew]

Gotta love a sky full of galahs :)

[Merrelyn]

Great galahs in flight capture, Terry. They look beautiful against the blue sky :)

[Tony]

Spectacular capture. Fav

[Rachel]

Such a plain sounding place to have so many bird species. A lovely thing to be known for.