" Pete 'n' Trish"  wrote in message
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> Hey thanks for the site. I think these are wee cuties. They look very
> similar to birds call love birds in Australia. Its a problem how different
> countries and cultures cahnge the names isnt it. Some of our birds are
> called cockatoos but down under we call them Galahs and Corellas. Still
> lovely unless they are eating the wooden bits off your house just for fun.
> trish in Sydney  :)

And we thought woodpeckers were a pain.  Imagine having cockatoos eating
your house from the outside in rather than the inside out, the way it's done
here.

There was a great photo circulating a couple of years ago from a man in
Australia who's deck was demolished by "dust bombs" (cockatoos).

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