The outback has exploded with extraordinary numbers of budgerigars thanks to perfect breeding conditions across Australia.
Thousands of brilliant budgerigars are flocking to the Australian outback thanks to perfect breeding conditions across the country.
Mark Carter, Alice Springs bird watcher and trained zoologist, said that the region has not had a budgie event this big in 10 years.Budgies are at their most vulnerable when drinking in the early morning.Mr Carter said it was hard to comprehend how many birds there were out there at the moment.He said that there are a few factors as to why the numbers have exploded.
Mr Carter said that those budgies subsequently have stayed and continued to breed resulting in extraordinary numbers across the region. He said that there was an abundance of food thanks to low cattle numbers and the budgies have "cashed in on that"."I really do think that it was that the fact that the grass wasn't being eaten straight away, it was allowed to seed," he said.At dawn, budgies are flocking in their thousands to drink at water holes or dams across the red centre.
Mr Carter said that these parrots were very intelligent were at their most vulnerable when they were drinking."Any predator that decides to turn up here to try an ambush, [the budgies] have got a real advantage.""They're in this group, they're really relying on the birds around them to spot trouble.Find more local newsOnce the food resources start to dwindle, the numbers of budgies will drop.
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