Cockie nappers active in Lismore

Updated on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 9:00 by City Parrots

Updated on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 9:11 by City Parrots

Is Gorge the cockatoo back in the wild? Image by Michael JefferiesAn East Lismore man says a cockatoo his family has raised for more than 33 years has been stolen by animal liberationists.

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Vic town fights cockatoo invasion

Sulpher Crested cockatoo. Image by Romain BochetVisitors are fascinated by them, but flocks of cockatoos are proving a mixed blessing for the residents of Kallista in Melbourne's Dandenong Ranges.

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Authorities crack egg smuggling racket

Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos pictured at Edithvale wetlands. Image by Wayne Butterworth

AN INTERNATIONAL crime syndicate based in northern Victoria is making millions of dollars smuggling endangered and exotic bird eggs in and out of the country.

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Illawarra residents concerned over cockatoo strikes

A Sulphur-crested Cockatoo about to land. Image by LeoConcerned residents fear the Illawarra may soon resemble a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as sulphur-crested cockatoos create havoc in the region.

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Feathers fly as bird watching takes off

Rascals: Prof David Watson will work on a $1.4 million project to find out just how much damage birds such as this sulphur-crested cockatoo, cause. They may be pretty, but at certain times of the year native parrots can be a major pest for Australian fruit and nut growers.

They cause up to $300 million damage each year, according to estimates by the Bureau of Rural Sciences.

A new, three-year $1.4 million project aims to find out just how much damage birds cause, why, and how it can be minimised.

Charles Sturt University ecologists began last month by conducting a bird monitoring course for workers at Select Harvests almond orchards near Boundary Bend, in northwest Victoria.

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