Strange & Unknown

By Peter Morley
The Courier-Mail
October 27, 2009

RIGHT: A plague of budgies seen near Boulia / Picture: Ann Britton

SKIES around the far west Queensland town of Boulia are teeming with budgerigars.

This year’s floods along river systems such as the Diamantina and Georgina sparked prolific breeding by the budgies which have been feasting on an abundance of grass seeds, the Courier-Mail reported.

“I have been here since 1983 and never seen anything like it,” Boulia grazier Ann Britton said. “The ...

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