Polly wants a tracker: wing-tags shed light on Sydney's cockatoos

By Michael Koziol
Updated October 5 2014 - 10:08am, first published September 6 2014 - 1:17am
Released: A tagged cockatoo is set free at the Botanic Gardens. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Released: A tagged cockatoo is set free at the Botanic Gardens. Photo: Wolter Peeters

Columbus is a real city slicker. Over six weeks, the sulphur-crested cockatoo has foraged in his regular stomping grounds of Woolloomooloo, Centennial Park and Cremorne. After dark, he prefers to roost in the Botanic Gardens, Potts Point or Rushcutters Bay Park – except for a one-night stand on the beach in Mosman.

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