Cockatoos taking over Carlton

Huge flocks of corellas and cockatoos have been seen all over Carlton to the delight of some residents.

Locals have reported seeing the birds on Canning, Pigdon, Palmerston and Neil streets during April.

Carlton resident Mel Campbell said the birds were hard to miss as you could hear them screeching from a mile away.

“They’re making a huge noise and some of them are making this drawn-out screech like when you hold open the neck of a balloon and let the air out gradually,” Ms Campbell said.

“They’re perched in the plane trees on Barkly St and feasting on the seeds, it’s raining plane-tree fluff and the seeds are thudding to the ground all around.”

Another resident, Marie Contraire said they “cheeky” birds had been visiting her window and mock-meowing at her cat.

“They’re quite noisy and aggressive!” Ms Contraire said.

“They tried very hard to get inside. Banging on the window before giving up.”  •