Budgies flock to outback town

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A far-western Queensland mayor says it has been more than a decade since he has seen so many budgerigars flying in outback skies.

Boulia Mayor Rick Britton says tens of thousands of birds are being reported in the area - following big flooding earlier this year.

He says it is providing a glorious sight for locals and visitors.

"Like they are in flocks of probably 1,000 to 3,000 of them and there's up to five or six different flocks flying around," he said.

"When you look out on the horizon, you'd think that it was a smoke coming off a fire until you see that it's just manoeuvring just above the horizon and it's just like a wave of birds."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/27/2725150.htm

I wonder if the birds are still there.