Corindi Beach, New South Wales Grafton Presbyterian Church, and daughters who were teachers of the area. Passerine (perching birds) Charadriiformes Coraciiformes Parrots Galliformes (heavy bodied ground birds) Accipitriformes (birds of brey) Strigiformes (owls) Frogmouths Pelecaniformes Columbiformes Releasing exotic animals into the wild may damage the environment. It could introduce an exotic disease or pathogen or become a pest itself. Exotic animals threaten our unique environment, agriculture and the tourism industry. It is also cruel to the animal as it is likely to die from exposure or starvation. Farming Dairying was the main farming practice early on in the Corindi area. Oats and lucerne grew well
Gleaning (birds) Gleaning (birds) Gleaning is a feeding strategy by birds in which they catch invertebrate prey, mainly arthropods, by plucking them from foliage or the ground, from crevices such as rock faces and under the eaves of houses, or even, as in the case of ticks and lice, from living animals. This behavior is contrasted with hawking insects from the air or chasing after moving insects such as ants. Gleaning, in birds, does not refer to foraging for seeds or fruit. Gleaning is a common feeding strategy for some groups of birds, including nuthatches, tits (including chickadees), wrens, woodcreepers, treecreepers, Old