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) These features are even seen in gleaning birds that are not closely related. For example, in flycatchers of the family Tyrannidae, in which some member species are more adapted for hawking insects on the wing and others for gleaning, the gleaners have bills that resemble those of tits and warblers, unlike their larger-billed relatives. Also, some members of the woodpecker family, particularly piculets such as the rufous piculet of Southeast Asia, are similarly adapted for gleaning, with small, compact bodies and sharp bills, rather than the long, supportive tails and wedge-shaped bills more typical of woodpeckers. Birds such as the