When I moved to Muzha about six months ago I started noticing everyday a group of two to three large white birds would fly around making the most awful noises and I always wondered what they were; however, since I have no field glasses they were always out of range somewhat for me to tell exactly what type of birds they are. But last week I was waiting on a bus at Zhongxiao East Road and I heard the same screeching noise and when I looked up noticed it was a yellow-crested Cockatoo (my mother has had one for 15 years now)… I was surprised by this since I am almost positive that they are not native to Taiwan so I wasn’t completely sure of my observations. But today the normal flock of two to three birds that patrol my neighborhood on a daily basis got within my scope of vision, and I shit you not they are cockatoos.
Has anyone else noticed these birds? I am from Miami so we have tons of non-native birds that have been introduced, among other exotic species, especially since Hurricane Andrew devastated all the zoos . Are these now wild birds or are they treated like pigeons here? I ask this since the birds I see outside my house seem to always fly to the same high rise from the mountains everyday shortly before dusk to roost I guess? Has anyone else seen these?