Why the hell would you shoot a bloody Galah?
I've shot thousands of the buggers, 5 gallon bucket of 12ga every morning and evening for weeks on end during the Christmas school holidays as a young fella. They sit on the top of the sunflower crop and get fat at the farmers expense eating the seed. Tried "Gas Guns" which worked for a bit then the feathered clays got used to them and took no notice so we went back to 12ga deterrents. When there's follies of Galahs containing thousands, the only effective crop protection came in the hail of hot lead shot. I got so good with the old Bentley SxS I was dropping more birds then shells fired, often nailing 2 - 3 per shot, they were so thick. If they ate too much seed over a period of time their feathers used to fall out due to all the oil in the seed, there'd be bald ass galahs wandering around which was quite funny to see. I have the same dislike for Galahs now as I did then so I still up them any chance I get up the farm with whatever firearm I happen to be carrying. If it's a pest and causing damage then it's a target be it rabbit, fox, cat, dog, galah or feral project manager
Long-billed / Hooked beaked Corellas are a different ball game, I have a pair that will come and sit on my back doorstep teasing my cat through the sliding glass door waiting for me to feed them. They are not very noisy and cause no damage, I feed them from time to time as I don't want them getting lazy as they are wild and should be able to fend for themselves.
This guy I can hand feed and occasionally pat him.
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Sometimes he brings some friends.
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I'm thinking of trying to make a backyard shooting range like what Hickok45 has. Although knowing some of the idiot neighbours that are too far away to probably even hear a .22 go off, I would get some complaints and a knock from the fuzz, and how do you respond to them with 
love it. 
They are allowed to kill you but you can't kill them. 
