Mass NSW poisoning bird survivors released

THE last surviving parrots of a mass pesticide poisoning have been released in central western NSW.

The birds were rescued by wildlife welfare group WIRES from among the bodies of about 700 mostly little corellas, galahs and sulphur-crested cockatoos poisoned near Dubbo earlier this month.

NSW Environment Protection Authority testing found the birds in the Troy Reserve Area had likely ingested Fenthion, a pesticide used to kill insects and small non-native birds.

On Thursday, WIRES released the last of the 28 surviving native parrots from Sandy Beach, Dubbo.

WIRES Dubbo chair Ann Mara told AAP many of the birds had been close to death.

Some of them had been partially eaten alive by predators, she said.

"They were in a lot of pain."

"There was horrible screaming noises coming out of them and some of them had been already partly preyed upon."

The source of the poison is unknown and investigations are ongoing.

No dead birds have been reported in the area for five days and the poison is no longer thought to be a threat.

"We can't take our wildlife for granted," Ms Mara said.

"Over the period of a few days we lost an enormous amount of birds.

"Just because they're plentiful now doesn't mean they'll always be."

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