Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Wildlife Wednesday - Black Cockatoos

We stayed in a little town called Calingiri (which reminded me of Jenn J McLeod's Calingarry Crossing in her book, House For All Seasons) where we had the caravan park all to ourselves - a great spot!

Anyway, I could hear Black Cockatoos. I know what they sound like because we get them at home sometimes.

Next morning we went for a drive so Mr E could show me a couple of things he'd seen during his morning walk (while I slept - I need much more beauty sleep than he!). We came across a tree with a heap of Yellow-tail Black Cockatoos and then a house with them in the garden. The home owners had bird seed out in the front yard and there were heaps of the cockatoos there.

At home, I hear them and I can see them in the trees but they never give me a good photos. These ones seemed to pose nicely for me! So, all the way from WA, yellow-tailed black cockatoos.


OH NO... hold everything...

Pizzey (my bird book, that I just checked) tells me that they're different.

In WA it's the White-tailed Black Cockatoo and the female has yellow on the tail. So, I do have a different bird. But gee... they are so similar to the ones here. And that's my excuse...and I'm sticking to it!

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