Late one afternoon a while ago a screeching could be heard, the unmistakable sound of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos. Soon the Cockatoos were circling around and they then headed off to some distant trees.
I was watching where they were and in particular the Black Cockatoo closest who was doing a bit of moving around on the branch he was sitting on. It was very low light and the telephoto function on my Canon camera was at full stretch. The quality of the photos isn’t the best but I thought I should share a bit of our native birds sense of fun. You have already seen what the King Parrots do around my place having fun.
Enjoy the next sequence of photos. Just two settled on this side of the tree
Suddenly this Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo leant forward.
Then it was head down a bit further, wings spread a bit for balance and the tail feathers flared.
A little bit further, head well tucked and body all on the other side of the branch.
Then it was right over, wings open, tail upright and his head where his tail was seconds ago.
Back upright, wings and tail ready for the final balance on the branch.
Steady and settling back down.
and carry on as though nothing happened
Simply “Amazing”…
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That it could be Ivor 🙂 🙂
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Fantastic sequence, Brian 👏 I bet he was telling all his mates about his acrobatics in the pub later 😂
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I reckon it was “Hey did you see that?”
with lots of “nos!!”…..”see what?” 😀 😀
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🤣🤣
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They are such funny birds.
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I say that for all parrots
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True. Maybe not galahs. They don’t seem to have the personality of the cockatoos.
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Galahs can just be idiots who think they are funny. Some still have their moments though
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Size can be deceptive but they look really big. Are they?
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Yes they are a large bird, 55 to 65cm
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😲
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I love that you see these in the “wild”
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When you live “in the wild” you see lots of stuff 🙂
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I think he knew he had a captive audience, Brian! Such cool moves.
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I just wish I was closer or even took a video 😀
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You did great!
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The wings and the tail must be very pretty. Good thing you caught some photos, Brian, even though it was so far away.
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On the outside they are all black with yellow patches on their face and bold yellow beneath their tail. I was too Miriam 🙂
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We don’t have to many variety of birds in the city. 😊
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Not around the town here but probably more than in the US 🙂
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We have more doves perching on the telephone wires and sparrows flying around town. 🙂
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As they should 🙂
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You mean you don’t down a twirl around a bar before you settle down for the evening?
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I would have to say no to that Graham. I have been known to slide down the hallway wearing thick woolly socks…..close enough
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