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Christmas Eve last year:

Went outside my parents' house and heard a bird call that didn't fit. Took me a minute to realise that it was a yellow-tailed black cockatoo call. Not something I normally hear/see near my parents' house in Australia. Quickly grabbed my sis' camera with her awesome zoom lens to get photos, as the two cockatoos were pretty high in the banksia (I think) tree.


Black Cockatoo nomming on a banksia nut, beak on to the camera



Black Cockatoo nomming on a banksia nut, side on to the camera allowing you to see one eye and some yellow on its head

Black Cockatoo nomming on a banksia nut, beak on to the camera



Back shot of the black cockatoo nomming on the banksia nut. Another bird has pooed on its back at some point - there is white poo against the black

Date: 2017-03-26 02:12 am (UTC)
glitteryv: (Default)
From: [personal profile] glitteryv
Oh, wow! What a beautiful birdie!

Date: 2017-03-26 03:44 am (UTC)
sasha_feather: Retro-style poster of skier on pluto.   (Default)
From: [personal profile] sasha_feather
Wow!

Date: 2017-03-26 04:33 am (UTC)
shirebound: (Default)
From: [personal profile] shirebound
Those are spectacular shots!

Date: 2017-03-26 04:58 am (UTC)
blackmare: (littlemoon)
From: [personal profile] blackmare
I did not know there was such a thing as a black cockatoo. Wow.

Date: 2017-03-26 06:17 am (UTC)
nightdog_barks: Illustrated close-up of a bird's head grasping a red berry in its beak (Bird with Berry)
From: [personal profile] nightdog_barks
Just gorgeous!

Date: 2017-03-26 09:18 am (UTC)
calissa: (Default)
From: [personal profile] calissa
Gorgeous photos! They fly overhead here in certain seasons, but I don't get to see them up close too often.

Date: 2017-03-26 05:25 pm (UTC)
jesse_the_k: Water above, pair of white woman's legs dangling from thigh into sky below (Walking in sky)
From: [personal profile] jesse_the_k
Outstanding. The expression in that first pic deserves meme-ification.

Date: 2017-03-26 09:39 pm (UTC)
clare_dragonfly: woman with green feathery wings, text: stories last longer: but only by becoming only stories (Default)
From: [personal profile] clare_dragonfly
Wow--that absolutely is a gorgeous bird!

Date: 2017-03-27 02:48 pm (UTC)
redsixwing: A red knotwork emblem. (Default)
From: [personal profile] redsixwing
Oh, amazing!

The...cone? the cockatoo is chewing on is very pretty as well.

Date: 2017-03-27 03:17 pm (UTC)
moonvoice: (Default)
From: [personal profile] moonvoice
That's a banksia seed pod cone, they look pretty amazing. :D

Date: 2017-03-27 04:15 pm (UTC)
redsixwing: A red knotwork emblem. (Default)
From: [personal profile] redsixwing
Cool!

Date: 2017-03-27 03:17 pm (UTC)
moonvoice: (wczuciki - snail and little snail)
From: [personal profile] moonvoice
Gorgeous photos! :D I've been seeing the Endangered Carnaby's Black Cockatoo over here a bit lately which is always such a pleasure.

Date: 2017-04-04 11:50 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kk1raven
Nice photos! I saw Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos several times when I visited Australia back in 2009. They're amazing birds.

Date: 2017-04-18 08:29 pm (UTC)
nanila: (kusanagi: aww)
From: [personal profile] nanila
BIRB <3333

That second photo..."nibble nibble" *hearteyes*

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