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Lark_ascends ([personal profile] lark_ascends) wrote in [community profile] common_nature2017-03-26 11:51 am
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Black cockatoos

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