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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

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[personal profile] glitteryv 2017-03-26 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, wow! What a beautiful birdie!
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[personal profile] sasha_feather 2017-03-26 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Wow!
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[personal profile] shirebound 2017-03-26 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
Those are spectacular shots!
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[personal profile] blackmare 2017-03-26 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
I did not know there was such a thing as a black cockatoo. Wow.
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[personal profile] nightdog_barks 2017-03-26 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
Just gorgeous!
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[personal profile] lark_ascends 2017-03-26 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
They are gorgeous!!
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[personal profile] lark_ascends 2017-03-26 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
They were so beautiful!
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[personal profile] lark_ascends 2017-03-26 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!!
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[personal profile] lark_ascends 2017-03-26 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
Yep, to be specific, this one is a yellow-tailed black cockatoo. There's also red-tailed black cockatoos and some other sorts. They are gorgeous!
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[personal profile] lark_ascends 2017-03-26 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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[personal profile] calissa 2017-03-26 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
Gorgeous photos! They fly overhead here in certain seasons, but I don't get to see them up close too often.
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[personal profile] jesse_the_k 2017-03-26 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Outstanding. The expression in that first pic deserves meme-ification.
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[personal profile] clare_dragonfly 2017-03-26 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow--that absolutely is a gorgeous bird!
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[personal profile] lark_ascends 2017-03-26 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
We see them quite regularly on the way out to work, and they're sometimes in the trees out there - but usually up very very high!

Thank you!
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[personal profile] lark_ascends 2017-03-26 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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[personal profile] lark_ascends 2017-03-26 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
They are beautiful!
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[personal profile] redsixwing 2017-03-27 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, amazing!

The...cone? the cockatoo is chewing on is very pretty as well.
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[personal profile] moonvoice 2017-03-27 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
That's a banksia seed pod cone, they look pretty amazing. :D
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[personal profile] moonvoice 2017-03-27 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Gorgeous photos! :D I've been seeing the Endangered Carnaby's Black Cockatoo over here a bit lately which is always such a pleasure.
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[personal profile] redsixwing 2017-03-27 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool!
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[personal profile] kk1raven 2017-04-04 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice photos! I saw Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos several times when I visited Australia back in 2009. They're amazing birds.
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[personal profile] lark_ascends 2017-04-14 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

Awesome!
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[personal profile] lark_ascends 2017-04-14 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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[personal profile] nanila 2017-04-18 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
BIRB <3333

That second photo..."nibble nibble" *hearteyes*
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[personal profile] lark_ascends 2017-08-07 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
:-)
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