Sulphur-crested Cockatoos colouration - Photos

[John Reidy <>]

Peter,
Some years ago I was travelling to Leeton with Geoff Duggan to see
a Long Toed Stint and we saw a very red cockatoo beside the road. We stopped
and went back to have a look and found it to be a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
which had bathed in a puddle of very muddy red water (it was still bathing).
The bird was coloured from head to toe the same colour as the mud. Could
your bird and others be a cleaner version, i.e. having washed most of the
colour out in subsequent cleaner water?
--
John Reidy
Sydney
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Hi All,

I have put a few images up of the Pink Sulphur Crested Cockatoo at the following link:

http://www.boogey.org/~peter/SCC/PinkSCC.html

If you have any troubles accessing the site, please email me.

Looking forward to some feedback on these.
 

Cheers,

Peter