That old belief about Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos being harbingers
of rain persists. I know of people who swear it's true. The trouble
is, they have to be somewhere in dry weather. I generally see them
most days flying over my house, rain coming or not.
Winter flocks of 100-150 birds are regularly seen in the Blue Mountains NSW.
Cheers,
Carol
At 3:43 PM +1000 16/4/08, Evan Beaver wrote:
That's 18 inches of rain in the old money. Is it raining?
Apparently, for those that don't know, there was a belief among Aussie
farmers that black cockatoos flying over represented the number of
inches of rain that was coming.
EB
On 4/16/08, John Layton <> wrote:
At 7:00am today I counted eighteen Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos
flying over Civic (Canberra's CBD). They came from the west and
appeared to descend into the Mount Ainsle/Mt Majura area east of
the city area.
> John K. Layton
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