Flight of Black Cockatoos

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Subject:	Flight of Black Cockatoos
From:	Youngs FamilyMail <>
Date:	Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:42:32 +1000

On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Youngs FamilyMail <
> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Does the flight of a Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo differ from that of a
> Glossy Black Cockatoo?
>
> The reason I ask is that I saw 2 Black Cockatoos flying over Neutral Bay
> yesterday morning around 8:30. I couldn't tell what type of Cockatoo they
> were, but I thought at the time that their movements were very slow. Almost
> too slow to fly.
>
> I remember thinking at the time that perhaps they were flying slower than
> I remember seeing Yellow-tailed Cockatoos fly, and if that was true, then
> perhaps they might have been Glossies?
>
> So my question is, is there any way to tell by the flight of a Black
> Cockatoo what type it may be?
>
> Regards,
> Mark
>
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