Major Mitchell's Cockatoo

["Jack and Andrea Holland" <>]

Thanks Bill, yes as a single bird it's difficult to dismiss that it's an escapee, though assuming it's the same bird one wonders why it managed to hold on so long (probably over 4 years).  Part of the answer may be that it associated with and behaving like a sulphur-crested cockatoo in that it tends to fly over in the morning from the Cotter towards Woden/Mt Taylor and return in the afternoon.  I've only seen it stop to perch on a few occasions.

 

The second question is where has it been for the past 20 months?  Has anyone seen it at all such as round Woden/Mt Taylor in this time?  As you note, it used to be observed there, including if I recall correctly exhibiting breeding behaviour by examining nest holes in the company of a sulphur-crested (or was it a galah?).

 

Jack Holland