This morning, while walking from ANU campus to the Botanic Gardens, I
heard a number of Little Corellas, mixed in with Sulphur-crested
Cockatoos, close to Clunies Ross Street immediately east of the ANBG.
This accords with last week's reports of this species on ANU campus,
posted by Dimitris Bertzeletos and Ian McMahon.
And on arriving home at Wamboin, later this morning, Noela and were
looking at a flock of about 65 Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoos flying
over our home. Included was the famous Bungendore Escarpment cum
Wamboin leucistic black cockie. David Cook has photographed it:
http://photogallery.canberrabirds.org.au/cockatoos.htm#YTBC . We have
been here for 12 months but this is the first time that we have spotted
this long-term resident or user of the area.
For newcomers to this aspect of bird characteristics, Wikipedia
explains that 'Leucism is a condition characterized by reduced
pigmentation in animals'; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucistic
for details. This bird is a yellow-coloured black-cockatoo.
David
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