Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (YTBC)

[martin butterfield <>]

They have just returned having picked up a few friends.  The total flock in the second pass was approximately 50, with 38 in my GBS site at once.

The decibel level was even higher.

Martin

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Denis Wilson <> wrote:

Hi Martin

 

Thanks for that comment.

 

My first lot of Baby Black Cockies arrived yesterday, to learn how to munch on Pine Cones.

 

In Robertson, they disappear briefly during nesting season. They go down into the tall wet Eucalypt forest just about 3 Km away, near Belmore Falls.

Presumably they breed there, as the large old Eucalypts have plenty of huge old hollows.

 

Anyway, yesterday, a family of Black Cockies parked in a large old Radiata opposite my house.

The babies (flying young) did their persistent, creaking noises for about 30 minutes, until I went out with a camera.

First babies of the season, to my knowledge.

 

Hopeless trying to photograph black cockies in a dark pine tree, against a grey sky.

 

Cheers

 

Denis
www.peonyden.blogspot.com