G’day Lindell, they are in that part of the world a lot at the moment. At least some of them seem to be roosting near Curtin where I live, and I hear their cries pretty much every day around dawn and sunset. On Sunday we watched around
20-30 YTBCs flying north near Scrivener Dam. I presume they are mainly feeding on the pines.
Brian Hawkins
From: Lindell [
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 7:57 PM
To: John Layton <>
Cc: Canberra birds <>
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos
Played golf at Yarralumla yesterday and in the 4 hours I wandered around the 18 holes I was constantly hearing and seeing a flock of 7 Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoos circling around
in the tree tops. I don't think there were any more than the 7 seen. It was such a delight to be entertained for the morning by those fabulous birds.
On 23 May 2018 at 18:20, John Layton <> wrote:
Five landed in pines at corner of Southern Cross Drive & Beaurepaire Crescent, Holt at 14:30 Hours
today leaving a couple of minutes later as some 25 Galahs swept into the trees.
Small groups of Straw-necked Ibis have been visiting the Holt Oval most every day for the past week
or so. A few days ago I counted a flock of 15.
John Layton
Holt.
