Kamikaze cockatoos

[Penn Gwynne <>]

G'day Susie,

 

Can I leave it with you and yours to start knitting some neck to knee mini blue and white horizontal striped swimsuits? woolen ones ... I'm pretty good at woodwork so I'll make and wax the surf boards.

 

Never know where this will lead eh unlike thee Eastern Freeway? :^D>>>

 

"Hang Five" Cackling JAG de Whag

Fiona Anderson <> wrote:

 

Hello all,

Further to Carol's sighting, on many occasions I have seen Sulphur-crested Cockatoos riding the ?wave? of air a few feet in front of large trucks travelling at nearly 100km/h along the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne. The first time I was following a truck and saw a cockatoo fly above and then drop in front of the truck. I expected to see a puff of white feathers as the bird was hit. No such sight. Instead, about 10 seconds later the bird suddenly reappeared and flew into a nearby tree with its crest raised and in full screech. I have since seen it from other angles and the cockatoos do indeed surf the pressure wave for a few seconds. I have no doubt that this behaviour is deliberate. Maybe a possible future research project is adrenaline addiction in Cockatoos!

Happy Birding,
Susie

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