Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos

[John Tongue <>]

Hi all,
Yesterday, we borrowed a couple of Kayaks, and paddled for a few km  
up the Leven river, which empties into Bass Strait just in front of  
our house.  Others had reported Azure Kingfishers up river, which we  
had only ever seen in Tassie on the West Coast, and then only one  
(they were shot almost to extinction in Tassie in the 19th Century  
for feathers for ladies hats!).  We didn't find any kingfishers  
(sigh) but had a lovely afternoon, and the highlight, bird-wise, was  
a flock of between 20 and 30 Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos (hard to  
count, as some had already flown across the gap in trees before we  
noticed them.  There were good numbers of juveniles, too, giving  
their croaky, whining calls.  Must have been a good breeding season  
for them.
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
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