While I have seen Black Cockatoos feeding on hakea seeds (I think),
on and
close to the ground in very low coastal heathlands in Croajingalong
NP, East
Gippsland and other places. This has always been in 'wild',
un(human)-populated places.
Just last Wednesday I saw a group of about 5 or 6 YTBCs doing exactly
that in a heath on top of Cape Bruny, Bruny Island Tasmania. In the
heath that's all over the headland which you walk through to go up to
the lighthouse. Got one not very good picture of them in the heath and
a couple more of them flying away as a tourist scared them off by
getting too close. I've never seen them in coastal heath before.
Also while on Bruny Island, got a glimpse of at least one Swift Parrot
as it (and I'm fairly sure its partner) was moving about high up from
tree to tree and calling with the distinctive tink-tink call, near the
Bruny Island Cheese Co., in fact in the grounds of the factory as we
were drinking coffee outside after the cheese tasting. Way too quick
for even the dodgiest of photos, they'd moved off into the trees
before I could get my camera ready. The woman in the cheese company
said that the parrots had been seen along the road nearby frequently
all summer.
4WD Bashing along the forestry tracks further on the south of the
island was quite fun, but also depressing to come across the clear-
felled sections and the parts where all the trees were obvious re-
growth with every tree the same approximate age and size.
Also saw my first black-headed honeyeater in Freycinet National Park,
along the main walking track that leads from the lookout to Wineglass
Bay, about half way down to the bay from the top. Also have to say
that was the busiest walking track I've ever been on.
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