Wednesday, March 13, 2013
It was the yellow-tailed black cocktatoos
For some time we have wondered who has been stripping the bark from the felled eucalypt trees behind our house. Great chunks of it have been ripped off, exposing the wood beneath. Occasionally we would point a torch up there at night, hoping to catch a sneaky possum or other marsupial in action. Then today in broad daylight we spotted the culprits swooping in: a gang of beautiful yellow-tailed black cockatoos with their prehistoric screech. They are some of our favourite birds and plentiful around here.
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I'm looking forward to seeing yellow tailed black cockatoos. Up here in Townsville we have red tailed black cockatoos.
ReplyDeleteSomeone once described cockatoos as being the teenage boys of the bird world - raucus and exuberant.
Great blog Susan. A timely discovery for me as I arrive in your part of the world in about 6 weeks. Just in time for winter! Brrrr.