gang-gang cockatoo

Must be a young one not much colour in the face

This is the third couple inspecting where a bough of the tree had broken off, he was trying to make it neat and tidy whilst she was just watching and pretending to help LOl....me and my imagination!....normally I wouldn't upload three photos of the same bird species but seeing how these are...

Thought that seeing as how no 'Gang-gangs' had been uploaded for a year (thanks Delia) I would share the second couple......these two were actually being dive-bombed by the Rainbow Lorikeets whilst they were inspecting this hollow in the tree, he had been checking it out as she sat quietly on...

Hi all, just had to share my good fortune....today Pete had to have an ultrasound on his shoulder so I left him at the Imageing place and went down to the local park, found a few Rainbow Lorikeets making an awful din and then I heard this small sound.....a Gang-gang!!!....I grabbed the camera...

Just had to share this one. Once a month a local group (MEG) go birdwatching around the town trying to get people to become involved and enjoy what we have here in the west of Melb. rain,hail or shine we walk for 2 hours and note what bird species we see. We sometimes espy birds that are not...

Try to imagine walking along looking for insects and butterflies when several gum nuts are dropped on your head! I looked up and there were three of these Cockatoos, (Dad red-head, Mum grey and bub starting to get red so a male!) will try and remember to upload the other two..... enjoying the...

A Gang-Gang Cockatoo I snapped at Wombeyan Caves.

A first for me. Couldn't believe my luck finding one at uni.

This male Gang-gang Cockatoo was resting for a short moment between feeding. It had been feeding for at least 3.5 hours throughout my stay at the reserve.

This is a good example to showcase how skillful a cockatoo can manoeuver its feet and now it serve more like a hand. This is its normal posture when eating.

One of our dream sights we witnessed in Australia.

A species of southern NSW, ACT and eastern Victoria. The female is similar in colour but does not have a red head. www.aviceda.org