red-tailed black cockatoo

Well.... apparently the bird Hans was trying to get information about was Red-tailed Black Cockatoos. His new friends: husband said while they were often here he'd not seen them for a bit. However, the contractor with him said that they flew over his house every evening on their way to roost...

Male with the crest

by the "smile" on this Red-tailed Black Cockatoo. That raised crest shows an angry bird. This was the closest I got, then we all stepped back away and he calmed down. I'll show you tomorrow why he was so upset about us getting close ... and then we'll move on to Aug 20. Oh, and yes...

A Lucky shot, even if I did miss the top of the wing

Might not do so many comments while the cricket is on! Go England...

We encountered a large flock of these birds as we drove along the Kakadu Highway.

I was trying to sneak closer but I was spotted and they took to the wing. But at least one can see the lovely shimmer of the red in the tail.

Only this is a female and they have a yellow tail.

As the weather is closing in here and no oppurtunity to get the camera out I was checking photos taken on our Sydney trip last Nov. This Cockatoo was quite obliging to sit and preen, we only have Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos around here, on odd occasions, so a very exciting find!

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo. One of a flock of 60+

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

With the male feeding in the foreground, the female tenderly feeds the youngster in the top of a Casuarina tree.

This is the male, with the female and young in the background

These birds were sitting high up in a tree and the light was terrible, so I played around with it in photoshop and this was the result.

Today is fly day, these shots were all taken on my last trip to the Kimberley's I hope they are up to your expectations all shots taken with 500 f/4 image stabilising lens handheld

Anumber of these birds were following myself and the dogs around. Just checking us out.

Took the dogs for a walk this afternoon and saw these beauties munching on nuts in the park. They seem to be almost resident in this area and there are quite a few of them around. Not far away were the white Tailed Blacks which I also got a shot at .

This is the second image of a pair to demonstrate one difference between the male and female red-tailed cockatoo. This female is preening and showing her striped orange/yellow tail feathers rather than the bright red of the male. Note also the white spots on the face and body of the female.

I found these birds very shy. Everytime I approached with my camera, they diappeared. It costed me 3 days to get a reasonable flight-shot; Jack

These were feeding on the oval at school this morning. This is the female.

lots of these cockatoos around at the moment