sulphur-crested cockatoo

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. Eating Seed pods

I thought to give you all a smile, a strange pose for the Cocky, should have brought its glasses :-) Hope you enjoy!

Had to share this guy, the other night when it was time to lock up the chooks he arrived and to his horror there was nothing left in the feeders. He screeched his displeasure and promptly climbed up the piece of wood in front of the kitchen window, wings flapping, crest open and watching me to...

Another to make you smile..... I was trying for a couple of aerial shots of the Cockies as they were flying around the top of the fir trees over near the stables making quite a racket, pushing and shoving each other over which was the best spot to land. Hope you enjoy!

When I first sighted this S/C Cockatoo it was at the drinking water and I wondered why it would put a twig in the water. On looking through the lens saw that it was its upper and lower beak very deformed, it had a drink and then went and joined the rest of the flock ripping up my back garden...

The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is one of the older birds in this flock and she was taking her time having a drink! She was watching me for quite sometime to make sure I didn't come outside :) There was another interesting oldie in the flock, will post tomorrow. Do love to share!

Sorry having trouble with my PC From the archives .....I had run out of seed so decided to place these in the feeder for the Lorikeets, along came the Cocky and decided not to share.....couldn't here the tune it was playing but it took off without a thank you ....Hope you enjoy!

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Just as I finished my breakfast, this cockatoo landed. It was great to see him with his crest fully raised too.

We had, by now, made our way back to Hinterland Park in the hopes of finding the Glossy Black Cockatoos, but still they were missing. However wandering around the area I spotted a couple of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos up in the trees. Here's one of them.

.... get everywhere!! There was me, out in the dying light of the day, spotted some Maned Ducks by the front drive and two Sulphur-crested Cockatoos wanted in on the pic too!

This didn't happen too often, to see three species together. Galah, Rainbow Lorikeet and Sulphur-crested Cockatoos!!

As they're affectionately called by some. They really are pretty when seen close too, aren't they.

Of course, Ken and Judy knew where to find me another Lifer, in the trees surrounding the lake. Rather beautiful Sulphur-crested Cockatoos! They can be rather noisy too I discovered.

Stop on the ocean road to see Koalas turned up this group in atrocious weather

We're off again tomorrow, to the Maldon Folk Festival in Victoria, with some bird-watching thrown in. Back Monday.

As I mentioned the S/C Cockatoo had been around all day but I had been waiting to see if I could get a shot with its wings out......it took all day just to get this image and not only did it stretch its wings once but 10 times, got heaps of shots so I'm not minding so much to stay at home for...

Not illegal (yet) when it comes to actual feathered birds.

One of our alert sentries with crest erect

This was one of two that tended to hang out in the big trees by the west entrance to (or exit from, as the case may be) the gardens