Happy New Year everyone – here’s to another year of birding, hopefully a successful one for all. I’ve already logged 20 species here at home in the Dandenong Ranges on the first day of this month, although I didn’t get photos of all of them. I use the eBird app which I now find very…
Tag: cockatoo
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Quite cheeky and comical birds to watch, I was delighted to get it showing its crest open. This cocky had been watching me as I put out feed for the rosellas and thought it would join in for a period of time before taking off. And, as you’ll see in the third shot, it even…
The antics of the Cockatoo
Late yesterday afternoon we had a storm sweeping in – thunder, some lightening, lots of rain and some wind. The cockatoos had decided to settle in our oak and liquidamber trees and were making quite a racket as the rain got heavier. I stood underneath our verandah to watch them and their silly antics. One…
Australian Laughing Kookaburra
I took my daughter and grandson to Grant’s picnic ground in Kallista. One of my favourite places to go. There’s always lots of birdlife there that’s not afraid of the number of people hanging around. In fact, they expect to be fed! This kookaburra was on a tree close to the deck at the back…
Grant's Picnic Ground
This Cockatoo on the entry sign to the park with a Crimson Rosella in the background.
What are you looking at?
At Ferntree Gully Park, near the 1,000 Steps we heard the Sulphur Crested Cockatoos constantly screeching. Above us this one stopped long enough for me to get a good look. The 1,000 Steps is connected to the Kokoda Trail and has memorial plaques and stones along the pathway and information on how difficult the Kokoda…