I believe these are beautiful birds. Many locals feel they are raucous, messy, annoying and a pest. And yes, they can be in large flocks. A local park has a feeding ground for them where visitors and tourists can experience the birds up close, feeding them by hand and having them alight on their shoulders…
Tag: Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
Coming for a landing
While at 1000 steps you are guaranteed to see and hear lots of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos. They are noisy birds and easily excitable. This one was coming in to land on a branch when I caught the action.
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
I can always be sure that at least one of these birds is going to pose for me whenever I visit Grant’s Picnic Grounds, a popular place for tourists to hand feed birds. This one appears to have a cracked beak.
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
We were visiting Grant’s Picnic Ground in Kallista and the bird life there is plentiful. This cockatoo was a real poser and showed me his left and right profiles and looked me full on – till he was tempted with food by a visiting tourist.