The bird which dominates the dish is the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo. Bossy and noisy.
You can’t get away from them, even in the supermarket car park… But we still wouldn’t be without them.
The Blaxland Birds list
Elsewhere about these birds:
* Wikipedia
* ebird
Not a very popular bird around our house… Very destructive of Joy’s plants and messy when they feast on our gum nuts! I will forgive Linda in her series of Australian birds for including them…
The Blaxland Birds list
Elsewhere about these birds:
* Wikipedia
* ebird
We’ve not had much traffic to capture over the last few days. Yesterday, a couple of Rainbow Lorikeets couldn’t get close to a drink as a bigger cousin was guarding it…
The Blaxland Birds list
More info elsewhere:
* Wikipedia entry
* on ebird
We’ve had a bit of rain lately, so there hasn’t been much incentive for local birds to come over and use the ‘bath… Cockatoos are always present, though, and Currawongs would like to get a look-in occasionally!
The Blaxland Birds list
Elsewhere about these birds:
* Cockatoo : Wikipedia
* Cockatoo : ebird
* Currawong : Wikipedia
* Currawong : eBird
Is it “taking turns” or obeying a hierarchy? I’m pretty sure the Pigeon was waiting for the Cockatoo to finish… Two regular visitors of the bird bath!
The Blaxland Birds list
Elsewhere about these birds:
* Cockatoo : Wikipedia
* Cockatoo : ebird
* Bronzewing : Wikipedia
* Bronzewing : eBird
So we’re ready to capture some images! Here is a visit from a couple of Sulphur Crested Cockatoos. A common sight (and sound) around Blaxland. And, given the price, the camera is OK.
Switching the camera to video gives this result, go ahead and press “play”:
I’m tossing up whether to use photos or video. What do you think? email blaxlandbirds@gmail.com
The Blaxland Birds list
Elsewhere about these birds:
* Wikipedia
* ebird