Yellow tailed Black Cockatoo

[nswchainsaw]

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[gomer]

Nice photos, they are one of my favorites.We get a few here flying across every day during the warmer months.

[jusdeb]

Awesome ..thank you for sharing .

[natamambo]

These were common in the Dandenongs when I was a kid. They disappeared from the Ferntree Gully National Park and the hills in general after the 68-69 fires. They have been making a comeback over the last 10 years or so and are now a common sight across outer eastern suburbs of Melb where they love the many pine trees. They took a long while to adapt to human presence in but seem to have done so very well of late.

[haydn92]

beautifull shots, escpecially the 3rd photo
they look really close

[BluJay]

Interesting looking bird, Nswchainsaw, and good photographs. There was a television program about the black cockatoo, not so long ago. Is the the same or yet another speces of cockatoo? It was a very interesting program, on how the black cockatoo is near extinction, and how they will only breed in hollowed trees, and it takes a hundred plus years for the trees to become a nesting place. Sad was how the farmers will shoot them to protect their crops. They had bush rangers (?) tracking them, trying to catch the people shooting them. Also, how they monitored the nests. It was really interesting how these birds would only back down into the nest, and how difficult it is for the parents to get the baby out of the nest when the time came. Good program it was.

[Myzomela]

Hi Blujay,
That program was about the 2 white-tailed black cockatoo species- Baudin's and Carnaby"s.
However, the similarities to the yellow-tails was quite noticeable.

[BluJay]

Thanks, Myzomela, it was a very good program. This forum has really gotten my interests in these types of programs, and one of my favorites when I see it is Earth Flight.

[jusdeb]

It was a good programme but while they are all whinging about what to do trees could be growing for the future ...100 years isn't that long really when you think how long they can live .

[Lukec]

These guys are a common occurence between Wollongong and Botany in Syd, i see them weekly, not sure if they are the same birds though.

Would they fly this distance daily?

I have seen small groups of 2,3,4 & 5.