Fauna, Photography

Black Cockatoo

More birds! When I fed the ponies I noticed three Southern Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoos (Zanda xanthanotus) low in a tree, seemingly not bothered by me, they’re usually pretty shy. Of course I didn’t have my camera! I went home, grabbed it and headed back down to them …

Male Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo (red eye rings, black beak)

They were busy ripping bark from a Wattle tree looking for wood-boring grubs, I managed to get a few close shots before they headed off up the tree.

Female Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo (grey eye rings, bone coloured beak)

Thanks for the visit, cheers from Tasmania 😀

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Tone Bacon - Tasmanian photographer. tasview.com

16 thoughts on “Black Cockatoo”

    1. There are also black ones with red or white on the mainland, but these are the only ones we have in Tassie. They have a very loud call but not as annoyingly piercing as the white ones.

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      1. Wow, so interesting! I just cjecked, Tasmania is about 150 miles from the the mainland. I suppose these birds could make the hop that that far.

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      2. You would think so easily. There are far smaller birds that migrate – like the Swift Parrot, maybe they’re lazy or just love Tassie too much 😀

        Thanks for learning about us!

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    1. I had my phone … no good for these though. I carry an old Sony RX100 III in my work bag and usually take my EM1 II whenever I leave the house – except on some quick trips to feed the ponies. It seems like the birds know when I don’t have it and tease me!

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