Photographer's Note
A mini series on birds in our backyard starting with our favourite, a Yellow Tailed Back Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus) one of the largest of parrots in Australia. They measure between 55 and 65 cm in length. This one with its light coloured beak is an adult female.
They eat seeds from large nut pods like the one in this ones claw. They also like wood boring grubs.
One of their absolute favourite meals is the seed of the native hakea plant. This hakea is growing just a metre from our house and the cockatoos come every year to feast on the seeds. They make a mess but are great to watch.
They nest and live in small family groups in the nearby wilderness areas but encouraged by the exotic pines planted around our town and nearby towns they have also developed a taste for pine nuts.
Black Cockatoos are rarely seen in overseas zoos and not many Australians get to see them in the wild. We're lucky living where we do having planted a suitable food shrub for them.
Best in the large view.
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jemaflor
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(146360) 2020-05-16 23:08
Hi Ian,
well made this photo, difficult with all these leaves. perfect sharpness management, interesting bird, tfs.
papagolf21
(152605) 2020-05-16 23:26
Bonjour, cher Ian,
Il a beau se cacher, on le voit bien le joli oiseau aux couleurs étonnantes.
C'est un réel plaisir que de découvrir cet oiseau difficile à photographier (je suppose).
Amitiés.
Philippe
emka
(157280) 2020-05-17 0:22
hello Ian, For you, the cockatoos are something you see maybe every day. For me, it was a great attraction in Australia. Nice view of this black bird on the branches of a gum tree.
Stay safe, have a nice Sunday'
MAlgo
Silvio1953
(220697) 2020-05-17 0:40
Ciao Ian, great capture of lovely bird in nice pose, wonderful natural colors, splendid sharpness and fine details, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio
ktanska
(44492) 2020-05-17 2:00
Hi Ian,
So nice to see you have these impressive big birds in your backyard. I wonder if they are as noisy as white ones. I saw some black cockatoos in Townsville, but they were red tailed.
Kari
Royaldevon
(85640) 2020-05-17 3:10
Hello Ian,
From your notes, it seems that you are very lucky Australians, to have these birds so close to your house and are able to watch them at length, something denied most Australians!
I have never seen one before and had to study this one carefully to make sure that the yellow was its tail feathers! And it has yellow where an ear would be!
It has a huge beak and I imagine that it has little trouble cracking the nuts open.
I love watching the birds in our garden.
By living on the edge of the countryside we get pheasant and ducks, along with the normal garden birds. I have heard a woodpecker in the trees but it never reaches our garden!!!
Keep safe.
Regards,
Bev :-)
jhm
(211734) 2020-05-17 6:24
Hello Ian,
We get a nice portrait of this black Cockatoo, nice camouflage too
Composition and presentation are pleasant to look at.
Very well done, TFS.
Have a nice Sunday,
John.
Fis2
(169821) 2020-05-17 7:21
Witaj Lan!
Excellent shot.
A very interesting parrot.
Good framing, colors and sharpness.
Well done.
Warm regards.
Krzysztof
rychem
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(72187) 2020-05-17 9:29
I have to visit a zoological garden to see such an interesting bird, and you can see it in your backyard :)
a very nice bird
regards Ryszard
Tue
(91648) 2020-05-17 11:05
Hello Ian,
A very nice close-up capture, which gives a very clear view of the cockatoo in the tree. The details of its feathers and beak are clearly seen and the small leaves of the tree create a nice pattern around it.
Lars
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Copyright: Ian Fegent (ifege)
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(47043) - Genre: Lugares
- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 2019-03-06
- Camera: Pentax K1, Pentax DFA 2.8 70-200
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original
- Date Submitted: 2020-05-16 19:23
