Bird Watching: DAILY PICS VOL.197, 1 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:
Gorgeous shots everyone.

I managed to get a few shots of a White-tailed Black Cockatoo this morning. This one is a male and was waaaay up the top of a eucalyptus in our yard. There's been a flock around for the last couple of weeks. They are large birds, (21-24"), with the most lovely, slow, undulating flight. They are under constant pressure because of habitat destruction. The federal government very recently stepped in to prevent (who know for how long) the University of Western Australia from selling land it has held for close on a century, for housing. The land is one of the few remaining remnants of the Black Cockatoo's nesting ground in the metropolitan area.