Cockatoos

A White Cockatoo was the first exotic bird I saw on my first morning in Australia seven years ago.
A parrot! A parrot! How exciting!
I hope he is still alive and enjoys his long cockatoo life somewhere in this country, where many native animals are called pests and treated as such.
Let's say 'Goodbye' to several Cockatoo species today as this is their final appearance on the pages of this bloG. I wish I could post some Blacks, Gang-Gangs and Cockatiels too, but didn't get the opportunity to photograph them...

above: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Tasmania

above: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Tasmania

above: Galah, Tasmania

above: Long-billed Corella in flight, Tasmania

above: Little Corella, NSW

above: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Tasmania

above: Galah, Tasmania

above: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Tasmania

above: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Tasmania

above: Long-billed Corella, Tasmania

above: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Tasmania

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Corella in the doorway

Long-billed Corella, Tasmania

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Vertical shots

above: Pacific Gull, Tasmania

I somehow subconsciously avoid posting vertical photos on this bloG. They don't fit as nicely on the pages as the horizontal ones. Here is a random collection of such vertical photos. The only common thing about them is the format.

above: Welcome Swallow, NSW

above: Laughing Kookaburra, NSW

above: Black Swan, NSW

above: Long-billed Corella, Tasmania

above: Flying Fox, NSW

above:White-faced Heron, NSW

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Corellas (40)

above: Long-billed Corella, Tasmania

A family of four Little Corellas visited the nearby eucalypt early this morning. Corellas aren't common here and in fact this the first time I get a chance to photograph them. The images are not good - they never are good from this distance - but I thought it was a good chance to compare some old Long-billed Corella images to these new ones. This way the bad photos will have at least some informational/educational value.

above: the parents, Little Corella, NSW

above: one of the young birds, Little Corella, NSW

above: Long-billed Corella, Tasmania

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Parrots

Musk Lorikeet, Tasmania

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Tasmania

Long-billed Corella, Tasmania

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Tasmania

Green Rosella, Tasmania

Galah, Tasmania

Long-billed Corella, Tasmania

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Corella

Long-billed Corella, Tasmania

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Take off

above: Long-billed Corella, Tasmania

above: Pied Oystercatchers, Tasmania

above: Pacific Gull, Tasmania

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Yet another medium - Branch

Tawny Frogmouth, Sydney

Long-billed Corella, Tasmania

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Spotlight

Here's a male Galah, landing very close to a photograper. The setting wasn't great, but I had the best spotlight of them all – a whole star, and the best warm filter of them all – the whole planet's atmosphere.

above: Galah, Tasmania

The Muskies below were sticking their beaks in somebody else's home. The owner, a Green Rosella, popped out and they flew away. I witnessed exactly the same-scene-same-time-same-place last year. I wonder whether the Muskies are the same too?

above: Musk Lorikeets, Green Rosella, Tasmania

above: Long-billed Corella, Tasmania

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Corellas!

I had an unexpected sighting this morning - a pair of Long-billed Corellas. This is the first time I see them since I'm on Tasmania. It's always nice to spot a new species.

Long-billed Corella, Tasmania

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