Taken on the Nokia this evening. Last night the two Rainbow Lorikeets visited. I was rapt! Photos are cropped a lot.
Rainbow Lorikeets
Raibow Lorikeets
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
14 thoughts on “Cockatoo, crest up.”
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Christine R 
Think it’s about time to put in a permanent bird bath.
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Certainly is! ❤
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Am so seriously envious of you, Christine. How many creepy spiders do you get indoors, really?
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Not many creepy spiders these days, Babe. I love using surface spray on the perimeters. 😀
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You one-woman ecological disaster, you! Great idea!
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Oh so awesome. They’re all such beautiful birds, I can just imagine how excited you were to have them visit. Good job getting the shots! 😀
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When I got out of bed this morning, I wandered over to the window while pulling on my t-shirt, not thinking to look first. The two lorikeets were on the fence, but they ignored me. Gone by time I got my camera though. The cockatoo always lands with his crest up, finally caught it. I had to wait ages hidden behind the stereo speaker with the phone pressed to the window! 😀
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Lol, I can just see it. Funny my guy always raises his crest when he lands too. I figured it was because he doesn’t fly a lot so when he does and lands – at which point I praise him – he’s just so excited. Maybe it’s just always an exciting thing!
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I think it is a precautionary action in case they are about to land in danger. But they look wonderful with wings out and crest up, don’t they! ❤
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It certainly is a display of both excitement in good and bad ways. Definitely gets your attention!
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Sulphur-crested cockatoos are such beautiful birds — but oh, how destructive they are in a group! I thought for ages that Tasmania was free of these beautiful pests, but somehow they seem to have made it across Bass Strait, because there’s a small(ish) flock of them hanging around the Valley 😦
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They’re more interested in the areas with crops I suppose. Once a year, they plough the ground up in front of our place when they fish for onion weed bulbs.
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Hi Christine. Sorry, have been writing and out of the loop. Hope all’s well. If you send me an email address I’d be happy to send you a copy of my sequel. susanlattwein@hotmail.com 🙂
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I was just thinking yesterday it was rude of me not to go to your website and contact you from there. Bad manners by me, sorry. I want a freebie but not going to much effort. Will do. Thanks.
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