Thought these pictures might cheer us up as lockdown continues in various places today.
The female Major Mitchell's Cockatoo has the reddish eye and she was putting on quite a show. It seems she objected to sharing her tree with any other bird except the male (black eye) of her species who just got on with drinking. Such a striking bird with that subtle pink contrasting with the bright crest and I apologise for too many pictures but they tell the story.
We actually had a flock of about a dozen fly overhead as we travelled from Cobar to Lake Cargelligo but at Bowra they were very close and just ignored my presence. Stay safe everyone.
Simply beautiful Sue. I have only ever seen captive Major Mitchell's.
That lovely crest and underwing colour
Thanks for making my day that bit better.
Dale Huonville, Tasmania
Wow! Pose/pic number 3 has it for me. Super stuff.
Thanks guys. Pose 3 does show the lady quite well but her display was wonderful to watch. It was as I stood at the Homestead Dam at Bowra Wildlife Conservancy near Cunnamulla in Qld.
wow, some lovely shots Sue, and what a spectacular bird. I've never seen them, one day. Bowra sounds amazing. I'm prepping my 4x4 in lockdown for some long range solo camping, so Bowra is on the menu :-)