Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos.

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GeorgeP
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Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos.

I caught these two on my afternoon walk a few days ago. If anyone had any doubts about the strength of these birds, I think these two shots will dispel them. They are a gorgeous creature and I had the pleasure of standing about three metres from one this morning. He flew off to join the rest of the flock and passed barely a wingspan from me. A great birding moment.
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Cheers,
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George
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Lyn
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Beautiful shots George - those beaks surely get the job done!

stevehapp
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thats incredible george.
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Arey they after grubs?
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cheers,
steve

GeorgeP
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Thanks Lyn.
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Steve, yes they were pulling some type of grub from the wattles. The branch in the second shot has now snapped due to the high winds we've had in Melb. The whole park is littered with broken branches because the Y-t BCs have been searching for grubs during the last two months, or so.
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Cheers,
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George

Cheers,

George
Melbourne, VIC

tarkineus
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Hi George, that does not surprise me at all. My mate Steve has a Sulphur Crested that he used to lock in his tool shed whilst he built an aviary, and by way of revenge "Charlie" ate a bloody great hole in the concrete floor.
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But hey, where's the macro shot of the "wingspan" fly by mate? ;) lmao!

Regards, "Tark" - Olympus 4/3rds colour

tarkineus
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And I would kill to have a chance at some shots like that.

Regards, "Tark" - Olympus 4/3rds colour

Birdgirl2009
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You are so lucky - they are still my favourite bird

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