This juvenile long-billed corella popped in this morning and had a good bellow. The bellowing juveniles seem to be around later this year.
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Lucky you. The noisy juveniles at my place are probably noisier but they don't have feathers.
See Yez
Trev
That is such a funny shot Birdgirl...I have had a look at the ones around here and I don't see any red on them, so what are they again?
CHeers
Birdie
PS doesn't it ever rain at your place you seem to have blue skies all the time :)
Sunshine Coast Queensland
I take it you mean the kids, Trev? Luckily ours are mostly past the bellowing stage.
Birdie it is a long-billed corella. You would have little corellas in Qld. Here is one at our place on a morning that did not have blue skies!
ps you should see what our lawn looks like with not much rain!
hey birdgirl you said in the Frankston thread you get a lot of blue skies!! I agree with Birdie you always have blue skies for your photos! Great shot, was he really bellowing or is that a figure of speech? do they sound like a cockatoo? what blue-sky-ed state do you live?
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
Hey Birdgirl, I thought of you this morning at 6am when a whole flock of them flew over the house - noisy as!!!
Cheers
Birdie
Sunshine Coast Queensland
HI Birdgirl
I'd rather have them then the white Cockatoos.
I will have to keep an eye on our boxes here.
Hev - I mostly take photos in the backyard with blue skies because a white bird against a shiny grey sky does not look very good. But if I'm out and about, I just take the photos with whatever conditions I get.
The sound is a real bellowing that goes on and on and on. Juvenile galahs make the same sound. The parents fly into the tree followed by 1-3 juveniles who start bellowing and swaying as soon as they land beside a parent. They are begging for food. The parent moves to another branch, but the juvenile follows. Sometimes the parent gives the juvenile a peck. If the juvenile is lucky, the parent will hammer some food down its throat. I have a great video of Mrs Galah feeding Donald (the galahs who bred in our galah box 3 seasons ago)
I live in NSW, near Newcastle. It's about 31oC and sunny this weekend
Birdie - lucky they weren't sulphurs, as Smeedingo2 says
Smeedingo2 - yes do watch your rosella box - the rosellas were on ours a lot today. What happened to last season's rosellas - I lost track
HI Birdgirl
At about the same time your's where invaded mine was to and they all left and did not come back, I have heard them but have not seen them it is early in the morning when they are here will keep an eye out now.
Hi everyone
I got a photo of the juvenile long-billed corella this morning to try and show you it swaying and bellowing - see the lean to the left? It also holds its wings out a bit