Glossy Black Cockatoos

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Woko
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Glossy Black Cockatoos

I'm not sure how many Birds in Backyarders live on the southern Fleurieu Peninsula, not that far from Kangaroo Island where Glossy Black Cockatoo habitat has been severely burned in the recent bushfires. If there are any such Birds in Backyarders could I encourage you to keep your eyes peeled for any of the Cockatoos which might have escaped the fires by fleeing to the mainland where their natural habitat is being restored by a number of good people. The Glossy Black Cockatoo once inhabited the Fleurieu Peninsula before humans, in their infinite wisdom, did their thoughtless thing by ripping out the species' food & nesting habitats. 

Woko
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A recent article in The Age reported on the appearance in Melbourne of Glossy Black Cockatoos following the severe bushfires in Victoria's east. So it's probable that the KI subspecies would seek foraging on the Fleurieu Peninsula if it can't find sufficient food on KI. 

sue818
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Obviously not the KI population but thought that you might interested in my sighting of a female Glossy Black-cockatoo in Bourke in NSW a couple of weeks ago.

Woko
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That would be a 2 or 3 hundred kilometres outside its normal range, Sue. Are you sure it wasn't a Red-tailed Black Cockatoo? Bourke is inside the range of a subspecies of the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo. However, climate change seems to be producing some interesting sightings from what I read. And in these fraught times we can't rule out social distancing, of course!

sue818
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It was the call that attracted me to it & quite identifiable. Immediately thought Glossy. My pictures aren't great because of all the leaves but the yellow patches on neck clearly a lone female Glossy. I was very surprised as no reports west of Macquarie Marshes. I even ran the pictures past my non-birder husband to see what he would select & it was a female Glossy. Strange times.

Actually, the property owner told me that they get both Red-tailed & Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoos at times & he has left the Cedar trees alone as that is where they feed. The YT should not be there either!

Woko
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My, my, Sue. That's most interesting. 

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