❝ I often hear these cockatoos before I see them. Large and noisy with a lazy wing flap.
On Saturday the twelth of May, I caught an ABC Radio show called Cockatoo wail, fledge or fail. The story is about Red Tailed Black Cockatoos and PhD Candidate, Daniella Teixeira listening for bioacoustic signals for breeding pairs. There are only aproximatly 1400 known Eastern Red Tailed, Black Cockatoos. I don't see or hear Red Tails much where I live. Sometimes I catch a glimpse of a couple. I do however hear and see a bit more of a related species, the Yellow Tail Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus Funereus) Here is some recordings I've made.
I have released the audio visuals using the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License so the AV can be copied without an problems.
2018DEC27
I have removed the video files.
2018JUN20
A group of about five pairs of Yellow Tail Cockatoos feeding on a particular native shrub with large seeds. I couldn't see the Cockies, I heard them first. The sound of their beaks breaking open the seed pods and the sound of those pods dropping on the ground gave them away.
2018JUN201313 landing and eating (flickr)
2018JUN201311 group shot in eucalypt (flickr)
2018JUN201310 best shot, fly and landing (flickr
2018JUN201309 very short (flickr)
2018JUN201308 very short (flickr)
2018JUN201307 close-up eating native seeds (flickr)
2018JUN201306 on flickr
2018JUN04
Spotted a couple of Yellow Tail Cockatoo pairs, on a windy day, in a quiet park. Sounds inclue wind, cranky youngster and adults calling. To download, use your right mouse click. Each image is approximatly 10Mb in size.
