Tassie found this family of RTB's with their young female as he was going to the shops nearby in Mackay.
Just reposting for him as this new site has us all confused when you dont use it for a while :)
Great sighting Tassie !! sand please dont give up posting here when you see interesting stuff !!
Thanks for posting my shots Birdie, I had given up...lol
Beautiful birds, nice photos. You're lucky to have them in the area!
Hey Amateur great to see you again. How are you going? Stilll studying?
Sunshine Coast Queensland
Lovely shots Tassie, so glad birdie helped you out so everyone could enjoy them. Hang in there guys - if I can work it out, anyone can (and birdie - you talked me through it!)
There are a few things here I want to say, thanks Adrienne for posting those great photos for Tassie. Hi Tassie, I miss you very much, COME BACK!!!
and Amateur, I glad to see you, hope you are well? Love to see you back here.
O yes, I almost forgot, what great photos Tassie, come on, more...., please
M-L
Awwww thx Araminta, when this rain stops I will get out more and take some more pics ok.
Thanks Amateur and Birdgirl :)
Gee...Araminta ... it is so nice to be missed LOL It has changed such a lot on here that it is kind of hard to come back in actual fact...especially when you haven't got any shots to show and everyone but you seems to be getting really good gear on here these days ... it just doesn't seem the same as the old days :)
Sunshine Coast Queensland
You are welcome Tassie .... you know that I will always help you out when you feel challenged LMAO
Sunshine Coast Queensland
Nice to see a post from you, Tassie. I'll echo the others' comments and ask you to persevere. Lovely birds to see down at the local shops. Well done!
Cheers,
George
Melbourne, VIC
Good on you George, Thanks mate.
If all of us, (you and me) are pulling together, we can make this forum as good as it was. I'm someone who doesn't throw in the towel that fast, neither should you.
BTW, how many birds are in the first photo? I can see three.How rare are they up your way?
M-L
Are you talking to me or Tassie LOL ?? I will take your admonishments on board and he can answer about the populations of RTB
Sunshine Coast Queensland
Araminta the Red tails are not rare thank goodness. They turn up every summer with bubs in tow and hang until about April then go again until next summer.
There are 3 in the pic. I know of a spot about 2klms from home where approx 50 of them roost in a park of a night, having said that I have not checked that spot out since 2010, bit slack hey.
I think its a great thing to see such a magnificent bird so close to my house in fairly good numbers with young year after year, a lot of locals take these birds for granted.
After watching the plight of the Carnaby's Cockatoo the other night in the Documentary "On a wing and a prayer" I am very glad to see our Cockies here in good health and good numbers unlike the poor Carnaby's.
Great news Tassie, I get a few Yellow tails in my garden, but they have declined in numbers, I saw three young ones last year. Farmers around here told me, only 30 years ago there were flocks of hundreds. Very sad.
M-L
Yellow-tailed black cockatoos are increasing in number here, largely due to improved habitat with all the revegetation that's occurring. They're also attracted by a couple of banskia patches & plenty of mature Allepo pines (ugh!).
Woko I dont know what Allepo pines are but I do know that the Carnabies and other RTBs in Perth are reliant upon the pine plantations to help them survive , so they can be a good thing I guess.
Sunshine Coast Queensland
The Aleppo pine Pinus hallepensis come from the Middle East & would probably be named after Allepo in Syria. I believe the Lone Pine of Gallipoli fame was an Allepo pine. Anyway it was brought to Australia at the time of or shortly after WW1 & became a memorial tree, unfortunately planted to honour the war dead. I say unfortunately because it is horribly invasive & has taken over large areas of native bushland in South Australia at least, hence the need to gradually remove it & replace it with native bushland & indigenous food plants for the yellow-tailed black cockatoo. So they are a good thing until the original good thing can be restored, biridie. And it would also be a good thing if as a nation we could use local native species & cease the practice of planting exotic &/or invasive species as memorials to our war dead. That's just my opinion, anyway.
Great shots Bill! Well done mate. :-)
Thanks mate.
Great shots Tassie, good to see ya again mate.