I'm happy to see these cockatoos in our garden everyday. They are becoming cute characters!
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Nice photos Carla! They certainly can have cute personalities.
Thank you, Wanda. I do like to watch these guys in the garden.
Good idea, perthwings! I use a mix of wild bird seed, but I wasn't sure who's after what.
Carla Maxwell
Lovely photos Carla! I'm not sure how to interpret Perthwings' "they will move in permanently"? All depends on what your house is made of? Timber? Or, like our house, Mud Brick? Have a good look at their feet and beaks,they will wreck your window sills.Once they find out, that you are the provider of good things to eat, they will come and knock on your windows, trust me! Apart from that, they are cute birds!?
M-L
I've been enjoying feeding the cockatoos for over a year and they don't seem to be doing any damage. They are getting friendlier and friendlier, though! They know it's me feeding them!
This one was watching me this afternoon.
Carla Maxwell
G'day Carla, Take notice of Araminta for she knows what she is talking about. I have seen these birds demolish timber window frames and hand rails on patios. Don't say you haven't been warned. Ray
Thank you for the extra warning and concern, raysimula. I have heard lots of these stories and am always on the look-out for unpleasant behavior. Luckily there's been no birdy damage yet! :)
Carla Maxwell
Ok....I'm back to say, "Yes, I was warned!"....and you all were right.
I've been feeding the cockatoos further away from the house for quite a while now, but they know where I live, and come to visit me while I'm doing my artwork at the kitchen table.
I still love to see them and enjoy feeding/interacting with them.
Carla Maxwell
It was not a good idea to keep the birdfood in the carport. It is now kept in a metal garden shed.
Carla Maxwell
Hi Carla - I sent you a private message on the site (top right hand corner of the pages).
Cheers
Holly
These cockatoos were not photographed in Daylesford, but the photos, along with permission to post them in this forum, have been given to me here via email from photographer/The Paradise Birdman.
Photo above: Australian Prime Minister with her partner and two Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, posed for pictures in Port Douglas, Queensland. August 2012
Photo below: Australian Prime Minister with "The Paradise Birdman," posing with Sulphur-crested Cockatoos in Port Douglas, Queensland. August 2012
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Carla Maxwell