Hi all,
Sorry to be a burden but I’ve just left W.A. with a swag of photos but I’m not sure if I’ve captured a Baudin’s black cockatoo. I photographed what I believed was one in a mixed group. The birds were on the Kalgan River east of Albany where mixed flocks occur. They flew into a large pine tree and stayed until it began to rain heavily. (five minutes). There were the typical drawn out “mareeeah” calls but I was initially alerted to them by a call that was somewhat clipped.
If you could please look at the photo on the left side of the following site and let me know if you think it is a male Carnaby or Baudin. The bill seems quite long but typically when I tried to photograph this bird from different angles its facial feathers covered the beak.
http://birdshootaustralia.blogspot.com/2010/08/prologue.html?spref=fb
I’d really appreciate your help on this one (again).
Best wishes,
Gary Oliver
(heading for the Gluepot last week of August)
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