Three Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos dropped in this afternoon. They chatted to each other with their weird squealing call, while demolishing parts of our Old Man Banksia bush.

Here’s one of the birds. The pink ring around the eye identifies it as a male:

In this short video, you can hear them chatting to each other:

It’s lovely to have these big, gracious birds paying us a call.

Common name: Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

Scientific name: Calyptorhynchus funereus

Approximate length: 65 cm

Date spotted: 20 May 2020 (autumn)

Location: Allambie Heights, NSW, Australia