Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo

This isn't the best picture in the world, but as we were walking to the car last night on our way out, we could hear this young yellow tailed black cockatoo squawking his head off in the tree while his parents were tearing shreds out of the banksia tree just next to him.

As per usual I had my camera with me and managed to get a photo of him.

Today's topic photo - flora
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[Rachel]

Nice to see some of the rarer varieties of cockatoo. I don't think I've seen these in the wild.

[Jane Morley]

Never seen one so it's an excellent shot for me!

[Hazel]

I think it's a lovely capture with good detail of textures.

[Lee-Ann]

I see lots of these birds..but they are hard to capture close up. Nice image.

[sally agnew]

Lovely capture Babs, they are stunning birds :)

[Beryl Lloyd]

Lovely capture ( not seen one before ! ) He's obviously not happy not to attract his parent's attention !

[tony gig]

Fab shot of nature...Fav

[Robyn]

Wonderful capture. Fav

[Wylie]

Tricky shot, hard to catch these birds, well shot.

[Kat]

Great capture. The description sounds right too with the parents shredding a tree nearby. Beautiful, but destructive. :)

[Derek Vickers]

A wonderful close up Babs. So well captured.

[Sue]

Wonderful capture Babs.

[Joyce]

This is a great capture Babs Love it.

[Peter]

Superb capture Babs, lovely POV and DOF, well spotted;)

[Ashley]

Great capture!

[Gena Pegg]

Such gorgeous and exotic birds you have...at your finger tip!! Wonderful POV!!

[Babs]

@888rachel Thanks Rachel, we get a lot of them here and they shred the trees to bits.

[Babs]

@chimfa Thanks Jane. They are lovely birds.

[Babs]

@quietpurplehaze @leestevo @hermann I agree they are beautiful and this one was quite high up in the tree so I had to use lots of zoom.

[Babs]

@beryl Thanks Beryl, yes he wasn't happy, his parents were totally ignoring him.

[Babs]

@tonygig @flyrobin Thanks so much for the favs.

[Babs]

@pusspup Yes it was a bit tricky as it was starting to go dark and it was quite high up in the tree too.

[Babs]

@darthkitty Thanks Kat, yes they are pretty destructive, but I love them.

[Babs]

@derekvickers Thanks Derek. I had to use lots of zoom to get a shot of this one. He was quite high up in the tree.

[Babs]

@sioux @thistle @shesnapped Thanks so much.

[Babs]

@pcoulson Thanks Peter. It was beginning to get dark and I wouldn't have spotted him but for the fact that he was making such a noise.

[Babs]

@eyesmile Thanks Gena. we are so lucky to have such wonderful parrots in our part of the world.

[Annie D]

they are just gorgeous aren't they - have to grab a pic whenever you get the chance

[8yearson]

What a handsome bird, great photo Babs!

[Babs]

@annied ha ha. Have to have my camera with me all the time these days. David wouldn't be able to recognise me if I didn't have my camera attached.

[Babs]

@jackie8 Thanks Jackie. Even though he was the same size as his parents he was still a youngster and squawking like Hell. No wonder his parents were ignoring him

[Annie D]

@onewing I keep getting odd looks in the shopping centres harware stores and along the street - have no idea why???? LOL

[Margaret Obey]

Amazing how close it is to the trunk of the tree. Wonderful to have such beautiful birds living wild among you!