Thread: My new apprentice

Originally Posted by AlexS

Sulphur Crested Cockatoos are the Hell's Angels of the bird world.

And they will literally eat you out of house and home if you start feeding them then stop. I remember a balcony in a Unit near Strathfield that they had totally demolished.

Originally Posted by AlexS

Sulphur Crested Cockatoos are the Hell's Angels of the bird world.

obviously you have never been to New Zealand and met the Keas.
rental companies will no longer charge you for damaged wiper blades,

do a few YT searches.

my favourite bird they have a beautiful whistle and just look at them WOW

Originally Posted by Lappa

And they will literally eat you out of house and home if you start feeding them then stop. I remember a balcony in a Unit near Strathfield that they had totally demolished.

Tey really are a fascinating bird until they decide to do stuff that humans don't like such as getting into bins which is a big problem around here and elsewhere.

Just make sure you if you are going to feed them that you give them the appropriate food . Apparently mince fed to birds like the Magpies and Kookaburras will give them high cholesterol levels.

Stewie

"Never trust any wild creatures that appear to be smiling at you. They're almost certainly up to something."

Originally Posted by Stewie D

Just make sure you if you are going to feed them that you give them the appropriate food . Apparently mince fed to birds like the Magpies and Kookaburras will give them high cholesterol levels.

Stewie

It's actually cheaper and better for them if you give them dog food - those little sausages, cut up into small cubes, are ideal.

When growing up there was a local cockatoo named Beverly that was someone's pet. It flew about the neighbourhood and would regularly visit to say hello. When he saw people outside having a bbq he would fly down and take drinks out of all the empty beer cans, and yes stagger after finding too many.

Was also known to sneak up on sleeping dogs, yell in their ear and fly off squawking, sounded like laughing to us.

the owner was a big bloke, 6'2" and a bikie to boot.

since we earlier mentioned Kookabuggas (as my daughter then aged 2 used to call them, I came across this pic and i'll promise you will never see a kookaburra the same again...

Tonyz, May I post this image on the BirdLife Photography forum?
Thanks,
Bob

My thoughts have always been ...if a pic is up on open internet/forums/farcebook etc is free to copy/exploit etc

Originally Posted by Tonyz

since we earlier mentioned Kookabuggas (as my daughter then aged 2 used to call them, I came across this pic and i'll promise you will never see a kookaburra the same again...

That is a great picture and yes I can see the goat.
Strangely enough down here in Tassie, Kookaburras' are considered introduced vermin and best dealt with by a bullet.
Having lived here for 30 plus years you never saw one in the early days and now the numbers are increasing hugely. At the same time many of the smaller birds that are native to here and were once plentiful are now noticeably fewer in numbers.
Sad but true.