White-tailed Black Cockatoos 13th December 2007

Yesterday, a feral cat, a two toned grey and white, moved near and beneath the orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) hedge.

I also saw a magpie and wattle bird, on tha ground and in the branches of the platanus. Then high and acrobatic came a flock of white-tailed black cockatoo calling. For the last fortnight they had been present, and seemed to have moved in when the rains set in, but that is most likely just a co-incidence.

High in the pines they are feasting and jumping, tree to tree, and therein singing their mournful melodies to all who might hear them.