1 Glossy Black-Cockatoo at Moruya, NSW
Identification history
| Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami | 17 Sep 2022 | plants | ||
| Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami | 17 Sep 2022 | LisaH |
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I noticed three pairs of glossies relatively close together (within 300m of each other?) chewing allocasuarina or sunning themselves after the rain. I walked on, then heard loud glossy calling from several birds - different to what I had heard previously. I turned and saw one, two, then three glossies glide just above the trees, then gracefully, cleverly, weave their way through the thickets. One landed on the bough of a tree in the sun, not too far away from me. When I trained the camera onto this one, I was surprised and delighted to discover it was a newly fledged glossy black cockatoo!! I discovered that I had photographed the parents just minutes before they flew off and came back to the same spot with their little one. The mother is photo 5. The fledgling chewed bark on the tree, and balanced awkwardly on the bough, then cheekily flew off, with the parents calling to it, and the young one answering. There is a first time for everything, and this is something that I am excited and grateful for - right time, right place.
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Location information
- Maps Broulee Moruya Nature Observation Area
- Places Moruya, NSW
Sighting information
- 7 Abundance
- 16 Sep 2022 09:22 AM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
Additional information
- True Nesting site
Species information
- Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami Scientific name
- Glossy Black-Cockatoo Common name
- Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 867m Recorded at altitude
- 612 images trained Machine learning
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