I’m seeing these yellow tailed black cockatoos regularly at the moment, usually in a flock of three to five, but the night I took this photo there were at least ten of them, and plenty of sulfur crested cockatoos too.
According to Australian mythology, black cockatoos are a herald of rain. I haven’t found that to be the case but they are still a pretty amazing sight. This lot were very shy the first time I saw them but now seem to be used to me crashing around with my camera in the paddocks below, trying to get that perfect shot.
Faran Silverton 
Great shot 🙂 And I’m sure you’ll get the Perfect shot soon too 🙂
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Thank you. I really need to upgrade my camera, which would help. Although this particular shot was taken with a smartphone 🙂
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Wow, it has more definition than my camera! 🙂
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I love seeing the black cockatoos – a rare sight for me at Belair in the Adelaide Hills, but when I have seen them it’s been a really large flock. Spectacular.
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They’re amazing, aren’t they? I’ve only seen the yellow crested ones here, in certain areas, and not consistently. Some years they’re around, others they aren’t. They have such a distinctive cry too – more ear-shredding than the sulphur crested!
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