danmcq Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Enjoy these wild cockatoos meeting a stuffed toy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbersmom Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 LOL Was the last one trying to preen it or eat it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRSeedBurners Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Wow, those were in-the-wild cockatoos. Wonder if you could friend them and they would be regular visitors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 Wow, those were in-the-wild cockatoos. Wonder if you could friend them and they would be regular visitors? Yes, indeed. I spent 3 weeks in Australia and I did meet a few people I knew from business dealings that kept local Too's some food items out on their balconies or porches. They are fearless of people for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 They along with some other birds can be pests but I think it would be wonderful to have them come to your yard to feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I loved the time I spent in Australia when my oldest granddaughter was born. Loved the cockatoos and wallabies roaming free. It was like going back into the 50s/60. Thanks for the cute video Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRSeedBurners Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 My wife is from Australia. I've been 3-4 times now. They seem to call all cockatoos "galars" whether it's the rose-breasted or not. Her sister who still lives there caught a Lorikeet. She had it for several years and then accidentally let it out. She's the one who incidentally let Greycie out when she came for a visit several months ago. I was impressed with all the colorful birds they have there. Ours are sort of grrey and colorless here (don't tell Greycie I said that). My mother-in-law lives in an area where there are a lot of kookaburras doing their calls all the time. It's sort of surreal when you first get there. What else did I do while I was there - got out of the rental car and chased a goanna down the middle of the road. Shows you how smart I am sometimes. He was sort of cute like this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffNOK Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I wonder if wild greys every approach towns and homes like Toos seem to. I have several students from Africa (Angola and Congo) who often saw wild greys, but they said they never came close or became pests. Always seen from a distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brat Birds Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 A RB2 is my dream bird - but dream it will remain. I have a nephew working there now and I keep telling him a Galah won't take up too much room in his suitcase!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffNOK Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Brat Birds--I love your meme about "Real Ladies Only Need One Shade of Grey"...Priceless and very true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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