Hey, what did they do to Joe???

[danmcq]

Enjoy these wild cockatoos meeting a stuffed toy:

 

[Timbersmom]

LOL Was the last one trying to preen it or eat it??

[SRSeedBurners]

Wow, those were in-the-wild cockatoos. Wonder if you could friend them and they would be regular visitors?

[danmcq]

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.

[judygram]

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.

[Luvparrots]

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.

[SRSeedBurners]

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:

[JeffNOK]

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.

[Brat Birds]

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!!

[JeffNOK]

Brat Birds--I love your meme about "Real Ladies Only Need One Shade of Grey"...Priceless and very true.