World Bird Wednesday - Long-billed Corella

Very like the Little Corella I showed you a few weeks ago

but a bit larger and more colourful, the Long-billed Corella,

Cacatua tenuirostris, is a seed eater and, as you can see, digs

up lawns with it's long, sharp bill. People with lawns tend to

complain when a whole flock of them attack their precious

greensward.

I however, am rather partial to these cheeky birds. They tend

to look at one as though they were planning to play some

trick on you.

These were on the lawn where I photographed the kangaroos

in the post below.

I love the blue around the eye as well as the bright red trim

of their breeding plumage, their cheeky strut and occasional hop.

In large numbers in grain growing country they can become

very destructive to the crop but here in a National Park I

welcome the sight of them.

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