Birds Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

[Ralph]

These are one of the bigger Cockattoo/Parrots we have got in Australia.
And it is always pleasing to get a shot with their crest up

• ILCE-7M3
• 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Contemporary 020
• 299.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/100 sec
• ISO 160

This one was a little bit of a loner and quite to

• ILCE-7M3
• 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Contemporary 020
• 205.7 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/100 sec
• ISO 160

Though Mr. Show Off here made up for the last one plus some but it was having a good time

• ILCE-7M3
• 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Contemporary 020
• 360.1 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 500

Got it with the crest up

• ILCE-7M3
• 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Contemporary 020
• 360.1 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 640

I think this is the shy look but it works for me

• ILCE-7M3
• 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Contemporary 020
• 292.5 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 160

Going over to be with its mates

• ILCE-7M3
• 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Contemporary 020
• 292.5 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 160

Close up shot and I think it worked out okay.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Very nice. Great to see in their native environment.

 

[Ralph]

Very nice. Great to see in their native environment.

Just one warning if you ever get the chance to be near this and it is never and I really mean never stand under a tree that a lot of them are in.\
These are known to drop branches about the width of a couple of finger. So image one of them dropping on your head.
They do take great delight in doing this as it seems like a challenge to them and they can take about 3 foot off the top of a tree in no time.
Once we were at the river fishing and a mob of these showed up and we had to leave as we were in dangers as was our car.
But this said I think they are a great bird and I think that in captivity the can live up to 75 to a 100 year old while in the wild it is about 45 years.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Just one warning if you ever get the chance to be near this and it is never and I really mean never stand under a tree that a lot of them are in.\
These are known to drop branches about the width of a couple of finger. So image one of them dropping on your head.
They do take great delight in doing this as it seems like a challenge to them and they can take about 3 foot off the top of a tree in no time.
Once we were at the river fishing and a mob of these showed up and we had to leave as we were in dangers as was our car.
But this said I think they are a great bird and I think that in captivity the can live up to 75 to a 100 year old while in the wild it is about 45 years.

Haha. Very unlikely I will ever get to Aus now. They are very intelligent birds though.