Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Gallery

Calyptorhynchus funereus
These Cockatoos are often heard screeching loudly as they wheel and dive their way through the valley.  They uncannily seem to know where a big juicy grub is living in the heart of a eucalyptus sapling, as one of the flock proceeds to send wood chips flying until the prey is located. Most trees damaged in this way fall over in the next big wind.  Seems to me this is nature's way of thinning out the bush.  Click on images to enlarge.