Grazing CockatooCopyright Julie Vaux

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Copyright Julie Vaux 2014

Yes cockatoos do also eat grass or something on the ground

this shot was taken down on Nursery road 

the cockatoos have also been busy "pruning" whatever those trees with the golden flowers are ?

The Tale of Scruffy

The Tale of SCRUFFY

Scruffy is another visitor ot my balcony. I think birds of several species visit cos we're on the corner of the building and they can get a down draft or thermal.

Wet weather or dry Scruffy always looks bedraggled poor thing and I suspect he or she is an escaped or released pet  as sometimes Scruffy tries to talk well mumble sounds that are almost words.

Do be kind to Scruffy if he / she visits. Apart form the mumbling s/he is  a quiet bird WHO I HAVE NEVER CAUGHT chewing plants or outdoor furniture.

I sometimes suspect if I put a cage with an open door out the balcony with a full tray of food I'd come back to find poor Scruffy inside it with a  grateful expression!?

Oh if you have see or know Scruffy wherever does s/he get that stains his / her feathers?

Can you solve that mystery?