Callocephalon fimbriatum

2 Gang-gang Cockatoo at Garran, ACT

Callocephalon fimbriatum at Garran, ACT - 24 Nov 2020
Callocephalon fimbriatum at Garran, ACT - 24 Nov 2020
Callocephalon fimbriatum at Garran, ACT - 24 Nov 2020
Callocephalon fimbriatum at Garran, ACT - 24 Nov 2020
Callocephalon fimbriatum at Garran, ACT - 24 Nov 2020
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Callocephalon fimbriatum 25 Nov 2020 MichaelMulvaney
Callocephalon fimbriatum 24 Nov 2020 roymcd

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Nesting changeover at 7.33pm in the fading light. Male exiting and female entering. The female appears to be blind in the left eye. In spite of her disability she took her time and carefully climbed down to the nest and successfully entered. My heart went out to her, but it was incredibly inspiring at the same time, a real 'Aussie battler' thriving in the Aussie bush in spite of life's hardships!

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   25 Nov 2020
Thanks Roy - So perhaps not the same pair as last year unless the eye injury is recent?
roymcd wrote:
   25 Nov 2020
Hi Michael, yes I was wondering that too, will have to wait a bit longer and see what else happens in this area...
JackyF wrote:
   28 Nov 2020
Roy and Michael - Great photos, thanks! There are some photos on the Nature Map of a pair with the female blind in the left eye taken by BirdsinCanberra and me in 2018-19, eg sighting 4184440. They spent a lot of time in a hollow christened gully hollow near other confirmed hollows, but we never saw definite nesting changeovers. I gather it is common for Gang-gangs to lose one eye, but I thought I would mention this for interest. Please keep posting photos! Cheers, Jacky

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