Callocephalon fimbriatum (identifiable birds)

Gang-gang Cockatoo (named birds) at Mount Painter

Callocephalon fimbriatum (identifiable birds) at Mount Painter - 3 Jan 2024
Callocephalon fimbriatum (identifiable birds) at Mount Painter - 3 Jan 2024
Callocephalon fimbriatum (identifiable birds) at Mount Painter - 3 Jan 2024
Callocephalon fimbriatum (identifiable birds) at Mount Painter - 3 Jan 2024
Callocephalon fimbriatum (identifiable birds) at Mount Painter - 3 Jan 2024
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After hardly any bird activity in the area on 2 January, Gang Gangs were out in force on 3 January. It was hard to follow all their movements, but Baldy always helped out by landing in a conspicuous place and calling before flying on. I followed him to the area near his hollow where he and a female were complaining at something, then to a tree where they had been active previously (image 1). They then went on to the hollow from which the chicks had fledged in the two days before (image 2). He and the female, who I assume was his partner, sat at the entrance and chewed some wood. Two or three other GGs (including at least one adult male) arrived and they all interacted in an unusually friendly way before flying off in different directions. The Baldys returned shortly after and he actually went into the hollow at one point and tossed out some rubbish. He then flew away and called from a high point, and then flew on to another area (image 3) where he met up with a female who flew in a bit clumsily from where John had been watching her feeding in a small stringybark. They both flew to a nearby stringybark and fed in different parts of it before he moved to his next high perch and then to a final one before I left (image 5). The young female, who I am assuming was his daughter, moved to a different stringybark to feed (image 4) before following him again. As earlier, all feeding seemed to be in stringybarks and I didn't hear any instances of chicks being fed by adults; they seemed to be happily feeding themselves. This was quite different from my observations two years ago when I was able to track the chicks for several days after fledging by following the sounds of adults feeding them.

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   4 Jan 2024
Thanks Cath - great observations -

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  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 3 Jan 2024 11:10 AM Recorded on
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