Callocephalon fimbriatum

Gang-gang Cockatoo at Deakin, ACT

Callocephalon fimbriatum at Deakin, ACT - 1 Jan 2007
Callocephalon fimbriatum at Deakin, ACT - 1 Jan 2007
Callocephalon fimbriatum at Deakin, ACT - 1 Jan 2007
Callocephalon fimbriatum at Deakin, ACT - 1 Jan 2007
Callocephalon fimbriatum at Deakin, ACT - 1 Jan 2007
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Unidentified 16 hrs ago Steve818
Callocephalon fimbriatum 16 hrs ago MichaelMulvaney
Callocephalon fimbriatum 16 hrs ago CarbonAI
Callocephalon fimbriatum 16 hrs ago Steve818

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Dead Gang-Gang Cockatoo. Unknown cause. Location obscured due to the sensitive nature of the sighting, at the request of the NatureMapr Gang-Gang Cockatoo study group.

4 comments

   16 hrs ago
Thanks Steve - looks like a young chick (white beak, freshness of feathers) I suspect she fledged prematurely from a nearby hollow (that we didn't know about) will check out today there is a possibility that there is another chick in the hollow.
Cheers Michael Mulvaney
   12 hrs ago
I went and retrieved the carcass. It was directly under powerlines and I suspect this newly fledged chick had either flown into lines or somehow connected two lines together - perhaps swinging on a wire. On her underside she had a line of damage through the top of her beak, eye and cheek, while feet appeared stripped of flesh - not sure if this was by ants or electrical current. We had two female chicks fledge the week before within 200m of this location. I have added three photo's to Steve's original record.
LisaH wrote:
   20 min ago
Oh, I'm so sad to see this. I'd become quite attached to the fledgling which she is believed to be. (I know we're not supposed to become attache, but watching her and her parents for some weeks leaves its mark . . .)
HelenCross wrote:
   18 min ago
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