Little Corellas

Pretty much every day I see, but usually hear, the migration of the flock of corellas from the south side of town to the north and back again.  I either hear them passing overhead in the morning, but more often I catch them in the afternoon.  (If you hear the noisy corellas at the corner of Taylor and Mossman, you know it's between 3:30 and 4pm).  Today was no exception; they were right on time.  I was taking in the laundry when I heard them come in and roost in a neighbor's tree, so I ran in to get the camera.  Too late when I returned--but they had just relocated down the street so I set off with the zoom lens for some good photo opportunities.

They are so incredibly noisy.  It's kind of a rather (quite) unpleasant sound, but I love seeing the flock in the sky, every time.  They settled between some poplars and the big gum tree on the corner of Taylor and Kentucky, bringing the seedpods (gumballs?) from the gum tree with them and tearing them apart to eat.  (It's a little disconcerting to be standing below a tall tall poplar and being able to hear the birds nibbling far far above you.)  I took some pictures before they took off again in a ruckus, and headed home.

These guys were so cute I couldn't resist.

Dinnertime.

Yum.

Time to go...

...and off they went.

Feeling satisfied with finally getting some pictures of these guys, and listening to some good music... all of a sudden I feel like today was a pretty good day.

Edit 07-07-14 -- I had erroneously mislabeled these guys the first time around as sulphur-crested cockatoos, because that was the only white cockatoo I could find in any of the bird Australia information at the time (either Eastern Australia or New South Wales.)  Had to go to Tamworth and see one labeled in a cage to figure it out. Turns out they aren't really found in Eastern AU or NSW, just in a pocket around Sydney, which, apparently, we fall into.  Three-month mystery solved.