by Tanya | May 23, 2023 | eucalypts, Gang gang cockatoo, insects, Sawflies
Spitfires are a well known but somewhat mysterious feature of the Australian bush. What are they? Particularly tough caterpillars? They are actually the young of an insect called a sawfly – which is not a fly at all but a benign relative of wasps. There are about 200...
by Tanya | Sep 22, 2022 | birds, breeding behaviour, citizen science, Gang gang cockatoo, Wombat Forest, Wombat Forestcare
Love is in the air for our local Gang-gang Cockatoos! Pairs start searching for their breeding hollows in August through to September. The scarlet red of the male’s wispy crest and their stocky grey silhouettes distinguish these loveable cockies from other bird...
by Tanya | Nov 21, 2020 | Australian Birdlife magazine, birds, breeding behaviour, Gang gang cockatoo
There are some relatively common birds that I find exciting and wondrous to see every single time – Wedge-tailed Eagles, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, Crested Shrike-tits – and of course everyone’s favourite stocky grey cockatoo with the whispy...
by Tanya | Jul 27, 2017 | breeding behaviour, eucalypts, feeding signs, Gang gang cockatoo
Gang gang cockatoos are known mainly in this district for their habit of feasting on Hawthorn berries in Autumn. But one Winter delight I am privileged to witness is the behaviour of a family of gang gangs on my bush block! Gang gangs are small, stocky cockatoos that...
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