Who's That Cockatoo? -- Sulfur Crested Cockatoo in New South Wales, Australia
by Darin Volpe
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Who's That Cockatoo? -- Sulfur Crested Cockatoo in New South Wales, Australia
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Darin Volpe
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Photograph - Photography
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This Sulfur Crested Cockatoo was perched on a tree along highway B81 between Cowra and Yass in New South Wales, Australia. A common bird in the area, it was a rare pleasure to see them flying across open skies and landing in the treetops instead of standing atop an iron cage. I wonder which I would choose - a twenty to forty year life among the treetops or an eighty year parasite and predator free existence as someone's pampered pet.
Sulfur Crested Cockatoos are probably Australia's best known parrot. They are native to the continent's northern and eastern regions all the away south to Tasmania. While they are prized pets in the United States that sell for upwards of $2,000, in Australia they are so abundant that they are often considered pests because of the destruction they cause to fruit and cereal crops as well as wooden structures. Even so, they are a protected species under Australian Commonwealth Law.
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March 20th, 2018
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