Fabulous. Thanks for sharing.

Oh, fantastic, love those pics!

Gorgeous! And thanks for posting the pics.

I love your photographs, Ben_Dover! I wish these were my best ones, I’d be so happy. (Mind you, I only have my smart phone…)

Many thanks all, I’m flattered.

I’m upgrading my camera in the next month or two, (Canon 450D to Canon 60D,) will also be looking at new lenses.

So prepared to be bombarded with images! (Sorry Johnboy!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-billed_Black_Cockatoo

As wonderful as it would be if these were Carnaby’s, these are Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos

http://photogallery.canberrabirds.org.au/cockatoos.htm#YTBC also http://birdsinbackyards.net/species/Calyptorhynchus-funereus

We call these the “Rainbirds”, because when we hear them fly over us, it rains shortly afterwards.

Ben_Dover said :

I’m upgrading my camera in the next month or two, (Canon 450D to Canon 60D,) will also be looking at new lenses.

If you don’t get f2.8 lenses with your upgrade then I suspect a lot of potential in your upgrade will be wasted.

ebony57 said :

As wonderful as it would be if these were Carnaby’s, these are Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos

http://photogallery.canberrabirds.org.au/cockatoos.htm#YTBC also http://birdsinbackyards.net/species/Calyptorhynchus-funereus

All these blacks look the same to me. (Can I say that? )

troll-sniffer said :

If you don’t get f2.8 lenses with your upgrade then I suspect a lot of potential in your upgrade will be wasted.

Thanks for that, can you offer more advice pleased, I’m genuinely interested to learn