Glossy Black Cockatoo

It was exciting to see a family of three of these threatened birds feeding in the adjacent farmland to the national park, where we stayed. Photos like these are valuable because it shows that the trees here are used by the birds, and therefore must be conserved. They are one of very few, if not the only tree the Glossy's feed on, and the tiny seeds mean that the Cockatoos have to stay in one clump of trees that they know to have adequate seed supply. So if this single clump is lopped, then the Glossy's have to fly distances that the seed simply don't give them the energy for, often leading to their death. It's tragic to see how easily we've threatened them.

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