Spangled Drongo

  Spangled Drongos... Australia's native drongo.

When: I've read that these birds are migratory, traveling between New Guinea and Australia. 

Having said that, I've seen them around here pretty much all year round.

The photos on this page have been taken in January, March, April, June and July.

Drongos often appear to be a plain black, but when the sun catches them, their iridescent blue-green spangles really light up.

They're quite chatty birds.

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Sulphur Crested Cockatoos

  Sulphur Crested Cockatoos...

Elusive creatures. 

When: You see these guys maybe once a year around the Currimundi Lake area. 

I've seen them in good numbers feeding by the roads between Caloundra and Nambour. But around the Currimundi Lake area I've only seen them in singles.

Like this guy below who stayed around for two days eating passionfruit.

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Glossy Black Cockatoo

  Glossy Black Cockatoos A rare sight indeed.

When: We these beauties at most once or twice a year. This male was snapped in May of 2021. 

When we do see them, they are usually flying in a pair overhead.  

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Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo

  Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo...

They're messy, but you've got to love them!

When: These guys are regular visitors to Caloundra, arriving around September and hanging around through January.

They seem to arrive in flocks and depart the same way. 

Your eyes are drawn to the skies as they pass over making their distinctively haunting cry.

However, you usually see them in family groups of two adults and one or two young.

These families spend their time feeding off the local trees. Banksias are popular snacks around 

The young loudly implore mum and dad to feed them. 

Sadly for the parents, a feeding doesn't quieten the youngsters for long.

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Western Corella

  Corella's Western Cousins...

Western Corellas, a rare sight indeed.

When: Almost never! We've seen Western Corellas twice at the bird feeder over the years. Both times as a pair and then only for a few minutes before they left us.

Just for comparison, one of our usual Little Corellas.

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Little Corella

Little Corellas, our noisy neighbours...

Talk about raucous! 

When: You can't miss these guys when they're in the area, which is for pretty much all of the year, but especially around spring and summer.

Corellas love a bird-feeder and most of the photos here are taken nearby ours.

They have a bird-feeder rivalry with the rainbow lorikeets. Despite their size advantage, the corellas usually come off second best! 

They don't mind sitting on next door's fence and giving it a little nibble while they wait.

How about a corella themed Christmas tree?

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