Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (female) Calyptorhynchus funereus November 30th, 2020 Cape Conran, Victoria, Australia Canon EOS R5 Canon EF 600mm f4L IS III USM lens A decent sized flock of Yellow-tailed Cockies were regularly feeding on the flowering grasstrees (Xanthorrhoea) in East Gippsland.
Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna November 29th, 2020 Cape Conran, Victoria, Australia Canon EOS R5 Canon EF 600mm f4L IS III USM lens Last Spring, went across to East Gippsland for a few days to see the the mass flowering of grasstrees. Although very challenging to shoot amongst the tall grasstree stems, due to the sheer abundance of them, it was very rewarding when we could manage a decent image.
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (female) Calyptorhynchus funereus November 27th, 2020 Cape Conran, Victoria, Australia Canon EOS R5 Canon EF 600mm f4L IS III USM lens Canon EF 1.4x III Extender Headed across to East Gippsland, specifically looking to target the various species of birds that have been feeding on the flowering grasstrees (Xanthorrhoea) in the region. After the devastating fires of last Summer that saw much of East Gippsland burn, the landscape was blackened everywhere you looked. However the regrowth was evident across much of the land, aided by the plentiful rainfall we saw this year. The most amazing sight to see were fields of grasstrees that were flowering en masse - huge sections of land with a beautiful golden glow in the early morning sunlight. We were pretty excited to find a few Yellow-tailed Black Cockies feeding on the grasstrees on our first morning.
