Cockies
May 29th 2006, 11:34 am
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Cockies
The cockatoos were going mental outside our house yesterday so we got a few pics. These are my favourites.
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May 29th 2006, 11:37 am
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Re: Cockies
Originally Posted by JaneandJim
The cockatoos were going mental outside our house yesterday so we got a few pics. These are my favourites.
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May 29th 2006, 11:41 am
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Re: Cockies
Originally Posted by JaneandJim
The cockatoos were going mental outside our house yesterday so we got a few pics. These are my favourites.
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May 29th 2006, 12:01 pm
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Re: Cockies
Originally Posted by geordie mandy
They are brill Jane the kids want one !!!
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I love them, I still run out of the house to have a look whenever I hear them. The noise freaked out my own bird yesterday, he even stopped eating his breakfast, so he must have been spooked.
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May 29th 2006, 12:06 pm
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Re: Cockies
Originally Posted by JaneandJim
You won't, when you hear the noise they make.
I love them, I still run out of the house to have a look whenever I hear them. The noise freaked out my own bird yesterday, he even stopped eating his breakfast, so he must have been spooked.
Jane
I love them, I still run out of the house to have a look whenever I hear them. The noise freaked out my own bird yesterday, he even stopped eating his breakfast, so he must have been spooked.
Jane
That noisy then, is it only when they are in a 'gang' that they make lots of noise?
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May 29th 2006, 12:15 pm
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Re: Cockies
Originally Posted by JaneandJim
The cockatoos were going mental outside our house yesterday so we got a few pics. These are my favourites.
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May 29th 2006, 12:25 pm
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Re: Cockies
Originally Posted by geordie mandy
HI Jane
That noisy then, is it only when they are in a 'gang' that they make lots of noise?
Mandy
That noisy then, is it only when they are in a 'gang' that they make lots of noise?
Mandy
No, they screech when they're flying on their own... bloody noisy but lovely.
May 29th 2006, 12:44 pm
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Re: Cockies
Don't feed them or encourage them. They'll destroy your house bit by bit.
You've been warned, our place was torn apart by the destructive bastards less than 2 months after we built it
The only good Sulphur Crested Cockie is a dead one
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Their beaks are so powerful they can physically tear the tin off of your roof and rip apart hardwood verandas & they love to do it just for fun. I keep meaning to post the piccies of the damage I'll just charge the camera batteries and sort it.
Meantime take a look here
You've been warned, our place was torn apart by the destructive bastards less than 2 months after we built it
The only good Sulphur Crested Cockie is a dead one
.Their beaks are so powerful they can physically tear the tin off of your roof and rip apart hardwood verandas & they love to do it just for fun. I keep meaning to post the piccies of the damage I'll just charge the camera batteries and sort it.
Meantime take a look here
May 29th 2006, 9:49 pm
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Re: Cockies
Originally Posted by cresta57
The only good Sulphur Crested Cockie is a dead one.
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They never come onto the house or verandah, we have enough trees round about to keep them happy. (Far enough away from the house to provide a firebreak
) The crows are the only birds that attack the house and car and they're a protected species so we can't do anything about them.Jane
May 30th 2006, 2:58 am
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Re: Cockies
Blooming cockies.
I was out walking once with my bf (out near Melb airport) and this darn bird was flying from tree to tree throwing pine cones down at me (no kidding!) I think it would have followed me home if it could! I don't know what I did to make it hate me so but I guess I should count myself lucky that all it could carry in its beak were pine cones or it could have got a bit messy
I was out walking once with my bf (out near Melb airport) and this darn bird was flying from tree to tree throwing pine cones down at me (no kidding!) I think it would have followed me home if it could! I don't know what I did to make it hate me so but I guess I should count myself lucky that all it could carry in its beak were pine cones or it could have got a bit messy
May 30th 2006, 3:00 am
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Re: Cockies
I thought this was going to be a thread about farmers.
May 30th 2006, 10:24 am
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Re: Cockies
... we have black cockies around our place... or is that coloured to be PC?
I must admit, these birds are one thing i really love about australia. black or white... erm coloured. sorry.
I must admit, these birds are one thing i really love about australia. black or white... erm coloured. sorry.
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May 30th 2006, 10:37 am
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Re: Cockies
Originally Posted by cresta57
Don't feed them or encourage them. They'll destroy your house bit by bit.
You've been warned, our place was torn apart by the destructive bastards less than 2 months after we built it
The only good Sulphur Crested Cockie is a dead one.
Their beaks are so powerful they can physically tear the tin off of your roof and rip apart hardwood verandas & they love to do it just for fun. I keep meaning to post the piccies of the damage I'll just charge the camera batteries and sort it.
Meantime take a look here
You've been warned, our place was torn apart by the destructive bastards less than 2 months after we built it
The only good Sulphur Crested Cockie is a dead one
.Their beaks are so powerful they can physically tear the tin off of your roof and rip apart hardwood verandas & they love to do it just for fun. I keep meaning to post the piccies of the damage I'll just charge the camera batteries and sort it.
Meantime take a look here
May 30th 2006, 11:33 am
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Re: Cockies
Originally Posted by JaneandJim
The cockatoos were going mental outside our house yesterday so we got a few pics. These are my favourites.
Jane
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May 30th 2006, 11:34 am
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Re: Cockies
Originally Posted by thatsnotquiteright
I thought this was going to be a thread about farmers.