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Wattle blossoms are a beautiful sight in mid-winter Melbourne and up close each blossom looks like a tiny golden sun. A couple of days ago, just as the sun was setting, a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo landed at the very top of a tree in my garden, and started pruning.

I had to grab my camera super quickly as the sun was only shining on the top of the tree and it was setting fast.

Although the cocky seemed to nibble on some of the blossoms the main thing it did was to snap branches with its strong bill and drop them to the ground.

In the image above you can clearly see part of its joyous pruning. It was pretty comical to watch as a sea of wattle blossoms piled up on the grass.

I am very fond of these cockatoos. Sometimes they fly in a screeching mob around my place, or hang upside down from branches, spreading their wings as they call. At other times a lone bird will sneak a quick visit to harvest my apples and apricots. They are a magnificent species and I often think about The Bird that Touched my Heart that I wrote about in an earlier post.

Happy birding, Kim

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