Cockatoos at Seabird

Once we moved on from Rockingham to Mandurah were we have only a house a few fish to watch, we have more freedom to explore.

Just a note about Australian pronunciations. The emphasis is almost always on the first syllable. We naturally say Man-DUR-ah. Here is it MAN-d'ra with the last half of the world really shortchanged.

With our new-found freedom, we decided on a long day out and drove north of Perth along the coast. We turned off the Indian Ocean Highway toward the small coastal village of Seabird looking for diesel for the ute. Instead, we found a sizable flock of Carnaby's Cockatoos.

These large black and white birds are just as noisy as their Sulphur Crested relatives back east.

Interestingly, the females have a white beak.

And they all seem to love these flowers.