Rare glossy black cockatoo nests discovered in bushfire-damaged country

September 3, 2023 10:58 PM

"A massive step forward": Rare glossy black cockatoo nests discovered in bushfire-damaged country. For the first time in more than 20 years, glossy black cockatoo nests are discovered on the NSW Mid North Coast, in an area ravaged during the Black Summer bushfires.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries (7 comments total)

Beautiful dinos, hopefully this is a sign of good things for the critters.

(This is fairly olde internet fodder at this point, but here is a black cockatoo helping with another very rare thing: a charming public marriage proposal.)
posted by maxwelton at 2:14 AM on September 4, 2023 [3 favorites]

Glossy Squad!
posted by GenjiandProust at 7:54 AM on September 4, 2023

pretty birb! I hope they find a way to flourish
posted by supermedusa at 9:44 AM on September 4, 2023 [1 favorite]

oh that proposal vid is so sweet!! dusty in here...
posted by supermedusa at 9:45 AM on September 4, 2023 [2 favorites]

Oh, how pretty are they!? I hope they continue to proliferate. The researchers though need to step up their hat game…
posted by kitten kaboodle at 11:25 AM on September 4, 2023 [1 favorite]

Great news. And I really like how the article highlights the importance of citizen science in this effort.
posted by EvaDestruction at 1:08 PM on September 4, 2023

ooh, it's the bird that's glossy, not the nest.
Explains why there's no photo of a nest.
posted by Mesaverdian at 1:18 PM on September 4, 2023