While I was sitting in the side garden this morning I heard a very short, sharp whistle coming from the direction of the carport. Noted, but didn't do anything about it. A couple hours later I walked thru the carport, and what was sitting atop a great big cooler on the shelves but a lovely Rose-breasted Cockatoo (eolophus roseicapillus)
It let me get within three feet or so and continued preening, tho wouldn't hop onto my by now gloved hand for incarceration in a cat kennel. Eventually it flew into the hedge where it let me get a hand within a foot or so, but still no interest in a ride. A call to the Humane Society got a bit of a yawn- no one has reported said fellow missing. If I catch it they are willing to pick it up. It looked like it had a thin grey ring around it's left leg, but hardly big enuf for much in the way of numbers. Anyway, I shall keep an eye peeled and a few grapes about in case s/he comes by again.
Here's another pic of an apparently happy couple.
Cool! No point in turning it in to the Humane Society if its owner isn't looking for it. It's probably better off in the wild.
ReplyDeleteDan- This is Hawaii: Chances are it is a Democrat Cockatoo and LIKES being caged by those who better than it know what is in it's self-interest.
ReplyDeleteOf course, since it utterly solitary, it is at least possible that it is a noble, freedom loving Anarcho-Cockatoo aka Anarchatoo which has fled the stultifying confines and is now learning what the unregulated environment is all about: life which is possibly nasty, brutish, and short. Possibly it will discover the joys of wild, unregulated mangoes and papayas before the local wild tabbies discover it.
I like the "anarchatoo"! This species has a large range in Australia; it's not specialized for a particular habitat. There are breeding populations of feral parrots on Oahu. This particular bird is probably an escaped pet: it wasn't with a flock, and it let you get close. Its association with humans may have left it a bit dysfunctional for survival in the wild, but its descendants might well thrive here. With a little luck, and if it can find a mate.
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