We saw a Black Cockatoo!

We don't see these birds very often. The white ones are quite common but the black ones don't come through very often, some locals say once every 10 years. A couple of years ago we saw many over a several weeks but nothing since. I was starting to think the locals were right and they still might be as this one was alone and previously we had always seen them in groups of at least 2 or 3.

I struggled to get some good clear photos as he was well camouflaged up high in the Casuarina tree he was feeding in. I say he as I think the red tail feathers mean it's male. I would have completely missed him but @consciouscat has some 6th sense for these things and heard the crunching sound of this Black Cockatoo cracking open the seed pods they seem to like so much.

Possibly a tail feather from a Black Cockatoo found not far from the place we usually see them.

The seed pod they like so much from the Casuarina tree.