When Julie Thompson went for an evening stroll during a recent family trip to Deep Creek, she had no inkling she was about to make a remarkable discovery.
The last confirmed glossy black cockatoo sighting in SA was in the 1970sThe sighting has sparked hopes that a greater migration from Kangaroo Island might follow
But twitchers and wildlife authorities are hoping that might be about to change following the first confirmed sighting of the elusive bird on SA's mainland in about 50 years. "For about 50 years now the glossy black cockatoos have been confined to Kangaroo Island and they're a slightly smaller black cocky with a bit of brown on them and also some beautiful red tail feathers.Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.Birdwatcher Julie Thompson and ecologist Anthony Abley speak to ABC Radio Adelaide's David Bevan.
"I saw this black cockatoo flying across and I ran over to the trees where he landed, which were the she-oaks," she said."Smack bang when I got to the same area, he was just flying across from Kangaroo Island," she said.It wasn't until Ms Thompson shared her photos on Facebook that the feathered traveller was identified as a male glossy."Lo and behold that's what he turned out to be — a glossy black," she said.
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