Apr. 2013 - Cockatoo Island

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  Moebelle

• 8 Apr 2013

Two cockatoo species rotate:
-Major Mitchell\'s Cockatoo
-Salmon-crested Cockatoo (shown)

 

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  vogelcommando

• 8 Apr 2013

I've posted a picture in the Oliemolen-gallery ( the Netherlands ) with the title 'parrot-keeping the wrong way'. I guess this 'enclosure' deserves the same title !

 

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  Moebelle

• 9 Apr 2013

The positive thing is that it will look like this soon....

http://www.zoochat.com/556/jul-2012-new-flower-beds-cockatoo-279326/

 

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  vogelcommando

• 9 Apr 2013

OK looks a lot nicer but the parrots still have quite little place in my opinion.

 

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  BeardsleyZooFan

• 10 Apr 2013

Moebelle said:

The positive thing is that it will look like this soon....

http://www.zoochat.com/556/jul-2012-new-flower-beds-cockatoo-279326/

Click to expand...

All those flower beds seem to do is just make the area around the birds more attractive. It doesn't change the puny size of the bird's exhibit, so I don't mean to be rude, but that doesn't sound too "positive" to me.

 

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  Moebelle

• 10 Apr 2013

The point of me saying that was because at least it wont look like a barren area.

 

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  Zooplantman

• 10 Apr 2013

That "exhibit" probably hasn't changed in over 30 years (except they used to have macaws on the stick): but I will say I liked the old landscape better

 

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  Moebelle

• 10 Apr 2013

So do I. The old one had trees at least over the bird. Now they get a large attatched leaf.