Uccello Lane
– Planning for the rare day when you truly will fly!
Birds – Gang Gang Cockatoo
Posted on June 9, 2020
The Gang Gang cockatoo are not often seen and keep to themselves. They are not hard to miss as the male has a distinctive scarlet red head and crest, with the rest of the body slate-grey. The female has a dark grey head and crest, with the feathers of the underparts edged pink and yellow.
We don’t have many photos of them at Uccello Lane – and that is not for want of trying!
Bird Houses and Baths
Posted on February 7, 2016
We have bird baths and feeders at Uccello Lane – no point attracting birds with nothing to feed them with or on. Mainly it is the plants they come for – the Coroes outside our window or bottlebrush (callistemon) out the front.
Up in the top corner with the mushrooms is a birdbath made in the Edna Walling style – it is very popular and gets filled often Both the kookaburras and the magpies patrol this area as the worms seem to be on steroids.
On the bank there is a bird feed which we have used a hollow log my dad had adapted for his aviary – we call it the “Ned Kelly” feeder. Hopefully a parrot may build a nest in it but it is exposed there so maybe not for a while. This area is frequented by the King Parrot and the Yellow Tailed Parrot.
