HI all This is a Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus: Description. He was in a tree next door so naturally I went for my camera...sorry for the fuzzyness but he chose that moment to launch. The Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo is a large cockatoo. It is easily identified by its mostly black plumage, with most body feathers edged with yellow, not visible at a distance. It has a yellow cheek patch and yellow panels on the tail. The female has a larger yellow cheek patch, pale grey eye-ring (pink in males), white upper bill (grey-black in males) and black marks in the yellow tail panels. Young birds resemble the adult female, but young males have a smaller cheek patch. The Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo is found in south-eastern Australia, from Eyre Peninsula, South Australia to south and central eastern Queensland. Although not particularly common, they are one of the most well-loved and characteristic birds of southern Australia. They are usually seen flying at only moderate height. They have particularly large wings and flap deeply, very slowly, and with a peculiar heavy, fluid motion. Their loud, eerie wailing calls carry for long distances, and the combination of sound and silhouette is unmistakable. (courtesy of http://birdsinbackyards.net and yellow tailed black cockatoo conservation and preservation websites) Thanks for taking the time to look and any comments are welcome as always. Thanks Piet for my birthday wishes I hope you like this colorful bird and to all my friends who have been following my dramas lately: My heart operation was a success, I can now walk up stairs and breathe properly for the first time in 20 years now that the valve (that had shrunk from the size of a 20c piece to the size of a 5 c piece) has been replace with a mechanical one...hubby calls me the bionic woman :^) Jen