Gang Gang Cockatoos

Their appearance and voice to their identity a give away
Parrots i know of but do not see every day
Gray mottled brown birds males with red around the head and face
The female the plain one which in birds is often the case

Cockatoos who spend their days on trees for insects probing around
I have yet to see them feeding on the ground
They also eat berries and the fruits of hawthorns in the Fall
To most other cockatoos in appearance and ways quite different overall

From predators their appearance them does disguise
Though from their low squeaky door voices them one can recognize
They live in small flocks and pairs in south eastern Australia they do not range far and wide
Sometimes seen in town and city parks but mostly in the wooded countryside

In hollow log or caity in trunk of an old growth tree
The female lay her eggs pale white of two to three
In secluded wooded place they live to a great age
Birds not often seen in an aviary or a cage

Arboreal parrots like the larger dark brown weerloos
The birds known as gang gang cockatoos
Of Australia's birds not of the better known
Though they are distinctive with ways of their own.