Pops, you would have so much fun with your camera in Australia! Those birds are rosellas. They travel in herds(? ) and make a loud, squawking noise that you can hear almost for miles!

I like cockatoos as well, even if the farmers hate them. They're very smart birds. In one apartment in Sydney, we trained one cockatoo to visit on weekends for breakfast (or he trained us). He liked fruit bread and Sao dry biscuits. One day he brought seven of his friends, and they were all lined up on the balcony rail. Feed them once and they'll hang around forever, so we didn't feed them! The next day Mr Cockatoo came back ... by himself

Michelle, great photos. Yes, you won't be losing John in a hurry in that shirt!!!