Apr. 2013 - Cockatoo Island

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

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 !

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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