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Adelaide Zoo Hyacinth Macaws

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  1. nanoboy

    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    When I visited over Easter, they were still there. Here is a photo of the view of their enclosure on entering one of the male toilets. The macaws can also watch you pee from the wire mesh above the urinals. :eek:

    There are a few Palm Cockatoos in another enclosure, and they are also a joy to see.
     

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  2. FriendOfTheZoo

    FriendOfTheZoo Well-Known Member

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    Oh WOW! Thanks for sharing Nanoboy.

    You can see them not from the male toilets as well I'm hoping?!?
     
  3. nanoboy

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    Oh yeah, there is a huge viewing area off to the right. Stick your camera right up to the mesh, and you will get some good photos. There are a couple other parrot species in there, like blue-and-gold macaws and some conures.

    I think that the female toilet has some good views of Australian cockatoos.
     

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  4. CGSwans

    CGSwans Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    An Australian cockatoo in the female toilets is a matter for the police, surely.
     
  5. nanoboy

    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    How so? :confused:
     
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    Jabiru96 Well-Known Member

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    Sarcasm. "Cockatoo" in female toilets.....
     
  7. nanoboy

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    Hmmm.... I haven't heard cockatoo jokes since I was in kinder, so it went over my head. It needed a smiley at the end of the sentence.
     
  8. CGSwans

    CGSwans Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    :) Nothing is too puerile for the internet.
     
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    Pertinax Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    There are English 'postcard' jokes in that vein- 'she just keeps budgies now but she used to have a cockatoo' etc.:D
     
  10. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Ooooh errr ...... any one else remember Dick Emery?

    :p

    Hix
     
  11. FriendOfTheZoo

    FriendOfTheZoo Well-Known Member

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    I added some pics I took to the AZ album in case anyone's interested. :)