holding on...

...with a tight grip to a morning snack of a green, juicy eucalyptus nut.
Their faves are Jarrah, Marri, Blackbutt, Sheoak, Karri and the delightfully named Snottygobble but here in the hills it is mainly Jarrah and Marri.

The Red Tailed Black Cockatoos usually are up as tree high as they can be yelling and carrying on, so what a treat to find this dude surrounded by a smorgasbord of nuts in a nest of leaves only a few metres above the ground.