Look out for love-struck cockatoos in Macarthur this month

Suburban Sulphur-crested Cockatoo exploring the exposed fresh timber. Image by Ralph GreenBRISBANE suburbs are alive with the blood-curdling screech of handsome sulphur-crested cockatoos.
Often cursed by residents because of their propensity to eat anything and everything, it's that time of year for cockies to be having babies and raising young.
A red-tailed black cockatoo in flight. (Credit: Peter Campbell/Wikimedia) They are the forgotten victims of the bushfires in southwest Western Australia - species of native animals and birds that may have been completely wiped out.