WHY-EEELA
Director: Ian Gibbins
Country of Origin: Australia
Premiere: Tennessee
Synopsis: The Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhyncus funereus) has a distinctive, relaxed loping flight and a loud plaintive call: ""why-eeela, weee-la"". It feeds on the seeds of diverse trees including eucalypts, banksias and hakeas. Much of this habitat has been destroyed or degraded by human activity. However, the cockatoos are often seen around the outer suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, feeding on seeds in the cones of introduced Monterey Pines (Pinus radiata) planted along roadsides and in parks and gardens.
In this video, a yellow-tailed black cockatoo searches for food and missing companions in urban deserts, as we hear fragments of its calls...
