Planning wildlife photography is often pointless but occasionally pays off! Sensible to make sure batteries are charged and cameras have cards in them and you have the gear necessary to cover the likely scenarios!  My best images almost always come from completely unexpected, unpredictable events.  In this case I had worked some predictability into the day.  I had seen loads of bright yellow Dryandra flowers lying beneath a few of the tangled prehistoric looking bushes when I was scrambling up a hill the night before.  Something was eating them, I knew it almost definitely parrots and that they usually feed in the morning.  I am very inquisitive so returned before dawn the next day to try and figure out who was eating the flowers.  For a few hours I wandered in and out of the Dryandra thicket.  Red-capped Parrots, various Honeyeaters and little birds were all feeding on the flowers but not throwing them to the ground!! Then I heard them!  A massive flock of Carnaby’s Black Cockatoos!  I reckon there was close to four hundred.  The entire vibe changed in a few seconds.  Raucous squawking, Dryandra bushes totally decimated, every long scraggly branch bent to the ground beneath the weight of big black birds.  Yellow flowers flying in all directions.  It was seriously wonderful. One of the best hours I have ever spent!! So much action I had no idea what to do or which bush to focus on!  About 700 images later the flock took off.  Within seconds calm descended and the smaller birds emerged.  I am still going through the images!!