Cockatoos

Professor Dupont is the proud owner of ten troublesome cockatoos.

Cockatoos are large, intelligent and attractive birds. Of the twenty-one recognized species, fourteen occur in Australia, with three of these also found in New Guinea. Seven species are distributed across the islands of south-east Asia. While many species are common or abundant, an increasing number face extinction due to habitat loss, the illegal bird trade and global warming.

This reference book on the cockatoo family provides a comprehensive physical description of the various species of this exotic parrot, the habitat they favor, and their distribution and behaviors both in the wild and in captivity. Their reproductive history is examined, as is the possibility of breeding sufficient numbers in captivity to develop sustainable populations for re-introduction to their original habitat should they become extinct in the wild. The book explores the historical encounters of the various species with Europeans two centuries ago. That early history provides considerable insight to the cockatoo’s popularity and to efforts to breed them in captivity. Many cockatoo species face a perilous future. As their native forests are logged, the cockatoos lose not only suitable nesting and roosting sites, but native foods. Additionally, despite conservation laws governing the capture of wild cockatoos, their desirability as an avian pet has spawned a worldwide illicit trade critically endangering some species to the point that they face extinction in the wild.

Introduces the numbers one through twelve by counting different types of animals, with two cockatoos concealed on each page for the reader to find.

Black Cockatoo is a vignette that follows Mia, a young Aboriginal girl as she explores the fragile connections of family and culture. Mia is a 13-year-old girl from a remote community in the Kimberley. She is saddened by the loss of her brother as he distances himself from the family. She feels powerless to change the things she sees around her, until one day she rescues her totem animal, the dirran black cockatoo, and soon discovers her own inner strength. A wonderful small tale on the power of standing up for yourself, culture and ever-present family ties.

I’m excited to share this story with you. I’ve had the privilege of years of mentorship from a Master Salesman named Hank, the secrets to sales success that you won’t find anywhere else. In this book, Hank the Cockatoo shows you how to seamlessly move the sale forward with passion, knowledge, and a connection that can’t be broken. You’ll learn how to catch customer cues, respond, and redirect. Relationship selling isn’t dead, but with Internet-wise customers, new tools are needed to regain control. Cockatoo Selling–with almost 50 body language and tone of voice tips—will give you those tools and teach you how to dance with the customer right through the close—and at a faster rate. Attendees of the Sell Like A Cockatoo Training Program were asked to identify the most impactful techniques they learned. Their responses: “It’s an advanced sales methodology—it breaks down the barriers of resistance and change.” “It’s new! It’s different! It works! Sell Like A Cockatoo goes beyond the traditional sales process, taking your sales game to a whole new level. It’s fun, insightful, inspiring and challenging.” —Bryan Post, 8-figure serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, and world-renowned clinician

An essential story collection from one of the foremost novelists of the twentieth century, now a part of the Text Classics series

Arby is a young cockatoo who finds the perfect family to live with, but then faces the challenge of a lifetime when everything falls apart. He learns the true meaning of sacrifice as he gives everything up for love. For Arby, life seems hopeless until he finds new friends and a new identity. His journey takes a strange country road as he becomes Arby the Singing Cockatoo! Meet Arby and his friends as he discovers that everything in life has purpose and meaning. Arby becomes the bird he was destined to be as he faces his fears and fi nally learns his true identity.