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Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo at lunch

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Subject: Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo at lunch
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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 09:39:18 +1000

Anthea,
Great description of YTBC feeding. I have observed a similar 20 minute wood-chop
resulting in the capture of a large grub.  The Witchetty grubs that I
occasionally enjoy when I am splitting wood (usually Acacia or Eucalypt) are the
creamy, concertina type, and  they are the larvae of Longicorn beetles
(Cerambycidae).  Jewel Beetles (Buprestidae) also have wood-boring larvae, so
there are several possibilities.

On the subject of handedness (footedness) mentioned by Judie Peet, in all of the
Sulphur-crested Cockatoos and Long-billed Corellas that I have observed, and in
a small number of Gang-gang Cockatoo observations, the birds involved were all
left-footed.  It would be interesting to know how many other birding-ausers have
observations of footedness in parrots, especially the cockatoos.

Cheers

Ian



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