At our place just outside Queanbeyan the Yellow-tails are leaving many
traces of their presence as shown in the snaps on my blog post
<http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/yellow-tailed-black-cockatoos-and-pines.html>
.
Martin Butterfield
http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/
On 5 August 2015 at 10:19, brian fleming <> wrote:
> Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos love seeds from pine-cones. When/Pinus
>> radiata/ plantations first became mature and FCV workers wanted to collect
>> seed for more plantings, they found YTBCs were attacking the cones and
>> threatened to start shooting them. Then they found that 1)the cockies
>> tended to drop the cones after eating a few seeds from the tops, and 2) the
>> cockies were much better judges of the ripeness of the seeds than the men
>> were. So the men picked up the fallen, slightly bitten coneas and everyone
>> was happy.
>>
> I notice that cones found under the local trees seem to have been
> completely chewed to pieces, but the culprits are Sulphur-crested Cockatoos
> which will feed on the ground. I have never seen YTBCs on the ground
>
> Anthea Fleming
>
> .
>
>>
>>>
<HR>
<BR> Birding-Aus mailing list
<BR>
<BR> To change settings or unsubscribe visit:
<BR> http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
</HR>
|
