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Dining habits of cockies

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Subject: Dining habits of cockies
From: "Rosemary Bell" <>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:20:39 +1000
There have been many white cockies in the English Oak trees that line Macgregor Street in Deakin. They have been snipping off the leafy tips of the trees, then passing the tips through their beaks. Some people suggested the birds were "sharpening their beaks", but when I had a closer look, I found a sticky substance on the back of the leaves that the birds may have been trying to lick off. Has anybody heard of, or seen cockies doing this?
 
Rosemary Bell
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