Pine cone feeding Cockies - Major Mitchell's Cockatoo - Griffith NSW - Video

[David Rees <>]

Sandra

I've seen them in Binya too - in Callitris  

I agree its one of my favourite birds - for me, up there with New Zealand's Kaka and the European Dipper.

They are usually wary birds, these ones were not.

David

On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 4:49 PM, sandra henderson <> wrote:

probably my favourite bird

I've seen them in the Binya Forest, which is native pine, and also across the road from BF at the Yenda cemetery - can't recall the tree species, but very possibly exotics on far side of the cemetery.

 

sandra h

On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 4:04 PM, David Rees <m("gmail.com","dprbirdlist");" target="_blank">> wrote:

Folks

I had the great pleasure of watching and filming these birds on Friday in Griffith.  This is the first time I've seen them feed on the cones of a Pinus - a European species in this case, possibly Pinus pinaster or a close relative.  I counted 13 of these birds and there were more out of sight.  Pine cone feeding was probably being 'passed on' as I watched an adult feeding 'pine seed mash' to a dependent young bird - in the usual way of cockatoos.

https://vimeo.com/118380156

Enjoy

David

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