FW: [canberrabirds] Are Sulphur-crested coctatoos ever right-toed?

[Geoffrey Dabb <>]

Yes  -  Gang-gangs are right-footed.  It doesn’t matter if they drop their food, but they get scooped up by aviarists if they fall out of the tree.

 

From: Lia Battisson [
Sent: Monday, 15 June 2015 3:12 PM
To: Neil Williams;
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Are Sulphur-crested coctatoos ever right-toed?

 

Wouldn’t that mean that they are right-footed?  I think it would take as much dexterity to balance on the other foot!

 

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Subject: [canberrabirds] Are Sulphur-crested coctatoos ever right-toed?

 

 

Walking around the Inner South (Kingston, Manuka, Griffith, Narrabundah, Forrest, Red Hill etc) at the moment one see’s large numbers of S-CC on nature strips feed on acorns.

 

The S-CC’s all seem to hold the acorns up to eat with their left leg and  toes.  Has anyone ever seen a right-toed S-CC?

 

Neil Williams