Good question Philip
In the original article, there is a video showing the bird manipulating the pebbles, with some difficulty. But the bird appears to be on a verandah railing which suggests it may
be domesticated and specially fed by keepers. I have saved the video but it is 24MB and so I can’t share it via the group. But I could send it personally or put it in the cloud (G-drive?).
David
From: Philip Veerman <>
Sent: Saturday, 11 September, 2021 3:49 PM
To: 'Dr David Rosalky' <>; 'COG bird list' <>
Subject: RE: [Canberrabirds] I-Kea?
Well that is a new type of story. On face value of the observations it appears that the conclusions are correct. I wonder why there is no mention of
how this bird feeds itself.
From: Canberrabirds
On Behalf Of Dr David Rosalky
Sent: Saturday, 11 September, 2021 2:18 PM
To: COG bird list
Subject: [Canberrabirds] I-Kea?
Most interesting tool invention. Worthy of Ikea.
