Hi Peter and Susan,
We are also seeing a couple of cockies marked that way here in Hackett. Thanks
for the tips.
Chris Ledger
> On 5 Jul 2023, at 11:30 am, Susan Robertson via Canberrabirds
> <> wrote:
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> There is a research group at the Research School of Biology ANU with a
> project called CleverCockies who are marking cockies as you describe. I have
> met them in Campbell. You can contact the group at
>
> @BigCityBirds1 on Twitter
>
> I have had some trouble contacting them on this but you may have more success.
> Good luck,
> Susan Robertson
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Canberrabirds <> On
> Behalf Of Peter Miller
> Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2023 10:54 AM
> To:
> Subject: [Canberrabirds] Dye spots on Cockatoo Backs
>
> HI Everyone,
>
> Apologies if this has been answered before. A neighbour showed me pictures of
> a number of SC cockatoos that have been marked with small spots of different
> coloured dyes in the middle of their backs-orange, blue, purple I think from
> memory.
>
> I wondered if it was a cheap identification/marking method but the markings
> didn't seem to be unique, at least a couple of them had the same colour
> combination although they might still have been different enough to
> differentiate them if you knew them well...
>
> Vaguely similarly, I remember a few years ago there was a case of blue
> cockatoos in Sydney where the birds had perhaps been accidentally dyed with a
> road spraying chemical but these spots are small and localised.
>
> Thoughts...
>
> Peter
>
> PS re I also went for a wander near the seed node on Majura on the off-chance
> the Babbler might be around -drew a blank :(
>
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