Intriguing!
http://www.greenlandsnutrition.co.uk/article_grass_consumption.htm indicates
that a (Pommie) cow will eat up to 100kg of wet grass a day - around 15kg of
dry grass. http://www.faunarescue.org.au/wbirdchartweight.html shows a
Native Hen weighs around 1.3 kg - so to eat 5kg of dry grass a day (1/3 of
the cow's consumption) would be nearly four times its body weight. Seems
somehat unlikely to me!!!
From: "David Siems" <>
To: "BIRDING-AUS" <>
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Tassie Birding
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 08:51:00 +1000
Hi Netters,
With a fair bit of frost on the ground the last few days,
I crunched my way across the back lawn to observe 40 plus Silver-eyes
fly into my neighbours fruiting Cotoneaster tree. The fruit is very ripe
and they tear them to pieces rather then try to swallow the berry whole.
My sister at Lapoinya (south of Wynyard) said there are many Silver-eyes
in her garden.
The two platypus are still happily paddling around in
the dam.
A question for the knowledgeable, a cattle farmer
stated to my sister that three Tasmanian Native Hens eat as much grass
in a day as one cow, is this true? Didn't seem right to me, as I think
he may want a reason to get a permit for shooting.
All the Best
David Siems
Devonport
Tasmania
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