> Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos love seeds from pine-cones. When/Pinus
> radiata/ plantations first became mature and FCV workers wanted to collect
> seed for more plantings, they found YTBCs were attacking the cones and
> threatened to start shooting them. Then they found that 1)the cockies tended
> to drop the cones after eating a few seeds from the tops, and 2) the cockies
> were much better judges of the ripeness of the seeds than the men were. So
> the men picked up the fallen, slightly bitten coneas and everyone was happy.
I notice that cones found under the local trees seem to have been
completely chewed to pieces, but the culprits are Sulphur-crested
Cockatoos which will feed on the ground. I have never seen YTBCs on the
ground
Anthea Fleming
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On 5/08/2015 7:45 AM, Peter Shute wrote:
> Are there any Australian birds that use pine plantations for anything other
> than refuge? The few times I've bothered birding in them, birds have been
> almost totally absent. I made a morning recording on one, and captured only
> distant calls.
>
> Peter Shute
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Birding-Aus
>> On Behalf Of David Clark
>> Sent: Tuesday, 4 August 2015 8:20 PM
>> To: Geoff Ryan
>> Cc: birding-aus
>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Emus and Pines
>>
>> Geoff
>>
>> Emus are quite common in the coastal area west of Portland
>> right through to the Murray mouth. However, I suspect that
>> the pines (and they are *Pinus
>> radiata*) are only used as a refuge. The generally wide
>> areas between the plantations and roads provide forage but
>> there would be slim pickings for emus in the plantations themselves.
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