kdb@macaw.intercon.com (Kurt Baumann) (08/29/90)
At risk of getting flamed... I would like to get some information that someone in this group ought to have. Does anyone know of any studies/observations done in the wild about cockatoos (of any type) in regards to thier breeding habits, time of year, preferred nesting sites, diet during breeding, etc? Actually similar information about any Parrot would be welcome. Papers, text books, anything at all. Does anyone know how to go about getting infomation on what papers are published in other countries? (perhaps I should post this question to rec.library :-)) Thanks in advance for your help. -- Kurt Baumann 703.709.9890 703.709.9896 FAX
andrewt@cs.su.oz (Andrew Taylor) (08/29/90)
In article <26DAA31B.145B@intercon.com> kdb@macaw.intercon.com (Kurt Baumann) writes: >Does anyone know of any studies/observations done in the wild about cockatoos >(of any type) in regards to thier breeding habits, time of year, preferred >nesting sites, diet during breeding, etc? Actually similar information about >any Parrot would be welcome. Papers, text books, anything at all. I imagine that the basic reference would be "Parrots of the World" - Joseph Forshaw, Landsdowne(1978). There may be a more recent edition. Its doesn't go into great depth but covers every parrot. The illustrations are beautiful. There are, of course, a number of aviary-oriented books. I expect most Cockatoos have not been studied in detail. There is still a lot of work to do in Australian ornithology and I expect even more left to do in Indonesia. The only detailed study I can think of on cockatoos was done by the CSIRO (Australian govt. research organisation) On Galahs. I don't know where the results were published. Searching the "Emu" the Royal Australian Ornithologist Union (RAOU)'s journal would be good. A big uni. library might have it. Given they occupy habitats ranging from tropical rainforest to arid woodland there is probably great diversity in habits among cockatoos. Just to make you jealous, some cockatoos are backyard birds in Australia. Galahs, Gang-Gangs, Sulpur-Crested and Yellow-Tailed Black cockatoos all visit my parents backyard regularly. The Yellow-Tailed Blacks with their 1m(+?) wingspan and whistled screech are particularly impressive. They love the rock hard pinus radiata (monterey pine?) cones ripping them apart and tearing off sizable branches in the process. You can keep your hummingbirds :-) Andrew
mm@lectroid.sw.stratus.com (Mike Mahler) (08/29/90)
Couldn't send you mail. Try sending to me and I'll give you address of a friend who lives in Australia and raises Cockatoos (and race horse and dogs and...). Michael uunet!lectroid!mm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tired of "dog eats cat poop"? Vote YES to rec.pets.dogs! Send vote to uunet!lectroid!mm or mm@lectroid.sw.stratus.com