Acacia dealbata
Silver Wattle at Undefined Area
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| Acacia dealbata | MichaelBedingfield | 15 Aug 2018 | |
| Acacia dealbata | MichaelBedingfield | 5 Aug 2018 | |
| Unverified | WalterEgo | 2 Aug 2018 |
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Curious as to what has caused this damage (I've assumed a bird)? In this case to a wattle, but common across she-oaks in the area too...
9 comments
3 Aug 2018
It looks like the Yellow-tailed black-cockatoos work. They often gouge out holes in trees to excavate wood grubs, boras, etc.
4 Aug 2018
Our sisters sites on the coast have an option under Additional Information within the requested sighting information to record for the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo via photographs of chewed sapling stems. Haven't felt the need to do this for our region but it is a possible option.
4 Aug 2018
Are you sure it is yellow tailed black cockatoos? I have photos of eucalypts cut down by grub seekers.
4 Aug 2018
I think yellow tailed black cockatoo would be a bodgy ID. I would suggest we just accept it as Acacia dealbata.
5 Aug 2018
Agree you'd have to accept as the plant. You'd also be missing the date the damage occurred and the birds were present if it was their doing
16 Aug 2018
The damage is pretty conclusively YTBCs, because Bardi-grub seekers would use a tomahawk, which would leave a different-looking scar. Good point though Ryl, it could be yesterday’s damage, last week’s or last month’s!
16 Aug 2018
Thanks for the background. As it happened I saw a bunch stripping bark from she-oaks a few days later: 
Zanda funereus (Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo) on 6 Aug 2018
Location information
- Coordinates 149.162900-35.265172
- Altitude 744.0m
- Maps Mount Ainslie
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 27 Jul 2018 05:20 PM Recorded on
- WalterEgo Recorded by
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Species information
- Acacia dealbata Scientific name
- Silver Wattle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1369.5m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Nummerak
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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