Footedness. Left only. Or right only. Some bird species have it. Think parrots, cockatoos and the like. Munching on food held almost always in preferred toes. Songsters not so much. Australian Magpies are super songsters. Resounding Aussies. No surprise - these past few years - since Northern Hemisphere (whose Magpies are non-songbird corvids) acceptance that all songbirds originated from ancient Oz. But is our Magpie footed?
Well, as they say, one swallow etc, but before above caterpillar was swallowed our Black-backed Magpie exhibited fussy footedness. Too much grass sticking to caterpillar snatched from newly mown parkland at Cape Pallarenda, Townsville. Bit of shaking didn't do the trick. Time to put the boot in. Down comes right foot. Clears the grass. Second later, caterpillar's history.
Is it footedness? Perhaps maybe. Interesting start to 2022 anyway.
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