Birds that carry and/or eat ticks?
By Birding-Aus, on December 3rd, 2013
Dear all, A friend is putting together an information booklet on ticks, and wants to know which birds carry and/or eat ticks? Does anyone have any information? I imagine Cattle Egrets eat cattle ticks, but I’ve never had any luck trying to feed ‘shellbacks’ to chooks or Brush-turkeys. Brian Hawkins =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
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Hi Brian, While banding bush birds I occasionally catch small passerines with ticks, usually embedded between the base of the bill and the eye. I haven’t recorded this in any systematic way but I know that it has happened with more than a few species. One that immediately comes to mind is the Yellow-throated Scrubwren. I don’t know what species of tick/s is/are involved and I have usually removed them before releasing the bird. Regards Greg Dr Greg. P. Clancy Ecologist and Birding-wildlife Guide | PO Box 63 Coutts Crossing NSW 2460 | 02 6649 3153 | 0429 601 960 http://www.gregclancyecologistguide.com http://gregswildliferamblings.blogspot.com.au/ —–Original Message—– Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 2:06 PM Dear all, A friend is putting together an information booklet on ticks, and wants to know which birds carry and/or eat ticks? Does anyone have any information? I imagine Cattle Egrets eat cattle ticks, but I’ve never had any luck trying to feed ‘shellbacks’ to chooks or Brush-turkeys. Brian Hawkins =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================
Hi Brian, You might find this link useful: http://www.lymeaustralia.com/birds-as-vector–reservoir-hosts-including-exam ination-of-iuriae-seabird–iauritulus-bird-ticks.html. Kind regards, Stephen —–Original Message—– [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Brian Hawkins Sent: Tuesday, 3 December 2013 2:06 PM Dear all, A friend is putting together an information booklet on ticks, and wants to know which birds carry and/or eat ticks? Does anyone have any information? I imagine Cattle Egrets eat cattle ticks, but I’ve never had any luck trying to feed ‘shellbacks’ to chooks or Brush-turkeys. Brian Hawkins =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================