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 | | The birds prefer the soft young cones from the previous season, rather than the hard old cones left on the tree from 2 or 3 years ago, but in times of drought, when no new cones are produced, they will make do with the old, less nutritious ones. |
 | | According to Matt Cameron, [who is studying Glossy Blacks in the Gnu State Forest in NSW] after a season of no rain he found no juvenile cockatoos in the area, as if the adults know not to breed when they see no new cones. |
 | | Our parrots, unlike those in most other countries, are not limited to the tropics, but extend from the tropical rainforests in the north, through lightly wooded eucalypt forests, grasslands and sandy deserts in the centre, to cool temperate regions like Tasmania in the south. |
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