Palm cockatoos make their own drumsticks — ChillScroll

A black palm cockatoo holding a short drumstick against a hollow eucalyptus trunk

Palm cockatoos make their own drumsticks

A male trims a stick or seed pod, holds it in one foot, and beats it against a hollow tree. Different males prefer different tool shapes and play their own repeating rhythms.

Every bird shapes its stick and keeps its own beat.

Source · Australian National University ↗