RESULTS
Analysis of Diet (gut content analysis, direct focal observation, and
analysis of faecal matter) revealed that the prey items consist of 14
pests present on coconut fruites and wheat and maize crops and
plantation which include snail’s vertebrates and insects. Insects were
64 percent. It includes leaf-eating caterpillar (Opisina arenosella),
larvae of various other insect groups and a major pest of banana, banana
stem weevil (Odoiporus longicollis) (Sahayaraj and Kombiah, 2009).
Comparison with similar data for Carrion Crows Shows that treepies spend
much more time feeding on marginal land, especially rough grassland
alongside. It was also apparent that Treepie regularly feed closer to
thick cover than do Carrion Crows, and spend more time feeding in long
grass and tall cereal crops which is in agreement with our findings.
Earwigs that are in abundance on maize crop, one chrysomelid beetle and
orthoptera were found to be among the major food items., black-headed
munia (Lonchura Malacca) nestlings of squirrel (Funambulus sp.), house
rat (Rattus rattus) were among the vertebrate pests and eggs of
black-headed munia blue rock pigeon (Columba livia) that is kept in my
own house were found. he most accounted invertebrate groups were
grasshoppers, earwigs, insect larvae, red palm weevil and cockroach
According to direct focal observation method.
Table.1 different analysis for the tree piee.