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Index of Subjects --Boundary_(ID_8WfSnLzYnqc9c8LqMUvZbQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT At 9:26 AM -0300 10/12/10, Peter Payzant wrote: >I was watching a Hermit Thrush at our place in Waverley today, as it >was foraging in a weedy meadow-ish area. I was amused to see it >rapidly patting the ground with one foot, pause, and then move on a >few inches and try again. Clearly it was hoping to disturb resting >insects in the leaf litter. This foot-patting technique is often >seen in sandpipers, but I think that this is the first time that I >have seen it in a passerine. Have you never watched white-throats (and others) doing the "sparrow shuffle", Peter? More a sparrow cha-cha than a shuffle, I guess, but it accomplishes the same ends I think. Phil -- Phil Schappert, PhD 27 Clovis Ave. Halifax, NS, B3P 1J3 902-404-5679 (home) 902-460-8343 (cell) www.thecelticlink.com/Papilio www.myspace.com/philschappert www.philschappert.com www.aworldforbutterflies.com "Just let imagination lead, reality will follow through..." (Michael Hedges) --Boundary_(ID_8WfSnLzYnqc9c8LqMUvZbQ) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li { padding-top: 0 ; padding-bottom: 0 } --></style><title>Re: [NatureNS] Hermit Thrush Foraging Technique</title></head><body> <div>At 9:26 AM -0300 10/12/10, Peter Payzant wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">I was watching a Hermit Thrush at our place in Waverley today, as it was foraging in a weedy meadow-ish area. I was amused to see it rapidly patting the ground with one foot, pause, and then move on a few inches and try again. Clearly it was hoping to disturb resting insects in the leaf litter. This foot-patting technique is often seen in sandpipers, but I think that this is the first time that I have seen it in a passerine.</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Have you never watched white-throats (and others) doing the "sparrow shuffle", Peter? More a sparrow cha-cha than a shuffle, I guess, but it accomplishes the same ends I think.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Phil</div> <div><br></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000"><br> Phil Schappert, PhD</font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000"><br> 27 Clovis Ave.</font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000">Halifax, NS, B3P 1J3</font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000">902-404-5679 (home)</font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000">902-460-8343 (cell)</font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000">www.thecelticlink.com/Papilio</font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000">www.myspace.com/philschappert<br> www.philschappert.com</font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000">www.aworldforbutterflies.com</font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000"><br> "Just let imagination lead, reality will follow through..."</font></div> <div><font face="Courier" size="-1" color="#000000" > <span ></span > <span ></span > <span ></span> (Michael Hedges)</font></div> </body> </html> --Boundary_(ID_8WfSnLzYnqc9c8LqMUvZbQ)--
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