[NatureNS] Hermit Thrush Foraging Technique

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:23:49 -0300
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Yes, of course, that's a very familiar behaviour. What I reported was 
quite different. The bird didn't move back and forth; it just stood on 
one foot and rapidly patted the ground with the other.

Peter


Phil Schappert wrote:
> 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
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<small><font face="Arial">Yes, of course, that's a very familiar
behaviour. What I reported was quite different. The bird didn't move
back and forth; it just stood on one foot and rapidly patted the ground
with the other.<br>
<br>
Peter</font></small><br>
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Phil Schappert wrote:
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Technique</title>
  <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>
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  </div>
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  <div><font color="#000000" face="Courier" size="-1"><br>
Phil Schappert, PhD</font></div>
  <div><font color="#000000" face="Courier" size="-1"><br>
27 Clovis Ave.</font></div>
  <div><font color="#000000" face="Courier" size="-1">Halifax, NS, B3P
1J3</font></div>
  <div><font color="#000000" face="Courier" size="-1">902-404-5679
(home)</font></div>
  <div><font color="#000000" face="Courier" size="-1">902-460-8343
(cell)</font></div>
  <div><font color="#000000" face="Courier" size="-1"><br>
  </font></div>
  <div><font color="#000000" face="Courier" size="-1">www.thecelticlink.com/Papilio</font></div>
  <div><font color="#000000" face="Courier" size="-1">www.myspace.com/philschappert<br>
www.philschappert.com</font></div>
  <div><font color="#000000" face="Courier" size="-1">www.aworldforbutterflies.com</font></div>
  <div><font color="#000000" face="Courier" size="-1"><br>
"Just let imagination lead, reality will follow
through..."</font></div>
  <div><font color="#000000" face="Courier" size="-1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(Michael Hedges)</font></div>
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  <br>
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