[wisb] Re: Red-winged Blackbird - odd behavior
- From: "William Mueller" <iltlawas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Karen Etter Hale" <chimneyswift1@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "wisbirdn" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:58:22 -0500
Hi Karen,
I think your bird was anting - allowing ants to move thrugh his plumage -
if you Google it, you'll find your explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anting_(bird_activity)
http://birds.ecoport.org/Behaviour/EBanting.htm
Bill Mueller
Milwaukee
> [Original Message]
> From: Karen Etter Hale <chimneyswift1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 6/26/2009 10:16:01 PM
> Subject: [wisb] Red-winged Blackbird - odd behavior
>
> Early yesterday morning while on a walk in town, I saw an adult male
> Red-winged Blackbird fly across the street from the marsh and land on a
> lawn. He then spread his wings to the sides and vibrated them rapidly,
> at the same time making a ticking sound. He resumed a normal posture and
> started feeding on something in the lawn, then repeated the wing
> vibration/ticking sound. He was showing the red and yellow of the
> epaulets when doing this. Again, he resumed a normal posture and
> behavior, this time making the normal shrill calls that redwings often
> do. There weren't any other redwings (or other birds) close by.
>
> Has anyone else ever seen or heard of this behavior? What was this about?
>
> --
> Karen Etter Hale
> Lake Mills
> NW Jefferson Co.
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