[wisb] robins and scuds - hermit thrush, too?
- From: "Mike McDowell" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gseegert@xxxxxxxxx>, <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 15:38:14 -0600
This HERMIT THRUSH (December 22nd, 2005):
http://www.birddigiscoper.com/birdHETRdec4.html
Was observed shaking one leg in the water, just like some shorebirds do. I
never saw exactly what it was eating, but it was successfully finding food
items that were in the water. I should have captured a video. There were
AMERICAN ROBINS foraging at this same location (UW Arboretum springs).
Cheers,
Mike M.
Madison - Dane County
www.birddigisoper.com
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Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:25 PM
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Subject: [wisb] robins and scuds
All
Because scuds are aquatic, I was wondering the same thing, where/how would
be robins be finding scuds? Is it possible that these critters were
isopods, many of which are terrestrial ,rather than scuds, which are
strictly aquatic. They do look superficially similar.
Semi-interesting scud factoid. Before their populations crashed, a
deep-water L Michigan amphipod, Diporeia hoyi, was a mainstay in the diets
of long-tailed ducks and many fishes.
Greg Seegert
Deerfield, IL
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