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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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<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>
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<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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Phil Schappert, PhD</font></div>
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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"
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></span
> <span
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> <span
></span> (Michael Hedges)</font></div>
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