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Index of Subjects With the hot and sunny weather in the last two days this behavior could have served to soak up water into the plumage and to carry it to the nest. There water can be used to provide evaporative cooling for the chicks when just spending shade is insufficient for thermoregulation. Ulli On 8-Jul-11, at 1:06 PM, Burkhard Plache wrote: > Yesterday, I observed an osprey flying low over the surface > of a lake, then dip down a few times, dragging its talons and > an inch or two of its lower body through the water, getting a bit > higher and repeating this two more times. > I have seen this a couple of times before, and am curious > to know if this is a typical behaviour, and if so, what the > purpose might be. > - Burkhard >
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