On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:31 AM, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Both plovers and redshanks exhibit this behavour too. It seems to be > quite common among waders. However, there seems to be no mention of > this among gulls or jaegers...
I did a Google search for "skua feign brooding", and one of the results is: Breeding — Parasitic Jaeger — Birds of North America Online Birds also occasionally interrupt injury feigning with false brooding, in which a bird suddenly sits still, as if incubating or brooding (Williamson 1949). ... bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/445/articles/breeding - Similar pages - Note this Unfortunately, it requires a paid subscription to see more than that. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
