Thanks Matthew, So feigning behaviour takes place among skuas. That's one step closer, at least. I think the same material as Birds of North America Online cites is available as a PDF here: http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic11-2-93.pdf (Observations on the behaviour of certain arctic birds).
Interesting puzzle, this.... :-) Jostein 2008/7/8 Matthew Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- 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.
