> > From: AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/07/09 Wed AM 10:22:09 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT - Question to birding people > > 2008/7/9 mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> 2. This is simple territory marking; "here i reign, don't step closer". > > > > Unlikely without some associated form of display. > > Question is whether taking stance on the ground in a overly > conspicuous place qualifies... > > But I agree... At least on a gut feeling level... :-) > > >> 4. habituation to human presence. > > Probably the most likely. I have been within 10m of a live heron > > recently, which is pretty near impossible normally. > > Had a funny experience in that department myself the day before > yesterday, of a heron hunting goldfish just outside the Hilton hotel > Docklands at Nelson Dock. Pics may follow when I get back home. > > However we only observed this display on the path itself, not in the > surrounding terrain. The bird clearly had a preference for sitting > down on the _path_, as opposed to sitting down close to human beings. > And as Tim has remarked, if we stopped to look at them, they'd move > away.
The path would likely be warmer than the surrounding vegetation. Lying on roads after sunset is an interesting habit of sheep in Scotland. At least, it's a habit in the less populated areas..... ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- 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.
