Subject: Shorebird behavior
Date: Apr 30 07:52:19 1995
From: Burton Guttman - guttmanb at elwha.evergreen.edu



While watching a mixed flock of Dunlin and Western Sandpipers a couple of
days ago, I thought I was seeing a one-legged Dunlin, because it kept
hopping around on one leg while actively feeding, not just standing on one
leg to rest. But then I saw a couple of others doing the same thing and
I realized that they couldn't all be one-legged. Has anyone else seen
this behavior? Is it common in Dunlin, or in calidridines generally? I
find no reference to it in books on shorebirds, including Dennis
Paulson's. Dennis is away for a while; maybe someone else knows.

Burt Guttman guttmanb at elwha.evergreen.edu
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