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Re: Sunset Beach: A WARNING:



Observed a pair of Great-crested Flycatchers and a Brown Thrasher vying with
one another for rights to a small sandpile on 7-19. They'd wallow out a
small depression, then assume a position similar to Chris' description.
Kinda reminded me of people taking a chair to the beach, finding a good
spot, then just sorta feelin' good about feelin' good for awhile.

Cheers,
Gary




Gary Phillips
Conway, SC
 Zone 8
axis1@sccoast.net
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing's going to get
better. It's not." (Dr. Seuss, "The Lorax")

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Hill <chill@kingfish.coastal.edu>
To: William McDavit <osprey1@atmc.net>
Cc: Carolinabirds <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Date: Saturday, July 21, 2001 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: Sunset Beach: A WARNING:


>
>On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Mary McDavit wrote:
>>
>> My friend has a Blue jay that she watched 3 days in a row have what
appeared
>> to be a seizure.  Any thoughts??
>
>My thought would be either anting or sunbathing, especially the latter, in
>which many birds spread wings and tail, plaster themselves against the
>ground or perch, stand all their body feathers on end, open their beaks
>and half close their eyes, and let their head hang at unnatural angles.
>There are some individual birds (I think of one female song sparrow of my
>acquaintance and my pet starling) that are addicted to this behavior, and
>it looks *very* disturbed.
>
>If the Jay was in shade, I'm stumped.
>
>Chris Hill
>Conway, SC
>
>
>