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RE: Odd Great Blue Heron Behavior
- To: "bird (E-mail)" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: RE: Odd Great Blue Heron Behavior
- From: "Armstrong, Craig" <CraigArmstrong@PerformanceInc.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 13:10:41 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
>The bird was definitely NOT sitting, she was kneeling. After a while she
disappeared. We >have eleven heron nests here at Greenview and I've never
observed this behavior before.
>Has anyone else out there seen birds kneel this way?
Only babies or juveniles, not adults. I don't know a thing about the west
nile virus though, is this a common trait of an infected bird?
Craig Armstrong / Chapel Hill