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Re: Weirder colours

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Subject: Re: Weirder colours
From: RUSSELL DEAN WOODFORD <>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 13:04:41 +1000 (EST)
On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Trevor Ford wrote:

> Why is it, that when a wader with a leg band is roosting on one leg, it
> stands on the leg without the band, with the banded leg tucked out of sight?
> 

Probably has something to do with why Pied Oystercatchers always stand so
that only the bottom coloured ring is below the waterline.

Russell.


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