I am forwarding this because it is potentially the same or related
behaviour to what Leo Berzins observed from "our" birds and reported on
canberrabirds on 18 October.
Philip
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From:
On Behalf Of Bob Way
Sent: Monday, 7 November 2011 3:09 PM
To: birding-aus Subject: [Birding-Aus] Fw: Australian Painted Snipe
Behaviour
I had the above in my scope on Saturday from Powells Lane, Richmond,
NSW.
The birds were feeding in shallow water within 1m of an isolated, small
but solid clump of reeds. Something alarmed them and they both reacted
in exactly the same way and as if in unison. I might have expected them
to simply run for cover and disappear into the main reed bed which was
only about 3m away but they lifted their tails, lowered their heads,
turned and backed up against the reeds where they remained within 30cm
of each other for some minutes, alert but motionless. Perhaps, in part,
this reaction was related to their dependence on their particularly
cryptic plumage?
Apparently there isn't much in HANZAB about APS behaviour. I am
wondering if this quite specific reaction to perceived danger is innate
within this species and/or has it been observed in other species?
Bob
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