Robin,
this is an excellent description of W-w C dust bathing to me.
Isobel.
On 17/7/16 at 5:53 PM, (Robin Hide) wrote:
>Do Ww Choughs use clay/soil for other purposes than making nests?
>This afternoon amongst pines between the RC Golf Course and
>Warrina Inlet there was a large flock of Choughs, some of which
>appeared to be pecking at soil at the foot of a pine.
>[cid:
>They would then fluff up their feathers and appeared to be applying soil to
>them.
>[cid:
>The soil where they had been pecking.
>[cid:
>I saw similar behaviour late one evening (full dusk) beside
>pine trees in urban Challis Street in Dickson about 6-8 weeks
>ago- though there they just appeared to be pecking at the ground.
>Puzzled!
>Robin Hide
>
>
Ms Isobel Crawford,
Australian Botanical Surveys,
POB 6031,
O'Connor ACT 2602.
02 6257 1860
0429 798 887.
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