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| Subject: | Soaking up the rays |
| From: | Martin Butterfield <> |
| Date: | Sun, 15 Oct 2017 05:08:19 +0000 |
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This afternoon I checked the male Tawny Frogmouth brooding on the nest. It was in a very strange position with its head rotated some 90 degrees to normal (see first image). It held this
position for at least 5 minutes and then returned to a more normal pose, second image, possibly preening.
I am curious about the reason for the strange position: at the time the sun was situated so the it would be shining right on the exposed neck feathers and I wonder if it was simply getting
a dose of UV in a hard to reach area, to improve its parasite count. Has anyone else observed this behaviour?
Martin Butterfield
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