I have put up a video of the avocets at Bimbi Beach preening and one of them
flying (quality degraded by web site limitations).
Steve
Preening https://www.hbw.com/ibc/1470163
Flying https://www.hbw.com/ibc/1470969
-----Original Message-----
From: Wallaces
Sent: Tuesday, 13 February 2018 1:41 PM
To: Canberra birds
Subject: How do avocets preen?
The avocets strongly curved beak must complicate preening. The avocets at
Bimbi Beach were close enough to see how they preened. From what I could
see, they mostly their neck so the curved beak was flat on, or slightly
above, the feathers, allowing the tip to reach individual feathers. I will
put up a video later but attached is a photo cut from it.
Steve
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