That is amusing and interesting. Bathing certainly is communal in a lot of
birds, as in they see or even hear it and it inspires others to join in. I
learned years ago with captive finches in which I would attach the bath module
to the cage in sequence and that even hearing the sound induced the behaviour.
Philip
-----Original Message-----
From: Con Boekel
Sent: Friday, 8 March, 2019 7:37 PM
To: canberrabirds chatline
Subject: Black-fronted Dotterel flock preening behaviour
Several COG members were attending the possible show of a Lewin's Rail in the
Cygnus Hide. No such luck. So we turned out attention to other birds. We
noticed a flock of Black-fronted Dotterels flying in just below the Cygnus
Hide. They then dispersed and fed individually. They then stopped feeding and
clustered closely together whereat they all began to preen. After doing this
for about 20-30 minutes they dispersed into their feeding distribution.
regards
Con
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