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foot-tapping in waders

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Subject: foot-tapping in waders
From: (John Leonard)
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:57:21 +1000 (EST)
I have seen this behaviour in South Island Pied Oystercatchers on short
grass in an urban park in Dunedin, SI. It was after a period of rain, and I
surmised that the birds, all of which in the flock were doing this, were
trying to persuade the earthworms that the rain was still continuing.






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John Leonard (Dr),
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'He look for righteousness, and behold, bloodshed;
He looked for justice, and behold, a cry.'
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