zirkeln

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From:	"Cilla Kinross" <>
Date:	Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:37:29 +1100

And the meaning is (courtesy of Yahoo):  Zirkeln (prying movements). A
feeding movement for birds in which the bird inserts its beak in a crevice
in the ground, eg, between grass roots or under the ...for more go to
http://www.zoo.ufl.edu/be/pages/glossT_Z.html

I think it comes from the german word 'to circle'? But that's just a guess.

Cilla Kinross




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