In fact, in this context, 'zirkeln' doesn't really mean 'to circle', but
rather 'to measure'. Makes more sense, doesn't it.
And it is, of course, no coincidence that these German terms are used, since
Germans were among the first to study avian ethology - Lorenz, etc. Another
such interesting term is 'Zugunruhe' (English-speaking people shouldn't even
try to pronounce this:-)), which refers to the typical restlessness of birds
just prior to migration.
Paul Van Gasse
Kruibeke, Belgium
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Van:
Paul Taylor
Verzonden: woensdag 28 februari 2001 13:45
Aan:
Onderwerp: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] Zirkeln - going round in circles? No!
Geoff Price wrote:
>
> Many thanks to all who helped investigate the rather strange and obscure
> verb, zirkeln.
Thinking about it some more, "zirkeln" kind of makes sense - after a
spot
of "Zirkeln", the marks left in the bark by the scrubwren in the bark
might be circles (zirkeln.)
Why they didn't just saying "prying movements" in the first place is
beyond me...
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