G'day Dave They do act as if they're hyped up on something :-) It's neat to see it jump about a meter straight up to catch something though.
If you're not bored already, here's one more shot. You can see it watching one of the little bugs that got stirred up: http://tinyurl.com/6rf5a I missed the focus, but this was one of the few times I could actually see what it was hunting. No more pic's. I promise.<g> Dave S >>Very similar behaviour to European wagtails which, in addition, chase things >>down through the vegetation. It's extremely amusing watching them running >>about like little velociraptors, head down, tail parallel to the ground, searching >>for food. > >The Willy Wagtail is apparently a kind of fantail. Fantails are really fascinating to >watch when they're chasing insects in the air. They look like they're on >something :) > >Cheers, > >- Dave > >http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/