2008/7/9 mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> 2. This is simple territory marking; "here i reign, don't step closer". > > Unlikely without some associated form of display.
Question is whether taking stance on the ground in a overly conspicuous place qualifies... But I agree... At least on a gut feeling level... :-) >> 4. habituation to human presence. > Probably the most likely. I have been within 10m of a live heron > recently, which is pretty near impossible normally. Had a funny experience in that department myself the day before yesterday, of a heron hunting goldfish just outside the Hilton hotel Docklands at Nelson Dock. Pics may follow when I get back home. However we only observed this display on the path itself, not in the surrounding terrain. The bird clearly had a preference for sitting down on the _path_, as opposed to sitting down close to human beings. And as Tim has remarked, if we stopped to look at them, they'd move away. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
