I have found this happen very often, i.e. using public baths. I have watched
starlings wait in queue for other starlings to finish their baths to visit ‘the
bath’, while there are plenty of pools or even the whole stream as in case of
Cascadilla Gorge nearby.
In spring, I watched a similar
Rose DeNeve texted that the White Pelican continues at Knox-Marsellus Marsh.
Dave Wheeler
N. Syracuse, NY
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I've seen this at our bird baths. Once there were three species using a small
bath: 2 goldfinches and a catbird in it, and a cardinal drinking from the
side! We've also seen catbirds waiting in queue. Marsha Kardon
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I have found this happen very often, i.e. using public baths... while there
are plenty of pools or even the whole stream..
Social facilitation the same kind of thing like when humans see a crowd
around an ice-cream van and think Oh ice-cream...let's go and get some
I think such behaviors are ways of transferring feather mites and ticks from
one bird to another.
Here I think it is the not the birds that actively transfer the mites or ticks,
but ticks and mites see it as an opportunity to transfer to newer individuals
so behave accordingly! Hippobascids
The White Pelican is best seen from Towpath Rd. I drove all the way to the
dike , but didn't need to go that far. There are two islands of vegetation.
It is sitting toward the dike end of the second island in full view. Van Dyne
Spoor was a disappointment since it was full of canoeists
Thanks for tip, Carol! Good views from Towpath Rd.
White Pelican is feeding now, by sticking bill sideways in water catching
something, which it swallows now then.
Donna Scott
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Donna Scott
On Jul 31, 2013, at 1:05 PM, Carol Keeler carolk...@adelphia.net wrote:
The White
