The bird was "sunning." It leans over, opens its feathers, and exposes its
bare skin to sun. This raises its temperature which probably sends at least
a few lice and mites packing.
I took a photo of my backyard male sunning just last week. <
I think ants would be in sandy soil - that’s where I observed possible anting
by a Great Crested Flycatcher. Maybe it was just a dust bath?
Tom G
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> On Jul 4, 2020, at 8:29 AM, Susan Tertell wrote:
>
> From the original post, it doesn't seem as though ants are involved.
Would it make a difference what type of wood the chips are? Perhaps cedar,
for instance, may have special qualities for the purpose of "antting".
Linda Whyte
On Sat, Jul 4, 2020, 8:29 AM Susan Tertell wrote:
> From the original post, it doesn't seem as though ants are involved. Could
> the
>From the original post, it doesn't seem as though ants are involved. Could
the fumes from the wood chips serve the same purpose?
Susan
On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 10:23 PM John Clouse <
0249d7b7d4a1-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote:
> It’s “anting.”
>
> John
>
> > On Jul 3, 2020, at 1:49 PM,
It’s “anting.”
John
> On Jul 3, 2020, at 1:49 PM, "jbaum...@usfamily.net" wrote:
>
> Hello. I just observed some robin behavior I'd never seen before and wonder
> if someone can explain it.
>
> I went to close a window on the west side of the house and in the garden
> there, a robin
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