ML400326791
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Observation details
Male.In my bird bath and perch above.Different Shikra individuals come to my house to the bird baths and perch above it.I have several times reported about the particular behaviour of Shikras who exhale/breath through the mouth several times-or open and shut their mouth several times-after they take bath or fully wet their body.Mainly observed while they are drying their body and preening.However sometimes they may again get into the water after doing this.It is to be noted that this behaviour is exhibited only after their body is throughly wet and not before.If the bird simply perches for a long time and goes back without taking bath,it never exhibits this behaviour.This behaviour is exhibited by different individuals and not one bird alone and I have uploaded several videos in this regard. Two more videos of this behaviour as observed today during the checklist period are uploaded.
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- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 61.31 MB