Comments on: Little Egret Foot Stirring Feeding Technique | Bird Behaviour http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/little-egret-foot-stirring-feeding-behaviour/ Birding from around the world Wed, 16 Jul 2025 21:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/little-egret-foot-stirring-feeding-behaviour/#comment-147901 Nick Fri, 08 May 2020 07:43:03 +0000 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=22115#comment-147901 Thanks for that Patrick, those types of observations are exactly what I mean. I wouldn’t be surprised that if you tried to find out more about nesting habits of Black-collared Starling there was not a lot written on the subject. Of course we all fall into the trap of going for the next bird rather than enjoying the one in front of us at times.

]]> By: Patrick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/little-egret-foot-stirring-feeding-behaviour/#comment-147899 Patrick Thu, 07 May 2020 05:06:27 +0000 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=22115#comment-147899 Great topic for an article. I too have often noticed birders out for the “count” more so than the enjoyment in actually watching individuals go about their lives. And I’m guilty of it as well. This is particularly why I have come to enjoy backyard birding, as it forces one to sit still and focus, without jumping at the next possible species whizzing by. There are a pair of black collared starlings near to me, which have two homes (or at least two homes), one where they just raised a single chick who has fully fledged and is out and about, growing by the day, and one which they seem to just keep other birds away from. The nests are at a similar height, the main one being a big dome-like structure atop a flat overhang of a house, and the other a more typical looking large nest in a tree around 50 meters away. I often see them scare others of their kind from their homes, daily in fact, and I wonder if they will be nesting another brood as they are once again increasing the size of the dome nest, even whilst helping the juvenile in the daily tasks of his strange new existence.

Watching all the new fledglings at this time of year is particularly enjoyable. In addition to the starlings, there are several juvenile coppersmith barbets flying and hopping about, streak eared and yellow vented bulbuls of various juvenile stages and even a nest of streak eared in my garden. The babies are a week old. Anyway, thanks for the read.

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