The pseudo-sleeping attitude of the Oyster-catcher
01 January 1950
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(Fair Isle Bird Observatory) IT IS well-known from the work of Makkink (1942) and Edwards et al. (1948) that in certain situations the Oyster-catcher (Hcematopus ostralegus) adopts a " pseudo-sleeping " attitude. The bird stands on one or both legs, with ...
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