tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966329187699506484.post1824486890742995715..comments2024-03-02T17:28:24.061-05:00Comments on Shorebirder: Brazil's Pantanal - 18 Oct (Day 6)Nick Bonomohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07036401219361026741noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966329187699506484.post-18659104160163950422010-11-19T20:04:33.117-05:002010-11-19T20:04:33.117-05:00Did you find the shorebirds to be way more on edge...Did you find the shorebirds to be way more on edge down there than in New England?<br /><br />I have had a bear of a time getting anywhere near them here, they flush for almost anything overhead - Caracaras, herons, storks - and the moment a lapwing (Teró) or Stilt starts giving its alarm call, i.e. if you are within 100 m of the bird, whatever sandpipers are around all flush. <br /><br />Don't know if it is the increased numbers of predators here, or if they are just not tired and hungry as they are in migration (or another hypothesis...), but it is noticably different.Eric LoPrestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10451002993518688967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-966329187699506484.post-28290923573760131072010-11-18T09:46:59.496-05:002010-11-18T09:46:59.496-05:00Nice shots of the potoo.
DrewNice shots of the potoo.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nemesisbird.com" rel="nofollow">Drew</a>Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05118765702457150915noreply@blogger.com