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Strange wagtail in Kuwait (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter MJB
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lou salomon
the birdonist
no grey wagtail with greenish scapulars. presumably a 2cy yellow wagtail which as a juv was grey.
Andy Adcock
Worst person on Birdforum
Also seems to have a badly broken right leg?
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
That reads oddly, suggests it changed species as it grew up :-O
lou salomon
the birdonist
MJB
Well-known member
oo
Thanks, Lou. The photographer and all his fellow birders hadn't actually seen a wagtail quite like this one in Kuwait and so perhaps it's a vagrant of a distant subspecies. Have you any idea which subspecies it might have been?
MJB
Andy Adcock
Worst person on Birdforum
So what do we think has happened to it's tright leg, bent the wrong way and looks almost severed?
I think it's the angle of view tricking us and the leg is perfectly healthy
Andy Adcock
Worst person on Birdforum
You're right, illusion on my part.
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
Yep, wagtails - and I get the impression especially Yellow Wagtails - are almost 'double-jointed' in their legs, and come up with often impossible-looking poses in photos :t:
Maybe something to do with increased agility for dashing after insect prey.
dantheman
Bah humbug
Knees must.
