Allen S. Moore
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I've often wondered while watching my neighbourhood pied wagtails and their occasionally urban grey cousins, why do wagtails wag their tails?
Allen
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imagedude said:Because they're happy![/QUOTE
I must admit that I think that they look happy, too, but I thought that serious types would remonstrate with me for suggesting that birds can experience emotions! There again, flocks of choughs swirling in the sky seem to me to be happy, too, but that is probably me transferring my own emotions to them, I would be happy to admit!
Allen
Grousemore said:Do they wag their tails?...they 'bob' them surely.
Allen S. Moore said:With flocks of Choughs swirling in the sky I would be happy too.....in fact well-choughed!imagedude said:Because they're happy![/QUOTE
I must admit that I think that they look happy, too, but I thought that serious types would remonstrate with me for suggesting that birds can experience emotions! There again, flocks of choughs swirling in the sky seem to me to be happy, too, but that is probably me transferring my own emotions to them, I would be happy to admit!
Allen
Steve G said:With flocks of Choughs swirling in the sky I would be happy too.....in fact well-choughed!
Grousemore said:Do they wag their tails?...they 'bob' them surely.
Lark Ascending said:Interesting read. I assume 'Willie Wagtail' is the Australian name for the Pied Wagtail. I thought their tail 'wagging' was only down to balancing themselves when they perch on narrow objects, but it looks more complicated than that.
Yellow wagtails seem to bob their tails slower but with higher frequency