Red-capped Robin behaviour

Hello Sonja,

Feeding birds employ various methods to disturb prey or perhaps to improve their vision when feeding. Your excellent pic suggests to me an adjunct to feeding. The best example of this sort of thing that comes to mind is the White-faced Heron – almost comical to watch – they waggle the neck to and fro (the head stays still) and put one foot forward and jiggle it in the grass to disturb prey. Superb Fairy-wrens wiggle the tail. Yellow-rumped Thornbills flick the wings out quickly. Restless Flycatchers spray the ground with their scissors-grinding call. and so on

Cheers

Graeme