Grey wagtails week 1 Wagging around. Motacilla cinerea grote gele kwikstaart

Story of the two grey wagtails, first week
Filmed with a canon 5D mark IV 100-400 mm lens in their natural environment
original sound
July 2020
by Clarissa Griffioen
Grey wagtail - Motacilla cinerea - grote gele kwikstaart
Wagtails are exclusively insectivores and their tails are an enormous benefit to them in catching food. Tail movements are most persistent for all wagtail species during feeding. They have two distinct techniques that they use. Firstly, when picking insects off the ground they walk or run along repeatedly picking up small items and chasing more mobile prey such as beetles and small spiders. Their tails will be seen wagging and snapping up and down or even to the sides, apparently to flush insects. Grey wagtails are also known to wade into shallow water picking up tadpoles or even lunging for small fry. Again, the tail will help power this. Source: ww2.rspb.org.u...

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