#anting — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #anting, aggregated by home.social.
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I have to share my #anting story...
We were #birding at the #Audubon #CorkscrewSwamp in S #Florida. Most of the hike is on a boardwalk so you are up high looking down at #birds on the ground when not over water. We see a #CommonYellowthroat #Warbler on the ground attacking a group of ants. It was odd because he didn't look like he was eating them, just tossing them around like he was mad at them.
Many years later I was reading "The Birder's Handbook" (which has an interesting format, one bird description on each right-hand page, and a more general bird-related essay on the left). I got to the essay on "Anting" and remembered that little bird and the ants! Not mad, not hungry... He just needed a little bug repellent!
Note that elsewhere on a sister site there is an article that seems to contradict all of the above... ?!
https://feederwatch.org/blog/anting-blue-jays-taking-a-bath-or-preparing-dinner/
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#SomethingBeautiful - Completed journal sketch for Week of March 6 2023. Ichiban the Stellar’s Jay watches his mate Hachi-chan anting in the gravel walk, spring 2021. #StellarJay #BlueJay #Anting #CorvidLove #Sketchaday #Journaling
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#SomethingBeautiful - Completed journal sketch for Week of March 6 2023. Ichiban the Stellar’s Jay watches his mate Hachi-chan anting in the gravel walk, spring 2021. #StellarJay #BlueJay #Anting #CorvidLove #Sketchaday #Journaling
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#SomethingBeautiful - Completed journal sketch for Week of March 6 2023. Ichiban the Stellar’s Jay watches his mate Hachi-chan anting in the gravel walk, spring 2021. #StellarJay #BlueJay #Anting #CorvidLove #Sketchaday #Journaling
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#SomethingBeautiful - Completed journal sketch for Week of March 6 2023. Ichiban the Stellar’s Jay watches his mate Hachi-chan anting in the gravel walk, spring 2021. #StellarJay #BlueJay #Anting #CorvidLove #Sketchaday #Journaling
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#SomethingBeautiful - Completed journal sketch for Week of March 6 2023. Ichiban the Stellar’s Jay watches his mate Hachi-chan anting in the gravel walk, spring 2021. #StellarJay #BlueJay #Anting #CorvidLove #Sketchaday #Journaling