Matt: I remember seeing that foot tapping behavior in some other plovers on the beach in Florida. Randy Rowe, Wooster On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 10:43 PM, Matthew Valenic <[log in to unmask] > wrote: > I tend to 'gloss over' the very common birds, especially the slightly > annoying types, like Blackbirds,, House Sparrows and KILLDEER! Today I saw > something for the first time - a Killdeer was feeding on the exposed > mudflat > at LaDue Reservoir (Geauga Count) and it was rapidly tapping the ground > with > one foot for a couple seconds then reaching down like it was eating > something. Was it trying to scare the invertebrates from the mud? Watch > this video and see what you think. You may have to enlarge the image - > look > in the upper right of the screen for two arrows pointing away from each > other and click on them. The image will increase in size. Then play the > video. > https://www.flickr.com/photos/85567104@N05/27950685760/in/photostream/ > > > > Matt Valencic > > Geauga County > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at > www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]