Mammals: Interesting or Unusual Behaviour

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Re: Interesting or Unusual Behaviour

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They love the roads! :yes:


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Maybe they are trying to cool off


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Alf wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 1:29 pm Maybe they are trying to cool off
Don't you think that it is cooler high up with the air under the wings ;-) ?


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I thought the ground could be cooler. The tar road is usually warmer.


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Don't know, my wings never grew enough to try to fly O**


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I think it is a "bird's thing". We have very little open soil at home and often find birds ( red-eye pigeons, doves, mossies, square tail drongos, etc. Even occasionally hoep-hoep ) sunbathing like that on hot sunny days.


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Barn Swallows do this all the time ..It gets more common as they swarm and get ready for the long trip back to Europe end March every year


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Even today saw a couple of swallows sunbathing on a district tar road here in NZ.


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You in New Zealand now, 100p? :shock: :shock:


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