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  • Neither of us had ever seen moorhens allopreen before and it was a nice reminder that even the common can sometimes exhibit a behavior that is not common, or at least not commonly observed. flushed and flew in front of us all thought of interesting behavior flew out the window for a few moments as we strove to capture the flashing yellow wings of a jacana in flight.

    10,000 Birds 2009

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  • Ornithologists refer to one individual preening another as allopreening ('allo' meaning 'other'), to distinguish it from the more usual self-preening.
    Tim Birkhead, Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird (New York: Walker & Co., 2012), p. 75

    May 30, 2016