Date: 4/18/25 4:42 pm From: Kaaren Perry via groups.io <surfbird1...> Subject: [slocobirding] Greater Yellowlegs - agonistic behavior continues
Well I've already received a fun comment from a friend about my use of the word agonistic! Here's the back story…. I came across the word in Birds of the World when reading about GRYE and looked it up. It fit the situation and decided I'd use it in my post and at the same time learn a new meaning of the word.
MEANING IN ZOOLOGY- (of animal behavior) associated with conflict. 🧐
Kaaren Perry
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> Subject: [slocobirding] Greater Yellowlegs - agonistic behavior continues
> Date: April 18, 2025 at 3:35:24 PM PDT
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> Again this afternoon I visited Turri Ponds, spending 15-20 minutes. There were 4 GRYE present, two moving as a pair and the other two spent in more typical isolated foraging. Watching the apparent pair I again witnessed aggressive arial flight chasing, one occasion of dive and dunk'em before the 2 began walking side by side in the pond. I have again consulted Cornell's online Birds of the World and this behavior seems to usually be associated with the events on the breeding grounds. Otherwise they are usually solitary or in small loose flocks.
> Today the pond water levels seem to be dropping and if this is related to the recent road construction, I anticipate that the shorebirds present will soon be moving on.
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> Also present was the continuing Lesser Yellowlegs and 10 dowitcher sp.. A lone Canada Goose continues to roost on the bank of a rear pond.
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> Kaaren Perry
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