Jon Sullivan
@joncounts@mastodon.nz
Kia ora! I'm a #nature nut, addict of #iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao, and an #ecologist at #LincolnUniversity in #Aotearoa-#NewZealand. I spend an inordinate amount of my time counting nature to watch what's changing (see https://wildcounts.org/). #TwitterMigration #NZTwits #ecology #EcologicalMonitoring #NaturalHistory #iNaturalistNZ #iNaturalist #wildcounts #RStats #Biodiversity Born when there was 326 ppm carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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On Thursday I watched this tarāpunga (NZ Red-billed Gull) on the edge of the ocean repeatedly doing a slow shuffle dance in the wet sand. It would shuffle its feet to make a wet puddle then stop and eat whatever little invertebrates rose to the surface. Then it would do its dance steps again.
Definitely full marks for style and smarts.
https://flic.kr/p/2stT4kF
https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/389180275
#birds #seagull #nz #beach #Chroicocephalus #gulls #AnimalBehaviour