http://www.migrantwatch.in/blog/2009/06/10/the-long-hop/ tracking bird migration across india Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:54:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-aortic-dissection http://www.migrantwatch.in/blog/2009/06/10/the-long-hop/#comment-15 sarabjit singh Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:46:11 +0000 http://migrantwatch.in/blog/?p=118#comment-15 Interesting story Meghna. I saw a one-legged white wagtail on the highway from Bikaner to Jodhpur last winter when we stopped at a dhaba for lunch. There was a pair and sadly the two-legged character (must have been a male by his behaviour) was behaving quite boorishly. The one-leg was going about his business quite cheerfully, hopping along lloking for insects. The other foot appeared to have been squashed under some heavy weight. It was an old injury and the wagtail appeared to be accustomed to hopping around - no sense of being physically challenged in that little bird. I have a video on this which I hope to share with you soon. No idea whether it was migratory but if it was, it would be wonderful if it came back like Ganesh's. Interesting story Meghna.
I saw a one-legged white wagtail on the highway from Bikaner to Jodhpur last winter when we stopped at a dhaba for lunch. There was a pair and sadly the two-legged character (must have been a male by his behaviour) was behaving quite boorishly.
The one-leg was going about his business quite cheerfully, hopping along lloking for insects. The other foot appeared to have been squashed under some heavy weight. It was an old injury and the wagtail appeared to be accustomed to hopping around – no sense of being physically challenged in that little bird.
I have a video on this which I hope to share with you soon.
No idea whether it was migratory but if it was, it would be wonderful if it came back like Ganesh’s.

]]> http://www.migrantwatch.in/blog/2009/06/10/the-long-hop/#comment-14 Deepa Mohan Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:57:40 +0000 http://migrantwatch.in/blog/?p=118#comment-14 Wow, what a heartwarming story! Thank you Meghna. Wow, what a heartwarming story! Thank you Meghna.

]]> http://www.migrantwatch.in/blog/2009/06/10/the-long-hop/#comment-13 Prashanth Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:33:08 +0000 http://migrantwatch.in/blog/?p=118#comment-13 Nice write-up. Do hope Ganesh's visitor at "WATAPI" keeps coming back. Nice of him to have kept track of the Wagtail over three seasons! Maybe "WATAPI" - Ganesh's farm could be a field station of MW! Nice write-up. Do hope Ganesh’s visitor at “WATAPI” keeps coming back. Nice of him to have kept track of the Wagtail over three seasons! Maybe “WATAPI” – Ganesh’s farm could be a field station of MW!

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