Frenetic Feeding Graceful Prinia (Prinia gracilis), Wadi Al Wala, Madaba Governorate, Jordan
With the wind blowing, this all puffed-out GRPR seems content to hide herself in the interior of this low bush. I spotted her feeding there and she seemed to me like a bee jumping all around the bush and then down onto the ground and back up, eating small pieces of buds and other delectables off this shrub and insects here and there as well. While watching her and waiting for her to "pop out," I noticed also she was puffed up when in the bush but on the ground she tucked her feathers into a much sleeker look... can't say why :-)
Again, with all the wind, there was so much motion in the greenery, I bumped up the SS to try to compensate and that seems to have helped...
I'm not sure what was going on but all the birds on this Valentine's Day that I saw seemed jumpy, a little unsettled, and I kind of felt it also... could be soooo many things (slight earth tremor, rapid change in air pressure, the wind, bad moon rising - I don't know)... but the day ended for me, slipping off a wet rock and falling from the top of a low wall onto of course - a bed of pointy stones below... no damage to any of the equipment but slightly bruised ribs and a left calf muscle strain... life happens... :-) but I plan to be back out this week...
Frenetic Feeding Graceful Prinia (Prinia gracilis), Wadi Al Wala, Madaba Governorate, Jordan
With the wind blowing, this all puffed-out GRPR seems content to hide herself in the interior of this low bush. I spotted her feeding there and she seemed to me like a bee jumping all around the bush and then down onto the ground and back up, eating small pieces of buds and other delectables off this shrub and insects here and there as well. While watching her and waiting for her to "pop out," I noticed also she was puffed up when in the bush but on the ground she tucked her feathers into a much sleeker look... can't say why :-)
Again, with all the wind, there was so much motion in the greenery, I bumped up the SS to try to compensate and that seems to have helped...
I'm not sure what was going on but all the birds on this Valentine's Day that I saw seemed jumpy, a little unsettled, and I kind of felt it also... could be soooo many things (slight earth tremor, rapid change in air pressure, the wind, bad moon rising - I don't know)... but the day ended for me, slipping off a wet rock and falling from the top of a low wall onto of course - a bed of pointy stones below... no damage to any of the equipment but slightly bruised ribs and a left calf muscle strain... life happens... :-) but I plan to be back out this week...