Talk:Anting (behavior)

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Is 'Aaron Churchill says it is true.' relevant at all? I'm thinking it's spam but would like a second opinion. Tminus65 (talk) 23:07, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I see 0 ants in this image. Craig Pemberton (talk) 21:02, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I noticed this one too. And there is one rather old record of anting in this species, so I have modified the caption to say that this is the anting posture of the bird. A more definitive anting photograph should replace the current one. Shyamal (talk) 03:01, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I looked for a picture of anting with proper licensing. Mostly I found dead birds and birds of paradise. "anting bird ant -dead -paradise" helped but no cookie. I found a good one with visible ants all over the bird but it was copyright. Craig Pemberton (talk) 03:10, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Nice article on anting, Here is a link to a nice HD video of a Eurasion Jay, anting. This behaviour is quite rare so I feel I was lucky to capture it You may wish to include it in the links section. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=314-HtWIOps Regards blutey Blutey (talk) 21:00, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Should 'einemsen', which would be capitalized in German, be capitalized here, where it is in italics and hence a foreign word? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 15:31, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done. J. D. Crutchfield | Talk 15:27, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There are apparently two different species called "puss moth", one North American and one European. The caterpillars of both species exude noxious chemicals, so it's unclear whether the reference in the article is to the North American species, the European species, or both. Right now, I've linked the reference to the disambiguation page for "puss moth", but unless both species are used by birds in anting, that link should be changed to one or the other. J. D. Crutchfield | Talk 14:38, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to Shyamal for taking care of this. J. D. Crutchfield | Talk 14:05, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]