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	Willie Wagtail
		Although it is active in defending its territory, the Willie Wagtail is very tolerant and tame around humans, often feeding and nesting in close proximity of houses and human activity.
		The Willie Wagtail is often found in the company of domestic and farm animals, such as cattle and sheep, where it either runs behind the moving animal snatching insects as they are disturbed, or sits on the back of the animal, darting off to capture a flying insect and then returning to its mobile perch.
		The nest of the Willie Wagtail may be re-used in successive years, or an old nest is often destroyed and the materials used in the construction of a new nest.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/willie_wagtail.htm (572 words)

	Birds in Backyards - Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) Fact sheet
		The Willie Wagtail is often found in the company of cattle and sheep.
		The Willie Wagtail's call is well-known, often being uttered constantly throughout the night, and is interpreted as "sweet-pretty-creature", though other calls involve more scolding and chattering notes.
		The Willie Wagtail is found throughout most of eastern and south-eastern Australia and northern Tasmania, but not northern Queensland.
	www.birdsinbackyards.net /finder/display.cfm?id=19 (529 words)

	Birds of Rochedale
		Willie Wagtails are very active when they feed, darting around lawns as they hunt for insects on the ground with their tails wagging from side to side.
		Willie Wagtails are active in defending their territory, but they are very tolerant and tame around humans, often feeding and nesting close to houses and human activity.
		Willie Wagtails may be re-use their nest in successive years, or an old nest is often destroyed and the materials used in the construction of a new nest.
	www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au /birds/wagtail.htm (610 words)

	Wagtail
		The wagtails are a group of small passerine birds with long tails which they wag frequently.
		Wagtails are ground nesters, laying up to six speckled eggs.
		The Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) of Australia is unrelated.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wa/Wagtail.html (82 words)

	Willie Wagtails
		Around 20 cm long or a fraction bigger, the Willie Wagtail is a frequent sight in almost all habitats except thick forest.
		Willie Wagtails are at home in a wide variety of habitats, but avoid dense forest and particularly favour semi-open woodland or grassland with scattered trees.
		Wagtails are never still for more than a few moments during daylight hours; even when perching they flick their long, fl tails from side to side constantly, twisting about to better watch for prey.
	www.avianweb.com /williewagtails.html (226 words)

	Willie Wagtail (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Willie Wagtails are at home in a wide variety of habitats, but avoid dense forest and particularly favour semi-open woodlandor grassland with scattered trees.
		Starkly coloured in all-fl with white underparts, the Willie Wagtail perches on fences, low-hanging branches, posts,anything available, and hunts for small creatures on the ground or in the air.
		Wagtails are never still for more than a few moments during daylight hours; even when perching they flick their long, fltails from side to side constantly, twisting about to better watch for prey.
	www.therfcc.org /willie-wagtail-141191.html (177 words)

	Pied Wagtail...The Gypsy Bird
		The Pied Wagtail is a slender bird which grows to be approximately seven inches in length and weighs from seventeen to twenty-five grams.
		The Pied Wagtail is meticulous in the cleanliness of its nest and has been known to remove lightweight materials (such as paper or straw) which have been laid as a mark by which to find its home.
		By classification, the Pied Wagtail belongs to the Passerine (or perching) family of birds, characterized by the feet being adapted for perching on trees or on the ground, rather than for grasping, wading or swimming.
	www.novareinna.com /romani/wagtail.html (1069 words)

	Willie Wagtail
		Willie Wagtails are the most fiercely territorial birds in the area where we live.
		During the breeding season of the Willie Wagtails no Magpie-larks, Butcherbirds, Australian Magpies or Currawongs are tolerated in the area.
		Even birds as large as Australian Ravens are hustled by Willie Wagtails to a degree that they prefer to leave rather than put up with the nuisance.
	www.mdahlem.net /birds/21/willie.php (624 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for wagtail
		Wagtails continually pump their long tail up and down; the forest wagtail wags its entire body from side to side.
		wagtail The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology...
		wagtail Any of several species of mainly Old World birds that live near streams; it wags its long tail while foraging for insects.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=wagtail (494 words)

	Flycatchers - Trevor’s Birding
		Along with its cousin, the Willie Wagtail, it is a member of the flycatcher family of Australian birds.
		Like the Willie Wagtail, the Grey Fantail is an endearing bird, often coming quite close to people while they visit parks and gardens, or even in house […]
		Our resident Willie Wagtail was harassing the much bigger bird, seeing it off over the road.
	www.trevorsbirding.com /category/flycatchers (266 words)

	Wagtail
		The fl and white Willie Wagtail, Rhipidura leucophrys, is one of the most widely spread Australian birds.
		Wagtails are aggressive when defending their territory against strange birds, including other wagtails.
		Willie Wagtails have a scolding, chattering call when they are disturbed.
	www.tamil.net /people/arasu/paget.html (149 words)

	Birds of Perth
		The Willie Wagtail is a small bird with a lot of character.
		Their name is derived from the characteristic and constant swinging of the tail when perching, calling or after flight.
		Willie Wagtail's are very adaptable and can be found in all habitats.
	www.birdsofperth.com /terrestrials/whistlers/WW.html (163 words)

	Willie Wagtail
		At 20cm, Willie Wagtail is the largest of our four fantail species, and easily distinguished from its drabber cousins by the smart 'dinner suit' and perky white eyebrow.
		The Willie Wagtail is perhaps best known for its 'sweet-pretty-little-creature' song, heard even at night, and pleasant contrast to the species' cranky alarm notes.
		Wagtails are usually seen solo or in pairs, often hitching rides on livestock to feed on stirred-up insects.
	www.users.bigpond.com /wildlifebb/wildlife/birds/wagtail.html (467 words)

	<:> Wagtail Cleaning Tools manufacturers of floor / window squeegees and mops for cleaning professionals <:>
		Not only has the Wagtail made my job easier, it also made it possible for me to work longer and safer.
		This sounded too good to be true, so I started off with a basic kit of Wagtails and to this day I have not gone back to the old system.
		When I used to do pole work and lifting up a heavy washer on high windows was really fatigueing,now with a Wagtail so much lighter and easier, squeegeeing is a breeze, with a central pivoting action just a joy to use.
	www.wagtail.com.au /comments.html (910 words)

	Willie Wagtail (Site not responding. Last check: )
		El Willie Wagtail (leucophrys de Rhipidura) es uno del haber sabido lo más mejor posible y amó lo más mejor posible pájaros de Australia.
		Willie Wagtails está en el país en una variedad amplia de habitat, pero evita el bosque denso y particularmente arbolado o el prado semi-open del favor con los árboles dispersados.
		Wagtails todavía nunca está para más que algunos momentos durante horas de la luz del día; incluso al perching chasquean sus colas largas, negras de lado a lado constante, torciéndose alrededor para mejorar el reloj para la presa.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/wi/Willie%20Wagtail.htm (229 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for willie
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		The Willie Wagtail is known across Australia for it’s cheeky behaviour.
		Willie Wagtails are found in almost every habitat except for wet forests.
		Willie Wagtails can be confused with the Restless Flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta) which has a head crest which makes the head look more angular.
	www2.abc.net.au /science/birds/asp/query.asp?Action=Display&id=84 (109 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - willy wagtail
		Wagtail, common name for any of several songbirds, widely distributed in Eurasia.
		Two species, the white wagtail and the yellow wagtail, nest in...
		Brandt, Willy (1913-1992), German statesman and Nobel laureate, whose leadership was of major importance in the development of West Germany into a...
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		The question of why wagtails wag their tails was once again prompted by the arrival of a pied wagtail on my roof, where it proceeded to hunt flies basking in the autumn sun.
		Two ornithologists have studied willie wagtails by keeping them under observation and also carrying out experiments with model tails.
		Short of repeating the observations and experiments with our wagtails, I would look for proof of this theory by finding wagtails that are not feeding and, hopefully, observing that they are not wagging their tails.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /rwburton/naturenotes/wagtail/index.htm (266 words)

	Willie Wagtail : Willie wagtail (Site not responding. Last check: )
		terms defined : Willie Wagtail : Willie wagtail
		Willie WagtailScientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:PasseriformesFamily:Dicruridae[?]Genus:RhipiduraSpecies:leucophrysBinomial nameRhipidura leucophrysThe Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) is one of the best known and best loved birds of Australia.
		He took to his bed with a sensation of exceeding.
	www.termsdefined.net /wi/willie-wagtail.html (344 words)

	CSIRO PUBLISHING - Australian Journal of Zoology
		The insectivorous willie wagtail, Rhipidura leucophrys, exhibits a range of discrete, easily identified foraging behaviours that include wagging the tail and flashing the wing.
		These daily patterns of foraging behaviours correspond with the patterns of insect activity, which was greater in the middle of the day than in the early morning or late afternoon.
		The field data, together with experiments using a model wagtail tail, support the view that tail-wagging and wing-flashing are used to flush insect prey.
	www.publish.csiro.au /?paper=ZO97048 (213 words)

	How The Butterfly Got His Wings
		One afternoon when Birrabe flew away to paint the clouds in the sky at sunset, a mischievous bird called Willie Wagtail said to the caterpillar, "How would you like to fly?" to which the caterpillar said, "Yes".
		To do this the Willie Wagtail explained to the caterpillar he had to eat as many leaves as possible, in fact a whole paddock.
		The spider then suggested he make a cocoon for the caterpillar as he was becoming very weary eating all the leaves over the past days at night whilst at the same time carrying the paints of Birrabe during the day.
	www.austourism.com.au /aboriginal_art/pages/butterfly.htm (434 words)

	Why do wagtails wag? - Blurtit
		The most obvious answer to the question why do wagtails wag is like other animals such as dogs, wagtails also wag their tails when they are happy.
		In fact, even the name of the family and the genus to which the wagtail belongs is called Motacilla, which is literally translated into English as moving tail.
		The Willie wagtail is known as the Rhipidura leucophrys.
	www.blurtit.com /q451680.html (230 words)

	wagtail - Encyclopedia.com
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		Horse Racing: View from the training centres Wagtail flying as she bids to build on Windsor success.(Sports)
		A to Z guide to street slang from the 1700s; A whapper tried a goat's jig with a wagtail but he was milking the pigeon because his sugar stick was kickerapoo*.(Features)
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-X-wagtail.html (284 words)

	Submission No:250 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This case relates to a claim of a White Wagtail Motacilla alba observed on the Durak River at Jack's Water Hole, WA (15 0 14' S - 127 0 53' E) on the 17th October 1997.
		The description was very brief and insubstantial but did state that the bird had a "fl head and chest, definitely no stripe through the eye and an absence of any grey on the back".
		The tail movement was noted to be in a somewhat vertical plane as distinct from the usual side to side motion (as in Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys).
	users.bigpond.net.au /palliser/barc/sub250.html (295 words)

	Wagtail News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Wagtail is currently talking to interested European parties.
		An ergonomic report demonstrating the benefits of the Wagtail pivot was presented at an international Ergonomics Symposium in Instanbul, Turkey.
		The Wagtail company was awarded Grants for its innovations from the Australian Government.
	www.wagtail.com /news.htm (191 words)

	Wagtail (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Los wagtails son un grupo de pájaros pequeños del passerine con las colas largas que menean con frecuencia.
		Wagtails es nesters de tierra, descansando hasta seis huevos manchados.
		El Willie Wagtail (leucophrys de Rhipidura) de Australia está sin relación.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/wa/Wagtail.htm (145 words)

	ABC Online Forum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I have heard various honeyeater species, Willie Wagtails, corella's, waterfowl, turtle-doves and my own avairy stock calling during the night.
		It may be that as Willie Wagtails are very territorial birds, they may call to assert their territory upon waking up.
		The Willie Wagtail may automatically sing when it wakes during the night, just as it would at dawn.
	www2b.abc.net.au /science/scribblygum-old/posts/topic900.shtm (300 words)

	Willie Wagtail - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Willie Wagtail - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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	Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys picata) pictures from wildlife photos on webshots
		Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys picata) pictures from wildlife photos on webshots
		Not a wagtail at all, but a fantail (family Rhipiduridae).
		Unlike true wagtails that pump their tails up-and-down, this bird wags its tail from side-to-side.
	community.webshots.com /photo/548426457/2373029220040004820GqNcch (163 words)

	ABC Online Forum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		and there was a Willie Wag sitting in a tree calling in the moonlight.
		Something of a 'night owl' myself, I have observed magpies, ravens, wagtails and silver gulls to be either active at night by singing (magpies and wagtails especially seem to do this) or to fly about at night (gulls and ravens).
		I believe it is probably because due to the lower noise levels and better 'sounding' conditions (sound tends to travel a lot further at night than during the day due to thermal properties of air) the birds communicate with each other more easily.
	www2b.abc.net.au /science/scribblygum/newposts/24/topic24300.shtm (191 words)

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