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	Wryneck, Birds, Wryneck, Bird Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia
		In both courtship and defense, wrynecks spread their long tails, erect their neck and head feathers, and jerk their heads either back and forth or side to side, hissing the entire time.
		Wrynecks cling to tree trunks but generally perch, and their slender bills are sharply pointed rather than chisel shaped as in typical woodpeckers.
		As a result of hunting and pesticides, the wryneck, Jynx torquilla, is uncommon in Europe; the African wryneck, J. ruficollis, is found south of the Sahara.
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/birdsindex.asp?counter=108 (196 words)

	Wryneck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The wrynecks (genus Jynx) are a small but distinctive group of small Old World woodpeckers.
		Like the true woodpeckers, wrynecks have large heads, long tongues which they use to extract their insect prey and zygodactyl feet, with two toes pointing forward, and two backwards.
		However, they lack the stiff tail feathers that the true woodpeckers use when climbing trees, so they are more likely than their relatives to perch on a branch rather than an upright trunk.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wryneck (292 words)

	Wryneck - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wrynecks are small sparrow-sized birds, appearing greyish overall, with brown and buff mottling.
		The wryneck is still a regular autumn migrant in small numbers to sites in eastern and southern coasts, and a few are seen each spring.
		Wrynecks were thought to be charmed and the word ‘jinx’ meaning a bad luck charm or spell comes from this belief.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/w/wryneck/index.asp (260 words)

	BPV vs Wryneck in Rabbits
		Now, most rabbit breeders have at least heard of Wryneck in rabbits, where the rabbit is stricken with severe to slight head tilt.
		Wryneck is also somewhat mysterious, as the BPV, and no one is absolutely sure what it really is, and how to treat it.
		Since the other treatments used for Wryneck are not effective in a large portion of the cases, perhaps trying this in addition might be something worth the effort.
	www.geocities.com /jaylene3/wryneck.html (1154 words)

	Wryneck - Jynx torquilla: More Information - ARKive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wrynecks have a preference for old woods and orchards, the chief requirement being a reliable source of ants, the birds’; main food.
		The young wrynecks are fed on ants and ant larvae for about three weeks, both parent birds attending to the task.
		There seems to be no single reason why wrynecks appear to have declined in the UK, although it is known that their numbers have been falling for over a century, with a marked reduction since the 1950s.
	www.arkive.org /species/ARK/birds/Jynx_torquilla/more_info.html (792 words)

	AllRefer.com - wryneck (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Unlike other members of the family Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and piculets, wrynecks neither climb nor drill, but rather perch horizontally and feed aground.
		Their bills are weaker and more rounded than those of true woodpeckers, and their long tongues are smooth, lacking the barbs and bristles of the other members of the group.
		Wrynecks are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Piciformes, family Picidae.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/wryneck.html (270 words)

	Eurasian Wryneck
		The Wryneck is 16 to17 cm long with a wingspan of 25 to 27 cm.
		The tail of the Wryneck is barred and lacks the stiffened tips on the central tail feathers characteristic of other woodpeckers.
		Wrynecks are long distance migrants, and regularly cross geographic barriers such as the Mediterranean Sea, the Sahara Desert, and the Himalaya Mountains.
	www.wbu.com /chipperwoods/photos/wryneck.htm (685 words)

	Joshua Rennick was Shawnee Chief Wryneck
		In 1779-80, Wryneck was referred to as "principal warrior and chief of the Pickowee tribe of the Shawanese Nation." He was actually Joshua Rennick, a white man.
		Wryneck was one of the Shawnees invited to a council in 1775.
		In January, 1779, Wryneck (Aquilsia) was at a council representing the Shawnees of Piqua.
	genforum.genealogy.com /rennick/messages/148.html (698 words)

	Re: Joshua Rennick was Shawnee Chief Wryneck
		The name Wryneck was not the chief's Shawnee name, as can be seen from the British transcription of the council he attended in January, 1779 with Alexander McKee, Simon and George Girty, William Caldwell, Matthew Elliot, and others.
		Both Wryneck and his Indian name were given, and we know there were no exact spellings for native names, each listener spelled it phonetically the way he heard it.
		There are other transcriptions of the name in Draper's papers, all spelled differently, but generally the same, and Wryneck was not his Shawnee name but his white name as he remembered it.
	genforum.genealogy.com /rennick/messages/150.html (295 words)

	Action plan for Jynx torquilla
		The wryneck was formerly common in central and south-east England, breeding north to Durham and Cumbria, and west to Devon and Wales.
		The population declined to 150-400 pairs in south-east England by 1954-1958, 20-30 pairs in 1966 and one pair in 1973.
		The wryneck is specially protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and is listed on Appendix II of the Bern Convention.
	www.ukbap.org.uk /UKPlans.aspx?ID=395 (540 words)

	Wryneck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wrynecks are a fairly rare migrant species in the UK.
		They are a small member of the woodpecker family, but they do not climb or drum, preferring to forage on the ground where they specialise in raking open ant hills.
		The featured bird was at the centre of a small scale twitch at Gunstone, near Codsall in Staffordshire, where it was reported on August 26th 2002.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andy.holt/digiscope/wryneck/wry.htm (131 words)

	4Reference \|\| Wryneck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Two species: Eurasian Wryneck, Jynx torquilla This species breeds in temperate regions of Europe and Asia.
		On migration it is frequently seen in sandy areas, where it forages for ants.
		Rufous-necked Wryneck, or Red-breasted Wryneck, Jynx ruficollis This is the non-migratory counterpart of the Eurasian species, and is resident in sub-Saharan Africa.
	www.4reference.net /encyclopedias/wikipedia/Wryneck.html (318 words)

	Wryneck - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wrynecks feed almost exclusively on ants and, unlike other woodpeckers, are seen mainly on the ground
		Retain the wryneck as a regular breeding species in the UK.
		The wryneck has declined considerably in recent years and now only breeds in very small numbers.
	www.rspb.org.uk /biodiversity/rspbandbiodiversity/lead_partner/birds/wryneck/index.asp (149 words)

	FussyBabyHelp.com: Infant Wryneck or Torticollis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wryneck is a condition that causes a child to hold her head or neck in a twisted or otherwise abnormal position.
		These simple strategies cure this type of wryneck in the vast majority of cases, preventing the need for later surgery.
		If your child's wryneck is caused by something other than congenital muscular torticollis and the X-rays show no spinal abnormality, other treatment involving rest, a special collar, traction, application of heat to the area, medication or rarely even surgery may be necessary.
	www.fussybaby.org /torticolliscolic.htm (799 words)

	bogbumper: Wryneck at Langtoft
		As mentioned earlier, we had a brief glimpse of the Langtoft Wryneck this morning en route to the coast.
		We made the tactical decision to bale out of Skeggy mid-afternoon since there was nothing there, and dropped in at Langtoft again on the offchance that the Wryneck was showing again.
		I'll take a confiding Wryneck over 50 White's Thrushes which have to be shared with an enormous crowd and need "organised searching" (ie.
	bogbumper.blogspot.com /2004/10/wryneck-at-langtoft.html (349 words)

	Wryneck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Los wrynecks son un grupo pequeño pero distintivo de woodpeckers pequeños del viejo mundo.
		Como los woodpeckers verdaderos, los wrynecks tienen cabezas grandes, las lengüetas largas que utilizan extraer sus pies de la presa y del zygodactyl del insecto, con dos dedos del pie señalando hacia adelante, y dos al reverso.
		Sin embargo, carecen las plumas tiesas de la cola que los woodpeckers verdaderos utilizan cuando suben árboles, así que son más probables que sus parientes perch en un sucursal más bien que un tronco vertical.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/wr/Wryneck.htm (315 words)

	Wryneck at Landguard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On this visit the bird was showing extremely well - down to 10 yards as it fed on the bank opposite the observatory, completely oblivious to the birders and cameras.
		The bird showed down to a few yards this time (no converters necessary!), and the light was better for about 20 minutes, but as it clouded over, the bird correctly sensed rain and disappeared into a bush inside the compound.
		A couple of years ago, Wryneck was a real bogey bird for me, almost to the extent that I couldn't believe they actually existed!
	www.kitday-uk.com /wryneck_landguard.html (259 words)

	Portland Bird Observatory - birds sightings August 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The long-staying Wryneck remained at the Obs Quarry and a second individual was found at Broadcroft butterfly reserve during the afternoon.
		The Wryneck at the Obs Quarry continued to steal the show, although an Icterine Warbler seen briefly in the morning at Culverwell was the best of the new arrivals today.
		Single Wrynecks were new arrivals today at the Obs Quarry and at Weston and a Honey Buzzard flew out to the sea from the Bill at midday, but the flow of new grounded common migrants has fallen to little more than a trickle.
	www.btinternet.com /~portlandbirdobs/birds_august2002.htm (2652 words)

	Wryneck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Unlike the woodpecker the wryneck does not have a strong bill or stiff tail feathers necessary for drilling and balance.
		Wrynecks are approximately 6.5 inches in length and have speckled greyish-brown plumage.
		Found in the eastern hemisphere, wryneck populations can be found in parts of Europe, Africa and Asia.
	www.alientravelguide.com /science/biology/life/animals/chordata/vertebra/aves/piciform/wryneck.htm (85 words)

	Greek Mythology: JINX / IYNX Oread Nymph of Arcadia
		IYNX was an Arkadian OREIAS NYMPHE of the magical love-charm known as the iynx - a spinning wheel to which a wryneck bird was attached.
		Hera was furious and transformed her into a wryneck bird.
		There is also a little instrument which is called iynx, which enchantresses are accustomed to turn about as they cast charms on their beloveds.
	www.theoi.com /Nymphe/NympheIynx.html (232 words)

	HMS Wryneck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		She was helping in the evacuation of troops from Greece, and in the process had picked up, with the help of another destroyer, HMS Diamond, around 700 troops and crew from the 11,600 ton Dutch liner 'Slamat' now converted as a troopship and under British control, which had been attacked and damaged earlier.
		The HMS Wryneck and HMS Diamond were both sunk in the attack with the loss of nearly both their crews and all the survivors of the Slamat.
		The Wryneck lost seven officers and 98 ratings, the Diamond lost seven officers and 141 ratings.
	www.the-weatherings.co.uk /pccship0212.htm (134 words)

	Vendehals - Jynx torquilla - Eurasian Wryneck - Göktyta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Vendehals - Jynx torquilla - Eurasian Wryneck - Göktyta
		A bird in a bush, and one thats very hard to spot (next step to invisible) through a camera lens untill it leaps out under the afternoon-sun as on the last photo here.
		Urasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) on Wednesday May 9 2001 on Batterivej, local road in small town Skagen on the northern top of peninsula Jutland.
	hjem.get2net.dk /birds_of_denmark/vendehals__jynx_torquilla_.htm (66 words)

	BirdForum - look@ wryneck
		:eek!: :eek!: my rarest sighting is probably a wryneck in west yorkshire, i reported it and the people said that u r very lucky to have seen a wryneck cause they are extremmly rare around yorkshire.
		Wrynecks are tricky birds to find due to their secretive nature and looks.
		That was lucky,I've seen a couple around here at this time of year and was struck by their cryptic plumage.They remind me of lizards with wings.
	www.birdforum.net /printthread.php?t=24888 (246 words)

	wryneck -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Wrynecks are gray-brown birds of open woods and brushlands, named for their habit of twisting their necks snakily when alarmed.
		They flick up ants from the ground or insects from trees with their long tongues, and they nest...
		The 210 species occur worldwide except in Madagascar and east of Borneo and Bali (i.e., they do not cross Wallace's Line).
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9077574?tocId=9077574 (451 words)

	wiki/Wryneck Definition / wiki/Wryneck Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The genus name can be abbreviated to its initial letter, but never omitted, (as H. sapiens) when repeated...
		The wrynecks are a small but distinctive group of small Old WorldThe Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus: Europe, Asia, and Africa (collectively known as Eurafrasia).
		Like the true woodpeckers, wrynecks have large heads, long tongues which they use to extract their insect Insects are invertebrate animals of the class Insecta, the largest and (on land) most widely distributed grouping within the Phylum Arthropoda.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Wryneck (1054 words)

	Birds ‘Spring’ Back From Africa - In the first week of March, you can spot Wryneck passing through from their winter ...
		There, a lone Wryneck clung close to the main branch of a small cork oak looking for insects on the small leaves and bark.
		The name Wryneck is derived from its habit of twisting its neck as it feeds.
		Like other woodpeckers, the Wryneck has two toes leading with the two other toes gripping to the rear.
	www.andalucia.co.uk /channels/articles/articles_about_spain_details.asp?articleid=308 (1230 words)

	CDs
		Wryneck – Bathtime with Wryneck (first appearance of the name, but this is basically a solo set with occasional assistance from Mik, Andrew Parrish etc).
		Wryneck – Instant Confidence (available on cassette) – joined by Leslie on bongos.
		I’d always thought this was the better Wryneck set, as I’d enjoyed recording it more, and we were a pretty tight live band (after only 10 years of trying) by this stage.
	www.zatcb.co.uk /CDs.html (686 words)

	August 2002 Bird Sightings Fair Isle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A quieter day today although 2 Wrynecks were new and a Barred Warblers increased to 8.
		The day’s census revealed 4 Sanderling, 4 Knot, 39 Dunlin, 45 Redshank, Turtle Dove, 3 Wrynecks, 270 Meadow Pipits, 3 Barred Warblers, 8 Lesser Whitethroats, 22 Garden Warblers, 2 Blackcaps, 37 Willow Warblers, 7 Pied Flycatchers, 240 Twite and 94 Crossbills.
		The island had a good list of scarcities today with a Corncrake in the Meadow Burn, Turtle Dove, 2 Wrynecks, 4 Barred Warblers, female Red-backed Shrike at the Gully and, more unusually, a juvenile Marsh Harrier which toured the south of the island.
	www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk /Sightings/2002/aug_2002.htm (1765 words)

	WRYNECK AT DEAN CLOUGH RESERVOIR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Eventually after hours searching with 6 other birders I relocated it a few hundred yards away in a ditch, it remained in the area up to dusk and was seen well and enjoyed by 20 birders.
		Sadly, visiting birders the next morning found remains of the Wryneck, mainly tail feathers in the ditch where it was last seen at dusk, a sad end for a truly stunning bird.
		Another West coast Wryneck was also found on the 17
	www.eastlancashirebirding.net /wryneckdeanclougharticle.htm (405 words)

	wryneck
		wryneck, common name for a primitive, unspecialized bird of the genus
		and piculets, wrynecks neither climb nor drill, but rather perch horizontally and feed aground.
		Two species of wrynecks are recognized: the migratory Eurasian wryneck (
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/sci/A0852813.html (227 words)

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