Always shy, always fleeing, and I've lost count of the number of U-turns the Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) has made when it sensed that I was still around, and trying to get closer.
Refresher (extract mybis):
Order - Passeriformes
Family - Motacillidae
Genus - Motacilla
Specific epithet - cinerea Tunstall, 1771
Common name: Gray Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Kedidi Kepala Kelabu, Kedidi-air Kelabu, Pipit Batu
Status: Least Concern
Refresher (extract mybis):
Order - Passeriformes
Family - Motacillidae
Genus - Motacilla
Specific epithet - cinerea Tunstall, 1771
Common name: Gray Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Kedidi Kepala Kelabu, Kedidi-air Kelabu, Pipit Batu
Status: Least Concern
12/2024
A challenge to track it across the water but it did not look like it's so for the Wagtail as it could still figure me out, and stayed away.
