Today I saw a thrush sitting motionless on a tree branch. It froze in place and at first it seemed to me that it was sleeping. Although I came quite close to it, it did not even move from its place. It seemed that it did not notice me at all. But suddenly the thrush gave a quick nod of its head and then froze again.
When I looked closely, I saw a flock of midges flying around the thrush. This flock gradually approached the thrush and when the midges were very close, the thrush instantly pecked the nearest midge and ate it.
The midges flew away from the thrush, but then, seeing that he was sitting motionless, they flew up to him again, apparently hoping that they would be able to latch onto him.
This went on for quite a long time and it was interesting for me to watch how the thrush quickly caught the midges as soon as they flew closer.
In general, the thrush has chosen a very original way of searching for prey. There is no need to fly anywhere or look for anything. The food itself flies to it and you just need to wait a little while until it flies close.
