Deprecated: Constant FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING is deprecated in /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/src/conditionals/third-party/elementor-edit-conditional.php on line 22

Deprecated: Constant FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING is deprecated in /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/src/conditionals/third-party/elementor-edit-conditional.php on line 28

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/src/conditionals/third-party/elementor-edit-conditional.php:22) in /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1723

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/src/conditionals/third-party/elementor-edit-conditional.php:22) in /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1723

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/src/conditionals/third-party/elementor-edit-conditional.php:22) in /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1723

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/src/conditionals/third-party/elementor-edit-conditional.php:22) in /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1723

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/src/conditionals/third-party/elementor-edit-conditional.php:22) in /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1723

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/src/conditionals/third-party/elementor-edit-conditional.php:22) in /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1723

Deprecated: strtolower(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/src/generators/schema-generator.php on line 186

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/src/conditionals/third-party/elementor-edit-conditional.php:22) in /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1723

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/src/conditionals/third-party/elementor-edit-conditional.php:22) in /home1/wildfac1/public_html/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1723
{"id":3916,"date":"2011-02-16T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/?p=3916"},"modified":"2015-01-15T20:50:16","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T01:50:16","slug":"wild-fact-623-whats-in-a-name-willie-wagtail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2011\/wild-fact-623-whats-in-a-name-willie-wagtail\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Fact #623 – What’s in a Name? – Willie Wagtail"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n

\"\"<\/a>
Photo by Fir0002 (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As promised, our animals will continue to start with the same letter as the day they fall on.\u00a0 While trying to think of an animal that started with a “W”, I was talking with my parents and the suggestion of writing a fact about the “Wabbit” came up.\u00a0 I seriously thought about discussing the “Wasically Wabbit” today but thought that might be cheating.\u00a0 Instead we are going to look at the Willie Wagtail.\u00a0 Come on, you have to be a little impressed with Willie Wagtail Wednesday?<\/p>\n

So what in the world is a Willie Wagtail?\u00a0 Well if you have been to Australia than you might know the answer to that question.\u00a0 They are in fact a passerine bird native to Australia, New Guinea, the Soloman Islands and eastern Indonesia. You can tell right off the bat that they have pretty contrasting colours.\u00a0 The black upper body definitely stands out against the\u00a0 white underparts.\u00a0 It is kind of funny how the Penguin<\/a> and the Willy Wagtail shop at the same clothing stores.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
In Flight - Photo by Clinton1550 (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So what does a Willy Wagtail do all day?\u00a0 What an unusual question to ask but I will try my best to answer this for you.\u00a0 This particular bird spends the majority of their day chasing after prey in their open habitat.\u00a0 Okay, so logically we should discuss their type of prey.\u00a0 These “Wasically” Wagtails are insectivores so they will often perch themselves on a fence post or a low branch and attempt to catch flying insects such as moths, flies and gnats out of the air.\u00a0 If that isn’t working for them these birds will use their longer legs to hop behind cattle trying to catch the insects that are disturbed by the larger animal.\u00a0 How about that?\u00a0 These Willie Wagtails are pretty clever birds.<\/p>\n

Okay, I am sure you are dying to know how these birds came about such an unusual name.\u00a0 Well, I don’t think I can answer the “Willie” part but I can clear up the “Wagtail”.\u00a0 Yep, typically these birds wag their tail from side to side as they are hunting for their dinner.\u00a0 My guess is that someone named Willie found them wagging their tails one day and wouldn’t you know it, the name Willie Wagtail was born.<\/p>\n

That does it for Willie Wagtail Wednesday.\u00a0 I guess we are back to animals that start with the letter “T” for tomorrow.\u00a0 I am starting to feel like this is an episode of Sesame Street.\u00a0 Before I go, I wanted to share a video about another animal that starts with a “W”.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n

<\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As promised, our animals will continue to start with the same letter as the day they fall on.\u00a0 While trying to think of an animal that started with a “W”, I was talking with my parents and the suggestion of writing a fact about the “Wabbit” came up.\u00a0 I seriously thought about discussing the “Wasically Wabbit” today but thought that might be cheating.\u00a0 Instead we are going to look at the Willie Wagtail.\u00a0 Come on, you have to be a little impressed with Willie Wagtail Wednesday? So what in the world is a Willie Wagtail?\u00a0 Well if you have been <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,381,1622,4025,1625,1624,1621,1623],"yoast_head":"\nWillie Wagtail Facts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn all about this common passerine bird, the Willie Wagtail. Find out how it uses cattle or humans to catch their prey.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2011\/wild-fact-623-whats-in-a-name-willie-wagtail\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Willie Wagtail Facts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn all about this common passerine bird, the Willie Wagtail. Find out how it uses cattle or humans to catch their prey.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2011\/wild-fact-623-whats-in-a-name-willie-wagtail\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Animal Facts For Kids | Wild Facts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-02-16T08:00:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-01-16T01:50:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/800px-Willy_wag_tail.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"534\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nathan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nathan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2011\/wild-fact-623-whats-in-a-name-willie-wagtail\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2011\/wild-fact-623-whats-in-a-name-willie-wagtail\/\",\"name\":\"Willie Wagtail Facts\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-16T08:00:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-01-16T01:50:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c5129f3f0129e9989a2b850bb2f3cc4\"},\"description\":\"Learn all about this common passerine bird, the Willie Wagtail. Find out how it uses cattle or humans to catch their prey.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2011\/wild-fact-623-whats-in-a-name-willie-wagtail\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/\",\"name\":\"Animal Facts For Kids | Wild Facts\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c5129f3f0129e9989a2b850bb2f3cc4\",\"name\":\"Nathan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e126172d6ffd6e322bd2cea79f2ad95?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e126172d6ffd6e322bd2cea79f2ad95?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Nathan\"},\"description\":\"I am a digital nomad who enjoys travelling around the globe while inspiring others to leave their comfort zone and improve their life. I have a passion for self-development and of course everything related to our natural ecosystems.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\"],\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/author\/wildfac1\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Willie Wagtail Facts","description":"Learn all about this common passerine bird, the Willie Wagtail. Find out how it uses cattle or humans to catch their prey.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2011\/wild-fact-623-whats-in-a-name-willie-wagtail\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Willie Wagtail Facts","og_description":"Learn all about this common passerine bird, the Willie Wagtail. Find out how it uses cattle or humans to catch their prey.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2011\/wild-fact-623-whats-in-a-name-willie-wagtail\/","og_site_name":"Animal Facts For Kids | Wild Facts","article_published_time":"2011-02-16T08:00:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-01-16T01:50:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":534,"url":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/800px-Willy_wag_tail.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Nathan","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nathan","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2011\/wild-fact-623-whats-in-a-name-willie-wagtail\/","url":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2011\/wild-fact-623-whats-in-a-name-willie-wagtail\/","name":"Willie Wagtail Facts","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-02-16T08:00:06+00:00","dateModified":"2015-01-16T01:50:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c5129f3f0129e9989a2b850bb2f3cc4"},"description":"Learn all about this common passerine bird, the Willie Wagtail. Find out how it uses cattle or humans to catch their prey.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/2011\/wild-fact-623-whats-in-a-name-willie-wagtail\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/","name":"Animal Facts For Kids | Wild Facts","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c5129f3f0129e9989a2b850bb2f3cc4","name":"Nathan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e126172d6ffd6e322bd2cea79f2ad95?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","contentUrl":"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e126172d6ffd6e322bd2cea79f2ad95?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","caption":"Nathan"},"description":"I am a digital nomad who enjoys travelling around the globe while inspiring others to leave their comfort zone and improve their life. I have a passion for self-development and of course everything related to our natural ecosystems.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com"],"url":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/author\/wildfac1\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3916"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}