Leg waggling!

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   Thanks for the reference Will, I have a copy of the book but didn't recall it mentioned the behaviour, have to give the book a re-read.
I observed the males waggling with one foot but it was a much more restrained effort. After the sub-adults did the both feet thing which is fairly comical and very rapid, sometimes the male would give some distance and do a single foot waggle as if to say 'OK, I get it', interestingly on the side in clear view of the other animal.
I'm fascinated by this and the interpretations. I'm thinking if I can get it on film it will be easier to see if there are different signals or just different meanings depending on the circumstances. Particularly as I have the opportunity to do this in the 'wild' environment of the garden rather than in captivity. Be good to put the films on here so we can view them as a group.
Any suggestions of a set-up I could use to get this on film, bearing in mind it is in the garden so I could plug into the mains and even monitor using my computer, I don't want to invest thousands but the cameras will need to be fairly good quality I guess? I'm thinking a couple of cameras set up pointing at a couple of prominent basking points on the log piles where I observed the behaviour, I would need a fairly wide angle but good resolution I guess?

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	Thanks for the reference Will, I have a copy of the book but didn't recall it mentioned the behaviour, have to give the book a re-read. I observed the males waggling with one foot but it was a much more restrained effort. After the sub-adults did the both feet thing which is fairly comical and very rapid, sometimes the male would give some distance and do a single foot waggle as if to say 'OK, I get it', interestingly on the side in clear view of the other animal. I'm fascinated by this and the interpretations. I'm thinking if I can get it on film it will be easier to see if there are different signals or just different meanings depending on the circumstances. Particularly as I have the opportunity to do this in the 'wild' environment of the garden rather than in captivity. Be good to put the films on here so we can view them as a group. Any suggestions of a set-up I could use to get this on film, bearing in mind it is in the garden so I could plug into the mains and even monitor using my computer, I don't want to invest thousands but the cameras will need to be fairly good quality I guess? I'm thinking a couple of cameras set up pointing at a couple of prominent basking points on the log piles where I observed the behaviour, I would need a fairly wide angle but good resolution I guess?