Daily pics: 01 / 02 / 2007

A pic from today. A new day and a new month . . . anyone want to guess what they are?

Resin

This one was too distant to get a decent pic . . . have a try, all the same!

Resin

Resin:

Lets use this site to educate --- not intimidate.

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OK! First one is Purple Sandpiper, second is a drake Long-tailed Duck

Resin

Resin I need binoculars for the second one ....LOL :)
I m jealous of all the birds You can see there....
Wanna see a crow AGAIN ?? (just joking...LOL)

Like this?? :-)

This one's actually a Rook (Corvus frugilegus) - a species of crow that isn't called a crow in its English name

Resin

Wow thats some bill he has!

Resin : Wow !! gorgeous close-up. Of course I LOVE IT !! :)

I remember seeing those back in Poland and also hooded crows and some other corvids, which we don`t have here in America.
Back then I was not into the birds, altho I always feed them, tho never did I spend time on thinking about their behavior, You know, what and why they do and stuff.
Now I m fascinated with the behavioral site of the birds. Not that, I have any science back-round. Specially corvids are my interest..so of course I love the pics...
Bring it on...LOL :)

Resin: Well I would have guessed some kind of sandpiper on the first one but would've never gotten anyfurther. When I'm over at the beach, I can watch one for an hour, field guide in hand, and still not decide just which sandpiper it is! :) (Distant one looked like a puffin. Ha! Ducks are not my forte. ;> )
Thanks for posting them.
Deb

While I do think identifying shore birds can be intimidating, I learn a lot trying!

The most important characters to note here are (1) the very dark grey colour, compared to other Calidris species (Dunlin, Sanderling, etc), and the yellow legs (Dunlin and Sanderling both have black legs). Also their choice of a rocky shoreline (though obviously this is a lot less reliable, as Dunlin and Sanderling will use rocks for roosting on at high tide).

Resin

Great Rook pic Resin! Real interresting differences, thanks for pointing them out? Very facinating!

Deb