I want to thank both Paul Sweet and Shai Mitra for the quick course in Bird
Anatomy, in response to my post of 7/18, when I incorrectly referred to the
birds knee, rather than it's ankle...a mistake, I don't think I'll make
again ! I also have the feeling, that by getting the correct terminology
ou
7/18/15 Long Lake (Hamilton County)
Twenty-seven people and one dog took part in the Annual Loon Census on Long
Lake. There were 10 boating parties covering the 14-mile Long Lake. We
tallied 11 Common Loons (all adults) this year (we usually tally 11 to 13
loons). Everyone enjoyed breakfast
I was on Governors Island today for NYC Audubon's "It's Your Tern" festival,
celebrating the nesting colonies of Common Terns there (now on all 3 piers
along Buttermilk Channel, with young ranging in age from week-old little
fuzzies to fledglings practicing flying the length of the piers).
I vi
After a late morning trip to Jones Beach to see the Red Phalarope, Eric
Reubel and I made a quick stop at Cammanns Pond Park in Merrick. (Never
having read anything about it on the list serves, we'd first happened upon
it by accident late last December and were quite surprised to find 20
Black-cro
The phalarope was on the “blind pond” around 9:30-10:00, then flew to the large
pond-mudflat just west of that and stayed there feeding until at least 11:00,
probably later.
Rick Cech / Emily Peyton
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I observed the Red Phalarope last night around 7:15 PM. The bird was first
found in the pool with the wood blind, and then flew from pond to pond
heading East until around 8:00.
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Good Birding,
Avery Scott
Williston Park, NY
http://thebirdysite.blogspot.com
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Here's just a ha'penny more, regarding the perplexing ankles of birds.
In our ankle, the long bone of the lower leg (tibia) articulates with several
small bones, the tarsals, in the rear part of our plantigrade foot. The basic
anatomy is similar in other mammals, except that in more cursorial fo