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Index of Subjects Angus: Focus is a bit off, but they look more like mating craneflies (Tipulidae, Diptera). Look for club-shaped halteres in place of the second pair of wings possessed by most other insects. Steve On 29-May-07, at 4:10 PM, Angus MacLean wrote: > This morning I checked out an area in one of my Atlas Squares called > Spital Road Pit (sw edge of Coldbrook). Despite being a working pit > (at times) it proved last summer to have quite a variety of birdlife > (along with other creatures). > > - There were 5 Alder Flycatchers singing. I recall there were a few > more last summer. > - A Bank Swallow colony has increased dramatically. Last summer there > were ~20 nestholes. Today I counted 26 in one gravel face & 48 in > another. Obviously this is a new colony. Last summer I thought they > had little chance since the gravel faces they were nesting in, were > being worked on intermittently. However this year they are nesting > much higher so I presume they are safe from the front end loader. > - Spotted Sandpipers nested here in 2006 but no sign of them this > year. > - Red-eyed Vireo, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Redstart, Least Flycatcher & > many other species were heard. > - I heard one short high-pitched sound I was confused by. It turned > out to be a 2nd year male Redstart. It's a standing joke with the > group I usually bird with that any confusing bird song can be ticked > as a Redstart!! > > - I was intrigued by something oddly shaped that "floated" by me a few > times. It finally landed and I was able to get a photo.The shape and > pattern of their bodies suggests (a mating pair of) stoneflies & I > presume, because of their size would be "Taeniopterygid broadbacks". > However the extremely long legs would suggest something else. Note the > red on the legs and parts of the body. Help! > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/520342445/ > > Angus >
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