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Index of Subjects Hi Rick It may only be my connection but I cannot view the second two photos on your gallery. But the first one was amazing- very interesting behavior. Thanks for sharing it. Nancy On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> wrote: > I saw something that I felt was quite unusual today. I was on the dyke at > Horton Landing, watching the Shorebirds. The high tide was just over 14 m > today so the Shorebirds were forced right up against the main dyke on a > limited number of rock areas. Eventually there was a single rock apron not > covered, but this interaction started well before that as it lasted for most > of an hour. > There was a single Bank Swallow along the dyke today, in contrast to as many > as 140 as recently as July 28th. This bird could only be described as very > attracted, or very interested, or very curious about the concentration of > Shorebirds. Over roughly an hour, it landed right among the Shorebirds 8 or > 10 times. In between these landings, it would make a normal foraging flight > along the dyke, and back, in either direction. It flew normally. The > Shorebirds always cleared a bit of space for it as its fluttering flight > seemed to make them a bit nervous. > I have added 3 photos to my gallery that show the Bank Swallow settled on > two different rocks. In the first two, it is right in front of 2-3 > Dowitchers. > I'm not sure I've ever seen such extended "social" interaction between > species of birds that are so distantly related. > And BTW, I'm just describing what I observed. I don't want to see feedback > about "anthropomorphic comments". > > http://tinyurl.com/kezmbjw > > Rick Whitman
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