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Index of Subjects --e89a8f6478173d83f004e4696535 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Nancy, All, Thanks for that comment. As site "owner", I can see that a number of folks have viewed all three. You should be able to select them with your cursor or move ahead with the arrow keys on your keyboard. Depending on your browser, you could get a full page at 24 photos. Then, the next two would be on page 2. Regards, Rick. On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 7:20 PM, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- Rick Whitman --e89a8f6478173d83f004e4696535 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Nancy, All,<div>Thanks for that comment. As site "= owner", I can see that a number of folks have viewed all three. You sh= ould be able to select them with your cursor or move ahead with the arrow k= eys on your keyboard.</div> <div>Depending on your browser, you could get a full page at 24 photos. The= n, the next two would be on page 2.=A0</div><div>Regards, Rick.</div></div>= <div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 2= 0, 2013 at 7:20 PM, nancy dowd <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nanc= ypdowd@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>></span> wro= te:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Rick<br> <br> It may only be my connection but I cannot view the second two photos<br> on your gallery.<br> <br> But the first one was amazing- very interesting behavior. Thanks for sharin= g it.<br> <br> Nancy<br> <br> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Rick Whitman<br> <<a href=3D"mailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com">dendroica.caerulesc= ens@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > I saw something that I felt was quite unusual today. I was on the dyke= at<br> > Horton Landing, watching the Shorebirds. The high tide was just over 1= 4 m<br> > today so the Shorebirds were forced right up against the main dyke on = a<br> > limited number of rock areas. Eventually there was a single rock apron= not<br> > covered, but this interaction started well before that as it lasted fo= r most<br> > of an hour.<br> > There was a single Bank Swallow along the dyke today, in contrast to a= s many<br> > as 140 as recently as July 28th. This bird could only be described as = very<br> > attracted, or very interested, or very curious about the concentration= of<br> > Shorebirds. Over roughly an hour, it landed right among the Shorebirds= 8 or<br> > 10 times. In between these landings, it would make a normal foraging f= light<br> > along the dyke, and back, in either direction. It flew normally. The<b= r> > Shorebirds always cleared a bit of space for it as its fluttering flig= ht<br> > seemed to make them a bit nervous.<br> > I have added 3 photos to my gallery that show the Bank Swallow settled= on<br> > two different rocks. In the first two, it is right in front of 2-3<br> > Dowitchers.<br> > I'm not sure I've ever seen such extended "social" i= nteraction between<br> > species of birds that are so distantly related.<br> > And BTW, I'm just describing what I observed. I don't want to = see feedback<br> > about "anthropomorphic comments".<br> ><br> > <a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/kezmbjw" target=3D"_blank">http://tinyur= l.com/kezmbjw</a><br> ><br> > Rick Whitman<br> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Rick Whitman= <br> </div> --e89a8f6478173d83f004e4696535--
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