Steve Sanford
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I just got back from a couple of days on Long Island - visiting family and - of course - working on a boat. I visited with this herd of Broadie-beaks on Monday morning.
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About 4000 were snoozing and feeding in the morning light.
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It was a mix of Greaters and Lessers.
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Some were hauled up right on the beach.
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These birds are a bit blurry only because they're so fast. Got to keep that barrel swinging through!
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An alert Lesser.
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I'm calling this one a Lesser. The iridescence can fool the eye. Even though it shows a greenish (and not purplish) gloss, the knot on its head, the narrow bill nail and coarse vermiculation on the back suggest affinis and not marila to my eye.
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This is a pair of Greaters - my favorite species in the webbed world.
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I'm guessing most of these are retired - because of all the napping going on.....
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A nice way to bask in the morning sun.
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All the best,
SJS
I just got back from a couple of days on Long Island - visiting family and - of course - working on a boat. I visited with this herd of Broadie-beaks on Monday morning.
View attachment sm BB 22.JPG
About 4000 were snoozing and feeding in the morning light.
View attachment sm BB 20.JPG
It was a mix of Greaters and Lessers.
View attachment sm BB 02.JPG
Some were hauled up right on the beach.
View attachment sm BB 13.JPG
These birds are a bit blurry only because they're so fast. Got to keep that barrel swinging through!
View attachment sm BB 25.JPG
An alert Lesser.
View attachment sm BB 29 CROPPED.JPG
I'm calling this one a Lesser. The iridescence can fool the eye. Even though it shows a greenish (and not purplish) gloss, the knot on its head, the narrow bill nail and coarse vermiculation on the back suggest affinis and not marila to my eye.
View attachment sm BB 08.JPG
This is a pair of Greaters - my favorite species in the webbed world.
View attachment sm BB 16.JPG
I'm guessing most of these are retired - because of all the napping going on.....
View attachment sm BB 19.JPG
A nice way to bask in the morning sun.
View attachment BB 18 CROPPED.JPG
All the best,
SJS