[SBB] GT Grackle in P.A.

[Nancy Teater <[[email protected]]>]

Hi,
In my previous post about the grackle on Saturday, I forgot to mention that 
we saw a male Avocet sheltering his babies under his breast feathers near 
the viewing platform at Charleston Slough. He was sitting on his ankles (we 
think of them as the bird's knees that bend backwards, but anatomically 
speaking they're the equivalent of human ankles). We could see little baby 
Avocet feet sticking out below his breast and when he flew off for a few 
minutes, we counted four babies. They look like fuzzy brown and beige golf 
balls on sticks. Two of the babies were sweeping their beaks in the mud 
just like mom and dad do. After the adult flew back, the babies returned to 
their shelter. What a treat!
Good birding,
Nancy Teater

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Nancy R. Teater, Hamilton Communications
[[email protected]]
phone 650.321.0252  fax 650.491.3878


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