[cayugabirds-l] Charadrius on a hot tin roof

2010-06-16 Thread Mark Chao
On Wednesday evening, three kids and I watched five Killdeer on the gabled roof 
of the building housing the Armstrong School of Dance and other businesses on 
Catherwood Drive in Lansing.  The birds were calling incessantly and walking 
freely around, despite the steep pitch and apparently smooth metal surface.  
They showed no interest in joining the Ring-billed Gulls on the apex.  I know 
that Killdeer like flat gravel roofs, but before tonight I'd never seen any on 
an angled roof, let alone five together.  It seemed likely that they'd stay 
there overnight.

Mark Chao



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[cayugabirds-l] Charadrius on a hot tin roof

2010-06-16 Thread Mark Chao
On Wednesday evening, three kids and I watched five Killdeer on the gabled roof 
of the building housing the Armstrong School of Dance and other businesses on 
Catherwood Drive in Lansing.  The birds were calling incessantly and walking 
freely around, despite the steep pitch and apparently smooth metal surface.  
They showed no interest in joining the Ring-billed Gulls on the apex.  I know 
that Killdeer like flat gravel roofs, but I doubt I've ever seen any on an 
angled roof before tonight, let alone five together.  It seemed likely that 
they'd stay there overnight.

Mark Chao



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