Looks like the White-lipped Snail, Cepaea hortensis: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51039-Cepaea-hortensis
> On Dec 6, 2022, at 7:33 AM, Willie D'Anna <dannapot...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > > Hello birders! > > Almost everyone who was able to watch the Limpkin this November in Lewiston, > noted that it was eating a prodigious number of snails. You usually only had > to wait a few seconds before you would see it probing into the ground, > pulling out a snail, cracking it open, peeling off the shell, then throwing > it down the hatch. I was told that this was not a native species of snail but > unfortunately, after seeing so many people, I don’t remember who told me that. > > It is well known that Limpkins are expanding their breeding range in the > southeastern US, due to the presence of an invasive species of apple snail. > However, that apple snail has not made it anywhere close to NYS, as far as I > am aware. It is also much larger than the snails that the Limpkin was feeding > on in Lewiston. > > If anyone knows anything about the snails that the Lewiston Limpkin was > feeding on, I would appreciate hearing from you. If you can provide a > published reference or let me know where your information is from, that would > be great. This could be used in an article I am currently writing. > > There are several photos of the bird with a snail. You can look through all > of the photos of this bird on eBird: > https://media.ebird.org/catalog?taxonCode=limpki®ionCode=US-NY-063 > <https://media.ebird.org/catalog?taxonCode=limpki®ionCode=US-NY-063> > Some nice ones with a snail are in this checklist from Karen Lee Lewis: > https://ebird.org/checklist/S122604545 > <https://ebird.org/checklist/S122604545> Here is another from Brian Morse: > https://ebird.org/checklist/S122609092 > <https://ebird.org/checklist/S122609092> There is a nice close-up of the > snail in this checklist from Alan Bloom: > https://ebird.org/checklist/S122570469 > <https://ebird.org/checklist/S122570469> Another close-up here, from Tim > Healy: https://ebird.org/checklist/S122510990 > <https://ebird.org/checklist/S122510990> One from Kyle Gage: > https://ebird.org/checklist/S122518905 > <https://ebird.org/checklist/S122518905> From Joel Farwell: > https://ebird.org/checklist/S122507081 > <https://ebird.org/checklist/S122507081> > > Thanks, and good birding! > Willie > ------------------ > Willie D'Anna > Wilson, NY > dannapotterATroadrunnerDOTcom > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > Please submit your observations to eBird <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
