The extra-long toe evolved so that they could grasp coconuts by the husk when transporting them between Africa and Mercia.
> On 15 Mar 2019, at 19:20, [email protected] wrote: > > > >> On March 15, 2019 11:13:59 AM PDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Great work, as usual, Larry! The third image is my favorite, of >> course. I > > Thanks Dan. The full set is at > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157705985048831/ > > If anyone is on the area they seem to practice every day in the 11 am to a > bit past noon range. > > >> am fairly certain you are correct in stating that the bird in the first >> image is a barn swallow. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >>> On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 2:44 AM Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Based on the shape of the tail, and the fact that they were nesting >> in a >>> barn, I’m going to take a wild guess that this is a barn swallow >>> >>> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/32441954387/in/album-72157705984749211/ >>> >>> I saw this one sitting on a wire on my drive home. I pulled over to >>> photograph it, only got one decent shot before it flew off. I think >> it >>> might be a young red tail hawk >>> >>> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/46660432694/in/album-72157705984749211/ >>> >>> On my way to lunch I saw these two guys flying over a farm in >> Salinas, >>> pulled over to get some photos. At first I thought one of them might >> be an >>> eagle, but when I looked closer I realized it wasn’t. >>> >>> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/46660556944/in/album-72157705985048831/ >>> >>> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
