tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post1353879738442340653..comments2023-11-02T05:09:48.607-05:00Comments on PURE FLORIDA: Beachside BuffetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-18807209550350876392007-06-22T19:01:00.000-05:002007-06-22T19:01:00.000-05:00Rurality,And are there completely palmated plovere...Rurality,<BR/>And are there completely palmated ploveres or are they all incomplete?R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-91698586111088395122007-06-22T10:36:00.000-05:002007-06-22T10:36:00.000-05:00Identifying shorebirds takes practice, practice, p...Identifying shorebirds takes practice, practice, practice! And then it's still hard. I do so love saying "semipalmated" though. :)Ruralityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-86965599338221354082007-06-22T09:35:00.000-05:002007-06-22T09:35:00.000-05:00Vicki,Lucky her, she can molt and lose them :)Deb,...Vicki,<BR/>Lucky her, she can molt and lose them :)<BR/><BR/>Deb,<BR/>That's mostly where I am too.<BR/><BR/>Mechelle,<BR/>Welcome to Pure Florida!<BR/>Anyone who can see the "cute" in a horseshoe crab is welcome here.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-17299514224514856502007-06-22T08:18:00.000-05:002007-06-22T08:18:00.000-05:00I must go find some of thoes horseshoe crabs to se...I must go find some of thoes horseshoe crabs to see for myself - they are really cute. I also want some boiled peanuts after reading your post from yesterday - mmmmmmmm!Mechellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500067062666258470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-90170219159337536792007-06-21T21:47:00.000-05:002007-06-21T21:47:00.000-05:00They all look like shorebirds to me. :) Shorebirds...They all look like shorebirds to me. :) <BR/><BR/>Shorebirds, the little-explored frontier of my birding experience...Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-2139093770601076522007-06-21T21:02:00.000-05:002007-06-21T21:02:00.000-05:00(The ones with the dark neck bands up close to the...(The ones with the dark neck bands up close to the dune grass.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-8491423541644269492007-06-21T20:57:00.000-05:002007-06-21T20:57:00.000-05:00Piping plovers! I think that's a middle-aged horse...Piping plovers! I think that's a middle-aged horseshoe crab. She has barnacles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-70509331877675401942007-06-21T20:52:00.000-05:002007-06-21T20:52:00.000-05:00Hoss,"Flitting".How fitting.Hoss,<BR/>"Flitting".<BR/>How fitting.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-18449645224273598252007-06-21T20:40:00.000-05:002007-06-21T20:40:00.000-05:00As I say, if you can't identify the bird exactly, ...As I say, if you can't identify the bird exactly, you call them "flitting birds." My bird book says I now have 700 of those.OldHorsetailSnakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00865830344885164689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-63114834518918516682007-06-21T17:17:00.000-05:002007-06-21T17:17:00.000-05:00Robin,I agree on shorebirds. I think a horseshoe c...Robin,<BR/>I agree on shorebirds. <BR/>I think a horseshoe crab is just the animal to peak a child's interest in the natural world.<BR/><BR/>ThunderDave,<BR/>I suppose by now the hops have taken over the house exterior.<BR/><BR/>Sophie,<BR/>Thanks! I thought semi-p for the little and didn't even notice the larger upper left.<BR/><BR/>Doug,<BR/>I don't know how you could grow up on the coast and live in the midwest. I can't fathom it.<BR/><BR/>Scott,<BR/>You should see the flip side of that critter :)<BR/><BR/>Pablo,<BR/>BUM is the key word there. I don't stay at many B&B's if you get my drift :) Summer is a forced furlough without pay ... at least not the monetary kind.<BR/>Still, it beats life in a cubicle ... at least for me.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-59168301731332585352007-06-21T16:25:00.000-05:002007-06-21T16:25:00.000-05:00Clearly I should have been a teacher in Florida. T...Clearly I should have been a teacher in Florida. Three months of beach bumming!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-52079240910558235302007-06-21T15:25:00.000-05:002007-06-21T15:25:00.000-05:00I've no experience with shore birds, but before I ...I've no experience with shore birds, but before I scroll up to see what the real birders said I'll guess sanderlings.<BR/><BR/>The horseshoe crab looks too closely related to the cockroach for my taste. I am just a little squeemish that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-59593114043977763112007-06-21T12:49:00.000-05:002007-06-21T12:49:00.000-05:00Growing up on the coast of New England, I loved sh...Growing up on the coast of New England, I loved shorebirds. Here in the Midwest we do still see some, but far fewer. I can count on kildeer on my site, and the occasional solitary sandpiper. I haave to venture far afield and to some specific places if I want to see an upland sandpiper.Doug Taronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08537881828742937167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-56553067736020983892007-06-21T11:27:00.000-05:002007-06-21T11:27:00.000-05:00Your big plover, upper left, is most likely a blac...Your big plover, upper left, is most likely a black-bellied. The little ones that look like killdeer cousins are semipalmated. I love watching the sanderlings run in and out at the edge like little wind-up toys.SophieMaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09396958301555933308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-57842405841026806622007-06-21T10:48:00.000-05:002007-06-21T10:48:00.000-05:00Nice series of photos, and commentary!I'm working ...Nice series of photos, and commentary!<BR/><BR/>I'm working from home today, which has given me an opportunity to take breaks and check out the blogs. I'm going to try to get a post out myself, maybe on my next break, most likely hop related, but with some other info.Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02451216620261659383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-70598733681656618462007-06-21T10:26:00.000-05:002007-06-21T10:26:00.000-05:00I find shorebirds really hard to identify. When I ...I find shorebirds really hard to identify. When I open Sibley's and look at their shorebird page, the birds mostly all look alike, with a bit of difference in the angle of the beaks or something. Yikes. <BR/><BR/>When I was young, I was a city girl, but my parents took us to the beach every summer. I once found a horseshoe crab on the beach in New Jersey. It was one of first things that sparked my interest in the natural world.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.com