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Ooh, love that picture!
2 years agoWe say this about Eastdowne Road in our neighborhood . The deferred maintenance keeps the speeds down 😳. Also makes it bone rattling to ride the bikes on. No palm fronds though.
2 years agoThat speed bump is crazy! So glad Dodie is okay.
2 years agoCringe!!
2 years agoAt "least..."
I think so. :-)
Could also be ants. I have seen similar in Trinidad.
https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/item/71239364-azteca-ant-nest-hanging-tree-tropical-rainforest
A variety of giant spider lily (Crinum)
https://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/bulb/crinum-lily/
Nice shot! Sandpipers are impossible. I’m thinking these are western sandpipers instead of leasts, based on leg color - they’re black with westerns and yellow-green. They look very similar otherwise, and both are possible sightings down there.
2 years agoThis seems more like one to me. He seems a bit large and thick billed, but maybe that’s just the angle of the shot. I don’t see a better fit.
2 years agoPoor thing! Where’d his beak go?
2 years agoOh, one more thing - Dotie’s right. These are different than your gulls back home. laughing gulls don’t make it north of Mexico on the west coast.
2 years ago:-)
2 years agoThat was my first thought on looking at the photo, but I don’t think so. It’s too far from their normal range. I think it’s a non-breeding laughing gull. The Grampies should like this because they were hoping to see a laughing bird. They found one, but it’s a gull instead of a falcon.
2 years agoGood to have an actual birder helping me out! Thanks!
2 years ago
Har har, Bill!
2 years ago