Two questions

GV Jack

GV Jack

Snorin God
Last week while doing my favorite things, listening to and looking at the water I noticed somethings I have never seen or heard before.

Early in the morning one day, the tide was going out and there were many, many birds sitting on a sand bar between tide pools.
I heard a sound from that area I had never heard there and it sounded like a seal or sea lion. At first I thought it was Ross' stomach,
but he was still in his post drinking coma. Are there such crittters here and do they come up on the beaches?

Next question: Every day there were flocks of small white birds diving into the shallow waters like the Pelicans do. What are those critters
and what are they after?

OK, that's my wonderment of the day. Wish I were back there with ya'll.
 
Seadweller

Seadweller

chum
Did you know why Terns travel in flocks..?

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It's because one good Tern deserves another...
 
Seadweller

Seadweller

chum
Yesterday, the wind was really blowing hard from the west and it took a Tern in the wrong direction... and things headed South in a hurry...
 
GV Jack

GV Jack

Snorin God
OK...so I ask a few legit questions and it Terns into the Gong Show.

I have been at that location about three or four times a year for the last four years and have never seen or heard a sea lion.
Is that a regular occurance in other areas than Las Conchas?

Also, Kenny, why is the Tern your favorite bird? I have seen hundreds of birds on the beach there,
but have never seen little white birds dive into the water like that. What do they feed on, tiny little fish
sea urchins or whatever? There were so many pictures, but the White Tern looks like the one. It's hard
to tell the size from those pictures, though. I hope they are there again on my next trip. It makes for
great sea watching.

I can't wait to see what I get from the gongers now.
 
Kenny

Kenny

Guest
GV Jack said:
OK...so I ask a few legit questions and it Terns into the Gong Show.

I have been at that location about three or four times a year for the last four years and have never seen or heard a sea lion.
Is that a regular occurance in other areas than Las Conchas?

Also, Kenny, why is the Tern your favorite bird? I have seen hundreds of birds on the beach there,
but have never seen little white birds dive into the water like that. What do they feed on, tiny little fish
sea urchins or whatever? There were so many pictures, but the White Tern looks like the one. It's hard
to tell the size from those pictures, though. I hope they are there again on my next trip. It makes for
great sea watching.

I can't wait to see what I get from the gongers now.
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Terns are found all over the world, (40+ species) but though they are called a sea bird, I've enjoyed watching the little speed demons called "least terns" working the reservoirs in both AZ and N.M. most of my life. They usually work alone at the reservoirs and hit the water hauling butt. In short their bad a++ little speedsters, who put on a whale of a good show.
They breed ...
  • on the Pacific Coast - from central California, USA to Peru in South America;
  • on the Atlantic Coast - from Maine, USA to Argentina, South America;
  • around the Great Lakes in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ohio, USA; and
  • inland - along the Colorado, Red, Rio Grande, Missouri and Mississippi river systems.
They winter ...
  • from the Gulf Coast and Central America and the Caribbean, south to Peru and Brazil in northern South America.
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I would have to say the Osprey, the only true live fish catching rapture is my favorite though, and I've enjoyed watching them from the Sea of Cortez to Washington St
 
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