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Loren

i was looking through some old pictures and found these from when i monitored nesting black skimmers on the beach about 10 years ago. look at these little fluff balls!

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an adult black skimmer sitting in a little depression in the sand, at the top edge of the depression a little sand colored chick sits upright. the chick is very fluffy and cute, the adult is all black with a white face and a long orange and black beak which is longer on the bottom than on the top
here is another chick awkwardly sitting up next to an adult skimmer. the chick is still fluffy and cute and has its little wing tucked to its side and neck outstretched a bit
a different adult sitting in a depression with now two little chicks. the one is sitting up next to parent skimmer while the other stands a few inches away standing upright looking like a little cotton ball on legs
the same little family but now the chick who is sitting near parent has their beak wide open in a "feed me" yell and their sibling has sat down since its hard work being a tiny cute chick
7 January at 3:36 | Open on flipping.rocks
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Apple Annie :mstdn:
Heliograph

@loren thank youuu these are absolutely awesome!!! ☺️ :blobcat_hearthug: I had no idea about these #skimmer birds

12 January at 5:11 | Open on mastodon.au
Cambirdsong
Loren

i love skimmers so much, what strange looking creatures. i wish i had a recording of what these colonies sounded like though. it was an absolute cacophony lmao

5 November at 5:27 | Open on flipping.rocks
Kathleen Jones 🚲🖼️🦭

@loren I used to see them fairly often where I used to live, and loved seeing the skimming in action. Magic.

It wasn’t until years later I saw a photo of what they look like end-on. Had no idea their bills were so narrow! Awesome.

5 November at 5:57 | Open on sfba.social
The Crafty Miss

@loren What, woah, who are these guys with the Flintstones beaks and why have I never been aware of them before?

5 November at 6:41 | Open on mas.to
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