RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia
* December 2, 2006
* PAPH0612.02
* Birds mentioned:
Red-throated Loon
Brown Pelican
GLOSSY IBIS (pa)
Canada Goose
Brant (pa)
American Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Long-tailed Duck (pa)
Common Eider
Black Scoter (pa)
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
SANDHILL CRANE (pa)
Clapper Rail
Greater Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
SLATY-BACKED GULL (ny)
Great Horned Owl
Short-eared Owl
Tree Swallow
CAVE SWALLOW (pa,de,ny)
Horned Lark
Eastern Bluebird
both kinglets
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Sedge Wren
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
NASHVILLE WARBLER (pa)
LARK SPARROW (pa)
Seaside Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Philadelphia Birdline
Date: December 2, 2006
Number: 215/567-BIRD
To Report: Armas Hill, 302/529-1876 (VOICE)
302/529-1085 (FAX)
Compiler: Armas Hill
Coverage: Delaware Valley, and southern New Jersey
Transcriber: Risė Hill
For Saturday, December 2nd, this is the
Philadelphia Birdline, from the Academy of
Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, and supported
by a number of bird clubs and individuals. I'm
Armas Hill, glad to be with you.
CAVE SWALLOWS have appeared at various places in
the East this past week, including places in
Pennsylvania, and to the north in upstate New
York, and to the south in Delaware.
In Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, yesterday
December 1st, 2 CAVE SWALLOWS were seen nicely in
Whitehall. They were seen by a birder on the
balcony of his apartment by the Jordon Creek
Parkway. There's a retention pond between the
parkway and the apartment building. That pond was
visited by the swallows before they seemed to be blown away in the wind.
On November 30th, at about 3:30pm, 2 CAVE
SWALLOWS were seen in south-central PA along the
Susquehanna River. They were with about 15 TREE
SWALLOWS. The CAVE SWALLOWS appeared to be of the Mexican subspecies.
All of these swallows were seen for about 5
minutes, as they were heading south over the
river. The sighting was from the end of Market
Street in the town of Dauphin (in the county of the same name).
Further west in Pennsylvania, yesterday, December
1st, at about 1pm, 4 CAVE SWALLOWS were seen on
the Somerset-Bedford County border, near the
Allegheny Front Hawkwatch. They were flying east/northeast.
North of Pennsylvania, in the Rochester, New York
area, on November 29th, there was a report of 4
CAVE SWALLOWS (3, then another 1) and a
VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW seen closely in flight. The
VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW, it's worth noting, would be
a new bird for New York State, if documented.
(The SWALLOWS just noted as being on November
30th along the Susquehanna in Pennsylvania were
TREES. All such swallows, of course, should be observed carefully.)
Another report from upstate New York: a
3rd-winter SLATY-BACKED GULL was seen today at
noon at Niagara Falls. (I guess it almost goes
without saying that all such GULLS should, of
course, be observed carefully, wherever.)
In Delaware, along the Delaware River, 2 CAVE
SWALLOWS were seen this afternoon (around 3:30)
at Augustine Beach, along Route 9, south of Port
Penn, south of the C&D Canal. The birds were
flying back and forth over the parking lot by the
river, and the adjacent grassy picnic area. At about 4pm, they flew south.
Back in Pennsylvania:
The previously-reported LECONTE'S SPARROW in
central Bucks County (at Pine Run, north of
Doylestown), was last seen on Monday, November
27th. Also seen at Pine Run that day were 2 MEADOWLARKS and a WILSON'S SNIPE.
This morning, December 2nd, 2 GLOSSY IBIS
(reported here during recent weeks) were still
seen at Tinicum (that is, the John Heinz Refuge) in Southwest Philadelphia.
The previously-reported SANDHILL CRANE at the
Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, in
northern Lancaster County, has continued to be
seen this past week. The bird was seen among
skeins of CANADA GEESE on Sunday, November 27th.
In southern Bucks County PA, along the Delaware
River, a half-dozen GOLDENEYE were noted from the
Morrisville levee on Tuesday morning, November
28th. The 6 birds were evenly divided: 3 males & 3 females.
Also in southern Bucks County, in Bristol Boro,
shortly before 4 in the afternoon on November
26th, a GREAT HORNED OWL was seen in the vicinity
of Pond & Beaver Streets, and then perched in a tree by the St. James Cemetery.
Earlier that day, also in Bristol, an immature
BALD EAGLE was seen from the Grundy Library, along the Delaware River.
In northern Bucks County, a large number of
VULTURES have been noted recently in the area of
Lake Nockamixon. At the end of the day, on
November 21st, 172 were tallied at the roost by
the marina. About 50 of them were BLACK VULTURES.
Earlier in the day, not far away, about 100 BLACK
VULTURES and about 80 TURKEY VULTURES were
counted (as well as they could be) overhead in a kettle.
Also, by the way, Lake Nockamixon is a place
where there can be a large number of LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS. 134 were counted there on November 18th.
In the area of Peace Valley, in central Bucks
County, a BRANT has continued. DUCKS there, at
Lake Galena, on November 21st included:
RING-NECKED, LESSER SCAUP, and CANVASBACK. There
were 11 BLACK SCOTERS on November 19th. A
LONG-TAILED DUCK was there on November 30th.
There was a RED-THROATED LOON on December 2nd.
There were 30 BONAPARTE'S GULLS on November 15th.
6 two days later. The count of LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS was 67 on November 17th.
Land birds at Peace Valley have included: WINTER
WREN, both KINGLETS, BLUEBIRDS, CEDAR WAXWINGS, and 8 species of SPARROWS.
The previously-reported LARK SPARROW in Bucks
County, in Buckingham Township, has continued. It
was seen on November 28th, in the afternoon, for
about 10 minutes after a birder had waited for about 45 minutes.
At Bradford Dam, in Bucks County, on December
1st, there was a 1st-winter LAUGHING GULL with 5
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. That LAUGHING GULL is
unusual there anytime, and into December it's
getting late. Also seen at that place that day:
WILSON'S SNIPE, 40 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and a 2nd-year BALD EAGLE.
WOODCOCK have been reported recently at various
places, in Bucks County and Chester County.
In Chester County, this morning, at the
Coatesville Reservoir, there were RED-BREASTED
MERGANSERS, a male and a female. Later in the day, they were gone.
COMMON MERGANSER, GOLDENEYE (female), and
BUFFLEHEAD were seen today at Chambers Lake, in Chester County.
An area in southern Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, that can be good for "field birds"
is along Route 741, between Strasburg and Gap,
especially between the Stasburg Railroad and
Vintage Road. Side roads off 741, that can be
good are: Espenshade, Rohrer's Mill, and Belmont.
In that general area today, HORNED LARKS were
seen. A couple weeks ago, there were PIPITS.
This morning, from Espenshade Road, 10 BALD
EAGLES were seen. They were in a grove of trees
on an Amish farm, well off the road. Probably 10
RED-TAILED HAWKS were also there, in an area
where, incidentally, a number of BALD EAGLES wintered last year.
Also in Lancaster County PA, on November 26th, an
unusual bird was seen in the area of Gap - a
NASHVILLE WARBLER, by Umbletown & Hoffmeter
Roads. This species, by the way, has (according
to "The Birds of Pennsylvania" by McWilliams &
Brauning) been recorded as a straggler in
Pennsylvania into the winter. There are 4
instances of NASHVILLE WARBLERS in Pennsylvania
in the winter referred to in that book. It's
worth bearing in mind that there are 2 NASHVILLE
subspecies, one commonly breeding in eastern and
central North America (as far north & west as
central Canada), and another subspecies in the
western North America. In late November, or
beyond, which of the 2 subspecies would a straggler be?
Back to BALD EAGLES for a moment. As noted here
last time, they are now in good numbers (at least
a hundred) at the Conowingo Dam, where US Route 1
crosses the Susquehanna River in Maryland. Some
photos taken recently of BALD EAGLES at Conowingo
are now in the Birdline Photo Gallery in the website: www.focusonnature.com
Scroll down on the left side of the homepage to
the "Birdline Photo Gallery, 2006 (Part 2)".
FYI: The Conowingo Dam area is open to the public, from sunrise to sunset.
An adult BALD EAGLE was seen this morning in
Montgomery County PA near the Route 29 bridge over the Perkiomen Creek.
Another adult BALD EAGLE was unfortunately seen
dead today along another Montgomery County
highway, the Northeast Extension of the Turnpike
south of the Lansdale exit. It was on the median that divides the highway.
In south-central Pennsylvania, along the
Susquehanna River near Marysville, today,
December 2nd, a juvenile SPOTTED SANDPIPER was
seen, as was a male LONG-TAILED DUCK.
Along the Delaware River in southern New Jersey,
a RED-THROATED LOON continued at National Park,
in Gloucester County, by the Red Bank
Battlefield, as of 4:30pm on November 30th.
In Salem County NJ, today, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
was seen from Money Island Road, on the way to the power plant.
Further south in New Jersey, birds lately at the
end of Jakes Landing Road, off Route 47 north of
Dennisville, have included: about a half-dozen
SHORT-EARED OWLS (late in the day), a dozen or
more NORTHERN HARRIERS, 6 to 8 MARSH WRENS, 1
SEDGE WREN, a good number of SEASIDE SPARROWS,
less SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, as many as
20 CLAPPER RAILS, and a GREATER YELLOWLEGS. Jakes
Landing is on the Bayside of Cape May.
On the Oceanside, at Avalon, on November 27th,
there were 2 brown COMMON EIDERS (females), and 2
BROWN PELICANS that were seen flying north.
Now, our Birdline Feature of the Week, as it was
given on the radio this past Wednesday. The
Birdline is on the Radio every Wednesday, before
6am, 9a, and 7pm, on station AM 1450, WILM in
Wilmington, Delaware. Also, at those times EST, anywhere on www.wilm.com
This is the Birdline (on the radio):
Our days, this time of year, are so short. It's
dark before 5pm. In England, further north, the
days are even shorter - getting dark there before 4pm.
So, bird-watchers in England (and there are many
of them) have less time now to see birds and more
time to talk about them - at PUBS in the evening.
I have a book, written a while ago, filled with
hundreds of BIRD TRIVIA QUESTIONS. It's entitled:
"Evenigns at the Coot & Corncrake". That
combination of two BRITISH BIRD NAMES (the COOT a
common bird there, the CORNCRAKE a rare one) is
actually the name of a PUB where BRITISH BIRDERS
would meet and enjoy TALK and QUIZES about BIRDS.
I really enjoy some of the many questions in that
little book, and I'll share a few with you:
It makes sense, I guess, that in a place with
DRINKS, there would be questions (and answers)
about HOW BIRDS DRINK. (No, they don't all do it the same way.)
In a place with some SWALLOWING, birds called
SWALLOWS would naturally be discussed. (SWALLOWS
occur throughout warmer places in the world,
spending most of their time in the air SWALLOWING insects.)
Here, now, some of the questions:
How do SWALLOWS drink? How do SPARROWS drink? How do PIGEONS drink?
The answers:
SWALLOWS drink by dipping their beaks into the
surface of the water as they ARE in flight.
SPARROWS drink by taking a beakful of water and lifting their heads to swallow.
PIGEONS drink by dipping their bills in the water and drinking continuously.
Now you know.
Referring to WATER, another question: Of the more
than 9,000 species of birds in the world, there
is ONLY ONE that's known to spend its entire life on water. What bird is it?
The answer: The EMPEROR PENGUIN of Antarctica
only touches water, either frozen or unfrozen.
PENGUINS don't fly. They swim. Other PENGUINS in
the world do go on land to nest.
Interesting things the Brits come up with during
their winter evenings. We'll have some more of
the TRIVIA here during our winter days ahead.
I'm Armas Hill.
And thank you for tuning in to the Birdline, wherever you may be.
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* Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia
* December 2, 2006
* PAPH0612.02
* Birds mentioned:
Red-throated Loon
Brown Pelican
GLOSSY IBIS (pa)
Canada Goose
Brant (pa)
American Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Long-tailed Duck (pa)
Common Eider
Black Scoter (pa)
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
SANDHILL CRANE (pa)
Clapper Rail
Greater Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
SLATY-BACKED GULL (ny)
Great Horned Owl
Short-eared Owl
Tree Swallow
CAVE SWALLOW (pa,de,ny)
Horned Lark
Eastern Bluebird
both kinglets
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Sedge Wren
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
NASHVILLE WARBLER (pa)
LARK SPARROW (pa)
Seaside Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Philadelphia Birdline
Date: December 2, 2006
Number: 215/567-BIRD
To Report: Armas Hill, 302/529-1876 (VOICE)
302/529-1085 (FAX)
Compiler: Armas Hill
Coverage: Delaware Valley, and southern New Jersey
Transcriber: Risė Hill
For Saturday, December 2nd, this is the
Philadelphia Birdline, from the Academy of
Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, and supported
by a number of bird clubs and individuals. I'm
Armas Hill, glad to be with you.
CAVE SWALLOWS have appeared at various places in
the East this past week, including places in
Pennsylvania, and to the north in upstate New
York, and to the south in Delaware.
In Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, yesterday
December 1st, 2 CAVE SWALLOWS were seen nicely in
Whitehall. They were seen by a birder on the
balcony of his apartment by the Jordon Creek
Parkway. There's a retention pond between the
parkway and the apartment building. That pond was
visited by the swallows before they seemed to be blown away in the wind.
On November 30th, at about 3:30pm, 2 CAVE
SWALLOWS were seen in south-central PA along the
Susquehanna River. They were with about 15 TREE
SWALLOWS. The CAVE SWALLOWS appeared to be of the Mexican subspecies.
All of these swallows were seen for about 5
minutes, as they were heading south over the
river. The sighting was from the end of Market
Street in the town of Dauphin (in the county of the same name).
Further west in Pennsylvania, yesterday, December
1st, at about 1pm, 4 CAVE SWALLOWS were seen on
the Somerset-Bedford County border, near the
Allegheny Front Hawkwatch. They were flying east/northeast.
North of Pennsylvania, in the Rochester, New York
area, on November 29th, there was a report of 4
CAVE SWALLOWS (3, then another 1) and a
VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW seen closely in flight. The
VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW, it's worth noting, would be
a new bird for New York State, if documented.
(The SWALLOWS just noted as being on November
30th along the Susquehanna in Pennsylvania were
TREES. All such swallows, of course, should be observed carefully.)
Another report from upstate New York: a
3rd-winter SLATY-BACKED GULL was seen today at
noon at Niagara Falls. (I guess it almost goes
without saying that all such GULLS should, of
course, be observed carefully, wherever.)
In Delaware, along the Delaware River, 2 CAVE
SWALLOWS were seen this afternoon (around 3:30)
at Augustine Beach, along Route 9, south of Port
Penn, south of the C&D Canal. The birds were
flying back and forth over the parking lot by the
river, and the adjacent grassy picnic area. At about 4pm, they flew south.
Back in Pennsylvania:
The previously-reported LECONTE'S SPARROW in
central Bucks County (at Pine Run, north of
Doylestown), was last seen on Monday, November
27th. Also seen at Pine Run that day were 2 MEADOWLARKS and a WILSON'S SNIPE.
This morning, December 2nd, 2 GLOSSY IBIS
(reported here during recent weeks) were still
seen at Tinicum (that is, the John Heinz Refuge) in Southwest Philadelphia.
The previously-reported SANDHILL CRANE at the
Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, in
northern Lancaster County, has continued to be
seen this past week. The bird was seen among
skeins of CANADA GEESE on Sunday, November 27th.
In southern Bucks County PA, along the Delaware
River, a half-dozen GOLDENEYE were noted from the
Morrisville levee on Tuesday morning, November
28th. The 6 birds were evenly divided: 3 males & 3 females.
Also in southern Bucks County, in Bristol Boro,
shortly before 4 in the afternoon on November
26th, a GREAT HORNED OWL was seen in the vicinity
of Pond & Beaver Streets, and then perched in a tree by the St. James Cemetery.
Earlier that day, also in Bristol, an immature
BALD EAGLE was seen from the Grundy Library, along the Delaware River.
In northern Bucks County, a large number of
VULTURES have been noted recently in the area of
Lake Nockamixon. At the end of the day, on
November 21st, 172 were tallied at the roost by
the marina. About 50 of them were BLACK VULTURES.
Earlier in the day, not far away, about 100 BLACK
VULTURES and about 80 TURKEY VULTURES were
counted (as well as they could be) overhead in a kettle.
Also, by the way, Lake Nockamixon is a place
where there can be a large number of LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS. 134 were counted there on November 18th.
In the area of Peace Valley, in central Bucks
County, a BRANT has continued. DUCKS there, at
Lake Galena, on November 21st included:
RING-NECKED, LESSER SCAUP, and CANVASBACK. There
were 11 BLACK SCOTERS on November 19th. A
LONG-TAILED DUCK was there on November 30th.
There was a RED-THROATED LOON on December 2nd.
There were 30 BONAPARTE'S GULLS on November 15th.
6 two days later. The count of LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS was 67 on November 17th.
Land birds at Peace Valley have included: WINTER
WREN, both KINGLETS, BLUEBIRDS, CEDAR WAXWINGS, and 8 species of SPARROWS.
The previously-reported LARK SPARROW in Bucks
County, in Buckingham Township, has continued. It
was seen on November 28th, in the afternoon, for
about 10 minutes after a birder had waited for about 45 minutes.
At Bradford Dam, in Bucks County, on December
1st, there was a 1st-winter LAUGHING GULL with 5
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. That LAUGHING GULL is
unusual there anytime, and into December it's
getting late. Also seen at that place that day:
WILSON'S SNIPE, 40 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and a 2nd-year BALD EAGLE.
WOODCOCK have been reported recently at various
places, in Bucks County and Chester County.
In Chester County, this morning, at the
Coatesville Reservoir, there were RED-BREASTED
MERGANSERS, a male and a female. Later in the day, they were gone.
COMMON MERGANSER, GOLDENEYE (female), and
BUFFLEHEAD were seen today at Chambers Lake, in Chester County.
An area in southern Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, that can be good for "field birds"
is along Route 741, between Strasburg and Gap,
especially between the Stasburg Railroad and
Vintage Road. Side roads off 741, that can be
good are: Espenshade, Rohrer's Mill, and Belmont.
In that general area today, HORNED LARKS were
seen. A couple weeks ago, there were PIPITS.
This morning, from Espenshade Road, 10 BALD
EAGLES were seen. They were in a grove of trees
on an Amish farm, well off the road. Probably 10
RED-TAILED HAWKS were also there, in an area
where, incidentally, a number of BALD EAGLES wintered last year.
Also in Lancaster County PA, on November 26th, an
unusual bird was seen in the area of Gap - a
NASHVILLE WARBLER, by Umbletown & Hoffmeter
Roads. This species, by the way, has (according
to "The Birds of Pennsylvania" by McWilliams &
Brauning) been recorded as a straggler in
Pennsylvania into the winter. There are 4
instances of NASHVILLE WARBLERS in Pennsylvania
in the winter referred to in that book. It's
worth bearing in mind that there are 2 NASHVILLE
subspecies, one commonly breeding in eastern and
central North America (as far north & west as
central Canada), and another subspecies in the
western North America. In late November, or
beyond, which of the 2 subspecies would a straggler be?
Back to BALD EAGLES for a moment. As noted here
last time, they are now in good numbers (at least
a hundred) at the Conowingo Dam, where US Route 1
crosses the Susquehanna River in Maryland. Some
photos taken recently of BALD EAGLES at Conowingo
are now in the Birdline Photo Gallery in the website: www.focusonnature.com
Scroll down on the left side of the homepage to
the "Birdline Photo Gallery, 2006 (Part 2)".
FYI: The Conowingo Dam area is open to the public, from sunrise to sunset.
An adult BALD EAGLE was seen this morning in
Montgomery County PA near the Route 29 bridge over the Perkiomen Creek.
Another adult BALD EAGLE was unfortunately seen
dead today along another Montgomery County
highway, the Northeast Extension of the Turnpike
south of the Lansdale exit. It was on the median that divides the highway.
In south-central Pennsylvania, along the
Susquehanna River near Marysville, today,
December 2nd, a juvenile SPOTTED SANDPIPER was
seen, as was a male LONG-TAILED DUCK.
Along the Delaware River in southern New Jersey,
a RED-THROATED LOON continued at National Park,
in Gloucester County, by the Red Bank
Battlefield, as of 4:30pm on November 30th.
In Salem County NJ, today, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
was seen from Money Island Road, on the way to the power plant.
Further south in New Jersey, birds lately at the
end of Jakes Landing Road, off Route 47 north of
Dennisville, have included: about a half-dozen
SHORT-EARED OWLS (late in the day), a dozen or
more NORTHERN HARRIERS, 6 to 8 MARSH WRENS, 1
SEDGE WREN, a good number of SEASIDE SPARROWS,
less SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, as many as
20 CLAPPER RAILS, and a GREATER YELLOWLEGS. Jakes
Landing is on the Bayside of Cape May.
On the Oceanside, at Avalon, on November 27th,
there were 2 brown COMMON EIDERS (females), and 2
BROWN PELICANS that were seen flying north.
Now, our Birdline Feature of the Week, as it was
given on the radio this past Wednesday. The
Birdline is on the Radio every Wednesday, before
6am, 9a, and 7pm, on station AM 1450, WILM in
Wilmington, Delaware. Also, at those times EST, anywhere on www.wilm.com
This is the Birdline (on the radio):
Our days, this time of year, are so short. It's
dark before 5pm. In England, further north, the
days are even shorter - getting dark there before 4pm.
So, bird-watchers in England (and there are many
of them) have less time now to see birds and more
time to talk about them - at PUBS in the evening.
I have a book, written a while ago, filled with
hundreds of BIRD TRIVIA QUESTIONS. It's entitled:
"Evenigns at the Coot & Corncrake". That
combination of two BRITISH BIRD NAMES (the COOT a
common bird there, the CORNCRAKE a rare one) is
actually the name of a PUB where BRITISH BIRDERS
would meet and enjoy TALK and QUIZES about BIRDS.
I really enjoy some of the many questions in that
little book, and I'll share a few with you:
It makes sense, I guess, that in a place with
DRINKS, there would be questions (and answers)
about HOW BIRDS DRINK. (No, they don't all do it the same way.)
In a place with some SWALLOWING, birds called
SWALLOWS would naturally be discussed. (SWALLOWS
occur throughout warmer places in the world,
spending most of their time in the air SWALLOWING insects.)
Here, now, some of the questions:
How do SWALLOWS drink? How do SPARROWS drink? How do PIGEONS drink?
The answers:
SWALLOWS drink by dipping their beaks into the
surface of the water as they ARE in flight.
SPARROWS drink by taking a beakful of water and lifting their heads to swallow.
PIGEONS drink by dipping their bills in the water and drinking continuously.
Now you know.
Referring to WATER, another question: Of the more
than 9,000 species of birds in the world, there
is ONLY ONE that's known to spend its entire life on water. What bird is it?
The answer: The EMPEROR PENGUIN of Antarctica
only touches water, either frozen or unfrozen.
PENGUINS don't fly. They swim. Other PENGUINS in
the world do go on land to nest.
Interesting things the Brits come up with during
their winter evenings. We'll have some more of
the TRIVIA here during our winter days ahead.
I'm Armas Hill.
And thank you for tuning in to the Birdline, wherever you may be.
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