Bird Question

Bay_Kat · 04-23-2008, 03:49 PM

I asked this in another thread, but thought I would put it here also.

I just took my dog down to the beach and he brought me a dead bird. Not sure what kind it was, but it had a pointy beak and it's feet reminded me of back fins on a crab, it also had a white chest and stomach. Anyone know what this might have been? It was floating in the water and I was trying to distract my dog from it, but then a while later it washed up and I had forgotten about it, but the dog sure didn't.

I searched the internet and couldn't find anything.

*cattitude* ^(Premo) · 04-23-2008, 03:51 PM

Seagull? Sandpiper?

Cowgirl · 04-23-2008, 03:52 PM

The feet looked like crab fins?

How pointy was the beak? How long? Hummingbirds and herons both have pointy beaks, but they're much different.

What color was the rest of the bird?

*cattitude* ^(Premo) · 04-23-2008, 03:53 PM

Birds - About the Bay - Chesapeake Bay Program

*cattitude* ^(Premo) · 04-23-2008, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Cowgirl

The feet looked like crab fins?

pssssttt

jenbengen · 04-23-2008, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by cattitude

pssssttt

Was this bird floating near the nuclear power plant? Was it glowing?

jenbengen · 04-23-2008, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Bay_Kat

I asked this in another thread, but thought I would put it here also.

I just took my dog down to the beach and he brought me a dead bird. Not sure what kind it was, but it had a pointy beak and it's feet reminded me of back fins on a crab, it also had a white chest and stomach. Anyone know what this might have been? It was floating in the water and I was trying to distract my dog from it, but then a while later it washed up and I had forgotten about it, but the dog sure didn't.

I searched the internet and couldn't find anything.

All joking aside, I have no idea what that would be. Sorry.

Bay_Kat · 04-23-2008, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Cowgirl

The feet looked like crab fins?

How pointy was the beak? How long? Hummingbirds and herons both have pointy beaks, but they're much different.

What color was the rest of the bird?

I'm pretty sure it was one of those birds you see diving straight down into the water for fish. The feet were just really strange.

Bay_Kat · 04-23-2008, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by cattitude

pssssttt

Okay, I'll describe it differently. It had 3 or 4 "toes" on each foot and they were each shaped like the rounded part of the crabs back fin. They were curled up from being water logged, but I imagine if they were spread out normal they may have been webbed like a duck.

rockfish · 04-23-2008, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Bay_Kat

I'm pretty sure it was one of those birds you see diving straight down into the water for fish. The feet were just really strange.

Allright then, that narrows it down to several dozen.

04-23-2008, 03:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bay_Kat Sun Time! Member Since: Jan 2007 Location: St. Leonard Posts: 3,364	Bird Question I asked this in another thread, but thought I would put it here also. I just took my dog down to the beach and he brought me a dead bird. Not sure what kind it was, but it had a pointy beak and it's feet reminded me of back fins on a crab, it also had a white chest and stomach. Anyone know what this might have been? It was floating in the water and I was trying to distract my dog from it, but then a while later it washed up and I had forgotten about it, but the dog sure didn't. I searched the internet and couldn't find anything.
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cattitude ^(Premo) My Sweetest Boy Member Since: Mar 2002 Posts: 31,727	Seagull? Sandpiper? __________________ The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men. - Emile Zola Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. - John Wooden
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Cowgirl No easy way to say this Member Since: Jan 2002 Location: In the land of corn, soybeans, and chickens. Posts: 9,235	The feet looked like crab fins? How pointy was the beak? How long? Hummingbirds and herons both have pointy beaks, but they're much different. What color was the rest of the bird? __________________ "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." -Bill Cosby
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cattitude ^(Premo) My Sweetest Boy Member Since: Mar 2002 Posts: 31,727	Birds - About the Bay - Chesapeake Bay Program __________________ The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men. - Emile Zola Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. - John Wooden
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