Upon finding an eight-legged water strider we questioned whether the apparently clean stream was in fact full of radioactive runoff. Turns out, it was just a mating pair! Yes, they only have four legs each.
Birdfreak is getting ready for a trip to the east coast, specifically New York and Rhode Island. Excited level: dangerously high.
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Klaus 07.25.08 at 9:19 am
Cheers, Klaus
Lana 07.25.08 at 9:36 pm
That’s hysterical! Have a good time on your trip!
bevson 07.26.08 at 8:32 am
Will you have time to go birding? The shorebirds are starting to move now. Jamaica Bay is picking up and the Jersey shore too.
Ken Schneider 07.27.08 at 8:10 am
Sorry– autofill gave me the wrong name!
Ken
Ken Schneider 07.27.08 at 8:12 am
Have a great trip.
BTW, I can see only 6 legs on that strider.
The Birdfreak Team 07.27.08 at 4:38 pm
Thanks all!! We’ll have lots of time to bird at various locations including some of the Rhode Island shore.
Ken - Thanks!! The legs are hard to see… we were counting the shadows which look like 8… either way there were two striders.