tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538854688181850095.post69377735258020669..comments2021-02-02T10:42:31.652+00:00Comments on Stand and Stare: As I was saying...Nyctalushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529729794764990304noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538854688181850095.post-56019025894263730852015-12-29T13:45:24.662+00:002015-12-29T13:45:24.662+00:00Lovely pic!Lovely pic!Lylanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538854688181850095.post-229954445407875652012-02-24T12:45:57.786+00:002012-02-24T12:45:57.786+00:00Hi Phil. Nyctalus by name; Nyctalus by nature! Or ...Hi Phil. Nyctalus by name; Nyctalus by nature! Or is it just old age creeping on?<br />I feel a bird beak theme coming on here...<br />AllanNyctalushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03529729794764990304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538854688181850095.post-10766882651193800062012-02-24T12:10:17.030+00:002012-02-24T12:10:17.030+00:00Thank you for that gobbledegook Mel. I also note ...Thank you for that gobbledegook Mel. I also note that Rod Hull's Emu frequently displayed rhynchokinesis.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqrg_VCPgAQNyctalushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03529729794764990304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538854688181850095.post-20113245782567120412012-02-24T10:13:55.918+00:002012-02-24T10:13:55.918+00:00Just about to post a blog or 2!
I'm just about...Just about to post a blog or 2!<br />I'm just about getting to grips with proximal and distal rhynchokinesis at the moment :-) so no idea about swifts (viz. non-wader). Wikipedia's entry doesn't help much! "It is hypothesized that the schizorhinal skull in proximally rhynchokinetic birds reflects ancestry, but has no adaptive explanation, in many living species" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranial_kinesis#RhynchokinesisFlorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553928946281653917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538854688181850095.post-59844766446924097832012-02-24T09:07:39.859+00:002012-02-24T09:07:39.859+00:00Hi Mel, yes back again. You've been a bit quie...Hi Mel, yes back again. You've been a bit quiet yourself on the blog front recently...<br />I didn't realise that swifts could do this also. I can see the benefits for waders but I'm not clear why it should be a useful adaption for swifts. I always assumed that they just fly about with their mouths open and net whatever they blunder into. Maybe it's more sophisticated than that...<br />AllanNyctalushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03529729794764990304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538854688181850095.post-27401466180046841982012-02-24T08:41:16.978+00:002012-02-24T08:41:16.978+00:00Delighted that you've come out of hibernation ...Delighted that you've come out of hibernation Nyctalus! Fascinating post ....... birds' beaks are amazingly varied and versatile, aren't they!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538854688181850095.post-8077403709388894212012-02-24T08:03:33.969+00:002012-02-24T08:03:33.969+00:00I have 2 pairs of surgical gloves in the car...doe...I have 2 pairs of surgical gloves in the car...does that count? In my first aid kit I hasten to add...<br />Fascinating post which sent me scurrying to Google where I discovered that swifts can do it too. Hmm<br />The other day I watched a gang of curlews carefully cleaning their bendy bent bills :-)<br />Good to see you again!<br />MelFlorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553928946281653917noreply@blogger.com