Monday, June 05, 2006

Still a few problems, but in the meanwhile...






Thanks to everyone who wrote in with comments and suggestions while this page was acting up. Something is still not working smoothly. It's very hard to get pictures to upload. I was planning to post a good number of Lloyd' Spitalnik's latest photos http://www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com
but couldn't transfer most of them. Miraculously, the 2 above came on screen. I'm most disappointed to be unable to post a great picture of a Bicknell's Thrush Lloyd caught in the act of singing on May 18th. He listened to him sing for 1/2 an hour, and thus could be 150% certain the bird was a Bicknell's and not a Gray-cheeked thrush. The two species are almost identical in appearance [though the bill color can often be used for ID purposes]. But the songs of the two birds are different. Thus, no mistakes if you find a singing bird.

The first photo is not a bird. It is a Nessus Sphinx, a day-flying moth. [It wasn't taken in Central Park, but one was seen there a week ago.]
The second picture is an ovenbird. But check out Lloyd's website. They're all there.