Comments on: Precursor to a Weird Summer? http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/unusual-birds/ for Bigfoot, Loch Ness, and More Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:07:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mnynames http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/unusual-birds/#comment-2034 Mnynames Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:56:20 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/unusual-birds-sightings-a-hint-of-things-to-come/#comment-2034 I know this is kinda off-topic, but the Anhinga kinda reminds me of the giant bird from the 1954 monster movie "The Giant Claw"...probably had the worst special effects of ANY film from the 50's, but if you can get past that, I always found the plot rather Lovecraftian. An Acadian myth (Which may have been made up for the film, I dunno) is also employed to explain the monster. Anybody else remember the movie? I know this is kinda off-topic, but the Anhinga kinda reminds me of the giant bird from the 1954 monster movie “The Giant Claw”…probably had the worst special effects of ANY film from the 50’s, but if you can get past that, I always found the plot rather Lovecraftian. An Acadian myth (Which may have been made up for the film, I dunno) is also employed to explain the monster. Anybody else remember the movie?

]]> By: Mnynames http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/unusual-birds/#comment-2033 Mnynames Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:51:35 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/unusual-birds-sightings-a-hint-of-things-to-come/#comment-2033 It may be worth noting that the Herring Gull, now so predominant along the Jersey Shore as to be considered THE sea gull, was first reported to be present only in 1946. The Black-Back Gull, still not nearly so common, but of which you can usually spot at least one in any large grouping of gulls here, first arrived in 1966. As they are said to have migrated in from the north, I have often wondered if their invasions were an early harbinger of the effects of global warming. Food for thought, anyway... It may be worth noting that the Herring Gull, now so predominant along the Jersey Shore as to be considered THE sea gull, was first reported to be present only in 1946. The Black-Back Gull, still not nearly so common, but of which you can usually spot at least one in any large grouping of gulls here, first arrived in 1966. As they are said to have migrated in from the north, I have often wondered if their invasions were an early harbinger of the effects of global warming. Food for thought, anyway…

]]> By: Doug http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/unusual-birds/#comment-2032 Doug Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:29:48 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/unusual-birds-sightings-a-hint-of-things-to-come/#comment-2032 My father-in-law is an avid birder and is getting a real kick out of this. Next thing I know, he may be flying to North Dakota to see them himself. My father-in-law is an avid birder and is getting a real kick out of this. Next thing I know, he may be flying to North Dakota to see them himself.

]]> By: Ole Bub http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/unusual-birds/#comment-2031 Ole Bub Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:34:21 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/unusual-birds-sightings-a-hint-of-things-to-come/#comment-2031 Fair enough..... seeing is believing.... Fair enough…..

seeing is believing….

]]> By: Loren Coleman http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/unusual-birds/#comment-2030 Loren Coleman Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:45:50 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/unusual-birds-sightings-a-hint-of-things-to-come/#comment-2030 See an image of the water bird known as the anhinga, by clicking on its Latin name, here: <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Anhinga_anhinga.html" rel="nofollow"><em>Anhinga anhinga</em></a>. They are only rarely north of Texas, although, as that site notes, they have been seen in Wisconsin. The bird from the Amazon that has babies who are born with claws on their wings to climb back into the nest is the hoatzin (<em>Opisthocomus hoazin</em>). See an image of the water bird known as the anhinga, by clicking on its Latin name, here: Anhinga anhinga. They are only rarely north of Texas, although, as that site notes, they have been seen in Wisconsin.

The bird from the Amazon that has babies who are born with claws on their wings to climb back into the nest is the hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin).

]]> By: sschaper http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/unusual-birds/#comment-2029 sschaper Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:37:09 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/unusual-birds-sightings-a-hint-of-things-to-come/#comment-2029 I can see many of those birds being blown by the recent powerful fronts we've had, but an anhinga? An anhinga? Aren't those the 'water turkeys' of the Amazon? claws on their wings, maybe teeth? What could -possibly- cause one of those to wind up in North Dakota? The poles haven't reversed or anything, have they? I can see many of those birds being blown by the recent powerful fronts we’ve had, but an anhinga?

An anhinga?

Aren’t those the ‘water turkeys’ of the Amazon? claws on their wings, maybe teeth?

What could -possibly- cause one of those to wind up in North Dakota?

The poles haven’t reversed or anything, have they?

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