Subject: Birds as insects?
Date: May 25 11:51:05 1999
From: Bob Mauritsen - Bluetooth at csi.com


That admittedly makes more sense, but would I have been able to
hear the sound of their dipping into the water, from some perhaps
30' or so away (guessing here)?

bob


>Bob,
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>Swallows regularly drink from the surface of lakes and other water by
>dipping their beaks into the water as they pass over. I've even observed
>them bathing on the wing by splashing completely into the water and
>immediatly taking wing again in one continuous motion.
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>Scott
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>>Anyway, it at first seemed like the bird had indeed touched down
>>twice, but my brain immediately dismissed that because of the
>>more or less level flight of the bird.
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