Find More Birds when you visit the playground! In water playgrounds, birds are drawn to puddles that form from spray jets & splash pads. The same thing happens in a regular playground after a rainfall or a nearby sprinkler session. This is a Mourning Dove staying hydrated in a Brooklyn water playground.
Charley meets up with his longtime friends @fraanks-blog and Lya at Bethesda Fountain in Central Park 9 years ago today, September 13, 2013, Central Park, Manhattan, NYC
American Woodcock demonstrates "distal rhynchokinesis," the ability to flex the end of its bill. This allows it to grab earthworms it encounters when probing in soil. Other shorebirds, including Dunlins & Sanderlings, can bend their bills in this way. 😃