Can you name the animal? #24 of 40

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Easy!

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I Tou Can name it correctly. ✿❛‿❛✿

Love bats :)

Bats can really hustle, since they spend their time catching mosquitos, which are fast moving.

It DOES have the LUSHEST beak, @Mischka :))

@nanab - You're right. I *always* go to Google; why didn't I this time? :-) The problem is that I have only impressions, not a clear visual.

@solidrock5806 - Ahh, I did not know that we have nighthawks. Because of the sunset mosquitoes, I rarely go outside at that time, except to feed some cats. A hawk would fit, because the wings seemed broad; but I could not discern the size of its head at all.

@Surreal_Heidi - I didn't know, or forgot, that some bats are solitary! I love bats and own bat books, but I haven't pulled them off the shelf in years.

@peasterberg - yuk yuk yuk, I should have seen that one coming. :-)

@joy2u - I think you and Heidi have nearly convinced me it was mammal, not avian. No, "convinced" is too strong a word, but I heard no flapping of wings, it was all visual.

I will keep looking for it again, if I can remember to check sunset times and feed the outdoor cats then.

Thank you, my fellow sleuths!

P.S. @hippo and @nanab will notice at once that SLEUTHS is an anagram for HUSTLES, which this creature did, it really hustled along.

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You must keep us updated Fiona :)

I don't claim to be e bird expert, but am 90% sure I've got this one right.

Sorry I can’t help you Fiona, please keep us updated on this interesting sighting. Good luck, Fay.

Yippee! Toucan points for me! (❛ᴗ❛)

There are different sized bats, and they are fast. they hunt at twilight, and so do Screech Owls. Screech Owls will dive to the ground, then fly from tree to tree. Usually in groups, but not always. They make a soft cooing-sort of sound when hunting. Cooper's Hawks are very fast, and love feeder birds. A smaller hawk would be the American Kestrel, who is in the falcon family, so very fast and agile.

Got it!

So Fiona has a bat in her belfry! The way they flutter can be quite disconcerting.

It could also have been a bat, Fiona. Some species are solitary. When I was a kid I used to wander in the woods and catch solitary bats sleeping under bits of loose tree bark during the day.
Their echolocation squeeks are so high pitched that the human ear can't hear them.

@Mischka
Found a list with some night-active birds of Florida
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Antillian Nighthawk
Chuck-Wills-Widow and
Eastern-whip-poor-Will
maybe You find some pctures of it to compare ... :O)

Got this one. Thanks, Bonnie.

A birdie for me .... :O)

@Mischka
Copy and paste;
Images for large winged fast flying nocturnal birds in Florida

I wish I'd had some of you with me when I had an Unidentified Flying Creature in my yard last evening.

@Fowly, @Surreal_Heidi, @PutterDutt, @hippo, @joy2u - and anyone else who knows winged things:

Sunset. I was sitting on my back stoop and watching the feral outdoor cats enjoy their dinner, when something zoomed about 3 feet over my head towards the southeast corner of the yard.

My back yard is entirely hemmed in by trees, so we have sanctuary for butterflies and bees, to my joy, and ordinary suburban birds spend their time in the tops of the fruit trees.

This thing could have been laboratory-made, it was so fast - fast enough for me to register it only as a blur of motion, and large, and utterly silent.

Next, it zoomed to the western side of the yard and spent its time dashing around the branches of the huge Royal Poinciana tree. I would say that I couldn't take my eyes off it, but in fact I could barely keep my eyes on it, it moved so swiftly. Twilight, probably predatory, possibly hunting moths - and hunting alone.

I kept thinking "bat" because of the wingspread and shape, but bats travel in families and make those high-pitched echolocating squeaks. Hawk, maybe? But they're diurnal, aren't they?

Could it have been an owl? They hunt solitarily and silently, but can they fly so speedily that you can't make out a single detail? Actually, the one detail I was sure of was the sense of menace, and after about 10 minutes, when it made another round of the yard, I was frightened enough to come indoors and call Bruce to say what had just happened.

Heidi, an owl can fly at about the same speed that a great racehorse can run. One can make out details of a horse when it passes you at the rails. This creature was incredibly fast - though the sky was darkening every minute, it was silhouetted against the western sunset.

Does anyone have a suggestion? I will look for it again tonight, and might call the biology dept. at U of Miami on Monday. I was awed, a little frightened; I am super curious. Perhaps it was a hawk in the process of evolution, learning to... No, I know our local hawks; they have visited my yard only during sunshine. So what was it??

A few days ago Ms_Maddy posted a great puzzle about Bruce, an Alpine Parrot.
https://www.jigidi.com/jigsaw-puzzle/lgbhm2hb/bruce-has-got-this/
I posted the link to a video clip of Bruce 'doing his thing.' : )

Got it.

To be specific, this is a Toco Toucan.

And those huge beaks are hollow, so are very light weight.

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YES

Yep. :)

Yay, got it right.

Yay BB :)) :))

I do remember them Hippo :)

Rememer the adverts?

"If he can say as you can
'Guinness is good for you'
How grand to be a Toucan
Just think what Toucan do."

YES!
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Yup. 20/24. Soon to be 21/25! :))

And the answer is ....................... TOUCAN

Toucans are distinguished by their large and often multi-coloured beaks. They live in the hollows of trees and are a species of bird that does not migrate. They live together, either in pairs or small flocks.

Thank you one and all :))

Good luck everyone :))

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Hurrah! And easy peasy one! (❛ᴗ❛)

I think so...

Easy one.

Sir Hoff's claw is all painted up and, getting ready for Halloween. ;-))

I think I might know this one. Thanks, Bonnie.

Easy peasy. I can even name the species.

Three of them look quite similar...... :O)

The name "Sam" floats up from my childhood, lol! Got it!

Yes

why thank you. Am I correct to assume the prize is chocolate?
@Mischka

I do know; but I think I must announce that, today,

@thehippo wins the Humor Internets! :-)

Phew! An easy one at last!

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There is a vague resemblance to Durante. If only there was a hat...

It is Jimmy Durante come back as a bird.

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Well done, in advance :))

Got it.

Yep!

Got it. “Stands out like the nose on your face” 🦉

I KNOW this one. It is a marmoset getting ready for Hallowe'en.

Now I know how to find this small potato in the witness program. lol

I know this one, and his famous line "Follow your nose!" :D

Well done, in advance :))

LOL :))

Got it!

a penguin in the witness protection program?

Got it. :o) john

Got it :)

Well done, in advance :))

Got it! :o)