A question

 

Could there be a faster stationary bird than the black skimmer?

 

Not the black bellied plover.

 

Not the yellow-bellied sapsucker.

 

Not the yellow-rumped warbler or the white morph reddish egret.

 

 

Hands down.  Fastest stationary thing out there.

 

 

A question

 

Could there be a faster stationary bird than the black skimmer?

 

Not the black bellied plover.

 

Not the yellow-bellied sapsucker.

 

Not the yellow-rumped warbler or the white morph reddish egret.

 

 

Hands down.  Fastest stationary thing out there.

 

 

At a lake in Texas

 

Looking at birds.

 

And this guy comes out on a board.

 

A board that’s moving all by itself.

 

He stands up.

 

It’s like windsurfing, but without the wind.  But then something even cooler happens.

 

He’s up on a foil.

 

Just like the Americas Cup boats, he’s up on a foil.

 

A silent, electric, regulated by a Bluetooth hand controller, battery powered, foil board.  Sweet.

 

And all for the low low price of only $14,000.  What toy collection would be complete without it?

 

  https://liftfoils.com/

 

The bird migration is underway

 

These photos are of little warbler songbirds.  For perspective, they’re all, except for the vireo, sparrow-size or less.  They might look big because I was able to get close.

 

Hooded Warbler.

 

 

Worm-eating Warbler.

 

 

White-eyed Vireo.

 

Yellow-throated Warbler.

 

 

Kentucky Warbler.

 

 

I was able to get really close to this duck.