Plantguy Posted March 13, 2015 Posted March 13, 2015 Hey Gang, Looking for some help with this one. I believe it's a piece of a bird that was found in Manatee County, FL. Geologic map says this area is Tha-Arcadia Formation (undifferentiated) of the Hawthorne Group but this was not found insitu. Probably Plio-Pleistocene in age. I've seen some cormorant photos that looked similar to this but I don't really know what I'm looking at. Fragment is 22 mm long X 13mm wide and 11 mm thick Thanks for any help/looks! Regards, Chris
Auspex Posted March 13, 2015 Posted March 13, 2015 I think you are correct; distal end of an avian coracoid. From a pretty good sized bird, too. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease!
Plantguy Posted March 13, 2015 Author Posted March 13, 2015 I'm going to leave this for auspex or Bobby... I think you are correct; distal end of an avian coracoid. From a pretty good sized bird, too. Yay more bird! thanks guys! On a semi related subject--I had a neat bird sighting this week! I heard some shreaks this week and initially thought osprey which are quite common around here and then said noway that doesnt sound right and then saw a couple of awesome bald eagles up in a large southern pine tree about 50 yds from of my weekly accounts I visit...Couldnt investigate this time but this is the 2nd time I've seen them in those trees. I've got to figure out how what they are doing as I didnt see a nest and get some good pictures and post... Here's one of our hawks at work that I see or hear daily! They have gotten very accustomed to us and you can get pretty close! Last week the one told me to back off!! Regards, Chris
Auspex Posted March 13, 2015 Posted March 13, 2015 "Key-er, Key-er, Key-er!" Red-shouldered hawk "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease!
RichW9090 Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 Dumb. I'm just dumb. disregard. The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence".
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