Talk:Oilbird

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It would be great to have a good picture of one of these birds, or one of the mass of them flying out of a cave at dusk.

I agree. Unfortunately, the Trinidad site no longer allows flash photography, and the pics I took by torchlight were too poor to use. jimfbleak 08:11, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Changed "the most accessible" to the less absolute claim "one of the most accessible", and changed "up to 2500" to "2500 or more", since several sites claim 15,000 to 20,000 birds for the Cueva del Guácharo (and I have seen them take well over an hour to come out of the cave as a constant stream.)--Lavintzin 03:07, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Asa Wright center

138.238.41.70 had added some wording extolling the Asa Wright center as a world-renowned birdwatcher's haven. It seemed more like free advertising than relevant information to me, especially given that the center has its own page, so I reverted to something more like the original. (I left the change from "on" the center to "at" the center.)

--Lavintzin 22:20, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hooks on wings of squabs?

I seem to remember (from when I assisted Dr. Snow while he was studying these fascinating birds in the 1950s) that the squabs had little hooks on the elbow joints of their wings by which they could cling to the rock walls of the caves. Can anyone confirm this, please, or, even better, provide some reference for it? Many thanks, John Hill 23:10, 30 November 2006 (UTC)