"PANNE" may have come into usage a simple descriptor.
Geologically, "pans" are generally shallow, often water-filled and smooth depressions in an otherwise uneven terrain. Thus "pannes" tend to appearance like smooth, lustrous velvet.
A second possible origin is "pinna" meaning wing or feather, from Latin, via old French.
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 10:48 PM, Joanne Stevens <joshawk@maine.rr.com> wrote:
I've always wondered where the spelling "panne" to denote a depression in the earth filled with water came from as in the dictionary that definition is spelled "pan" and "panne" is defined as "a velvetlike fabric with a flattened pile and a very high luster."
Joanne Stevens
On 9/28/2015 8:32 PM, Peter Vickery wrote:
Barbara and I stopped by at high tide at Pine Pt today. Not surprisingly there were few shorebirds, only 2 Whimbrels calling overhead and heading south.
We did see over 900 Tree Swallows slipping back and forth over the east side of the marsh, in front of Lucy's house. Looking out over Prout's Neck, there was a constant flow of Tree Swallows heading SW. I can't remember seeing so many Tree Swallows at this date.
The highlight of our stay was a female juv Peregrine who appeared from the east and scattered a large group of Bonaparte's Gulls, 200+, easily nipping one out of the flock, seemingly as an afterthought. Blip and the gull was in the talons and ready for a Peregrine lunch. No great effort or chase, just done.
Essentially no shorebirds on the Eastern Road pans. Don't think pannes is a word that is attached to saltmarsh exposures but I may be wrong about that.
Best,
Peter and Barbara
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