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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Apr 11, 2012 - 12:53pm PT
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Hey Callie
Got my scope on the birds yesterday, and it appears that it is
the Eurasion Collared Dove. . .
Thanks for the help on the id!!!!
CU Saturday!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 15, 2012 - 11:46pm PT
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I don't know what the birder equivalent of "hot, glassy, overhead and empty" is, but that was this weekend for me. It culminated with an awesome view of a Barred Owl in a ravine park area 20 minutes south of the UW campus and maybe 1/2 hr bike ride (sometimes way steep though) from my house. And that was minutes after seeing a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers.
(hey Tony; the day worked out!)
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Apr 16, 2012 - 12:00am PT
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WOW! Beautiful!
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Apr 16, 2012 - 12:13am PT
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Darwin,
I'll say. Any Woodpecker photos? Did they call and drum? The drumming sounds like a lumberjack. Did the owls call?
I hope my bike outing tomorrow works out half as well. I'm milking the last few birds around here, at least the wintering ones. Swallows have shown up at the local quarry pond. The Cliff Swallows have begun rebuilding their nests in the eaves of a nearby home. Actually, the owner of the home put up two beautiful nest replicas that the swallows have begun to use. Other swallows build their own nests around them.
117. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
118. Cliff Swallow
119. Barn Swallow
120. Brewer's Blackbird
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Apr 16, 2012 - 01:00am PT
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watched the movie from Netflix last weekend... fun, but I'm no birder... however if you point, I will shoot (the camera, of course)...
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 16, 2012 - 11:09am PT
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Thanks Tony and Crimpie.
I just heard the woodpeckers call not drum. They were working over a pretty rotten stump so there wasn't really anything to drum against. It was too far away to get photos, and I opted to go straight to where my friends (many thanks to the Sakatas) knew where the owls were. I hope to be back there for photos of the woodpeckers. It was neat seeing two woodpeckers together.
On the way into the park, I heard and then saw a R.S. Flicker excavating a nesting hole. The owls have a nest, but I only saw the one on a branch.
Tony; worth a flight up?
Dar
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 16, 2012 - 12:02pm PT
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How far from home are yous guys 'biking'? I can't imagine I could get more
than 40-50 unless I entered the Tour de California.
Darwin, where exactly did you see yer Barred? This guy caused quite the
stir when he was found out at Fort Lawton in '75.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 16, 2012 - 01:04pm PT
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Reilly; funny how similar the photos are. Was that one yours? I'll send you a PM with the location. I know we're among friends here and I'm sure I'm being silly, but it's a nest site. I haven't seen mention of this on tweeters (local bird maillist). I know, there are burrowing owls in the Berkeley Marina where hundreds of joggers, roller bladers, bikers and dogs *mostly* on leash, pass within 10 feet. And the cat is out of the bag, but still; I'll send you a PM. I have a lot more photos, but they are pretty similar to the two I already posted.
So far the longest bike ride I've taken to watch birds is only 8 miles one way from my house. I had my shoulder operated on end of October so I'm still a little nervous about biking and am just getting used to leaning over the bars for longer times again. My daily bike commute takes me through the Union Bay Natural Area/Urban Horticulture Center (aka Landfill)and that helps. I saw maybe 85% of mine in my yard or the Landfill. At some point I want to cycle inland 20 miles or so (Carnation) to look for Tanagers, Fly Catchers and Warblers.
Dr F, I know what you mean about losing interest, but there's nothing like a Barred Owl to pick me up again. I'm at 64, I think. I keep a running text list/log at
http://173.160.158.251/postings/stby
Lines beginning with # don't count, usually for an annotated reason.
I still haven't seen a shore bird but for Killdeer, which seems weird.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Apr 16, 2012 - 02:36pm PT
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You know Barred owls are a big danger to the Northern Spotted Owl.
It's evidently overwhelming the territories where the Northern Spotted
Owl inhabits, hurting the endangered species' chance of survival.
It's on some agencies kill list I understand, but not quite sure of that.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 16, 2012 - 03:31pm PT
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Darwin, yeah, it is my shot although the slide is much sharper. As I said,
these guys caused a lot of excitement back in '75. I don't recall it was
a first by any means but they were certainly far from common around Seattle
and 'my' Fort Lawton Barred might have been the first within Seattle proper.
It is true, as far as I know, that the Barreds are causing the Spotteds no
small amount of grief. But so do GHO's and kids in Halloween costumes.
Them Spotteds need to sac up if they're gonna compete. ;-(
edit:
Steve, required reading:
Population Demography of Northern Spotted Owls, Eric Forsman, et al,
Cooper Ornithological Society 2011
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Apr 17, 2012 - 08:57pm PT
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I got a Red Admiral.
Great Horned Owl from a couple nights ago:
Adding those to my Hummingbird and Tiger Swallowtail gives me four!
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cyndiebransford
climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
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Apr 21, 2012 - 01:21pm PT
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The Sandhill Cranes have arrived on the Kenai Flats. There were none on the 14th and about 100 last night, 4-20-12. I will try to get some photos soon.
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cyndiebransford
climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
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Apr 21, 2012 - 09:37pm PT
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Today on the Kenai Flats I saw Greater White-fronted Geese, and Bonapartes Gulls.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Apr 21, 2012 - 09:42pm PT
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Here are my new ones from the last few days. I've just about gotten all the likely species, and that's it for a while for me. We take off tomorrow for the Hebrides and then Estonia. There should lots of new birds, but no local ones.
Does anyone have an idea of how many species the whole group has? We need some Eastern US participants to pump up the numbers. It seems we have the West Coast to Alaska, Southwest and Rockies pretty well covered.
121. Sanderling
122. Barn Owl
123. Brown-headed Cowbird
124. Ruddy Turnstone
125. Violet-green Swallow
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 21, 2012 - 10:43pm PT
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We could barely conduct a decent BBQ tonight for the bloody Amazon Greens
carrying on in the tree next door!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 22, 2012 - 12:07am PT
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I saw three new ones today.
Dunlin
Pacific(Winter) Wren
Hermit Thursh
and I think that brings me up to 70. I got some decent photos of other birds. Here are three severely cropped ones:
male Piliated Woodpecker (below)
female Pilieated Woodpecker (below)
Pacific Wren
You can slog through the day's relatively unedited photos at:
http://173.160.158.251/postings/2012_04_21_Woodpeckers
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Apr 22, 2012 - 11:33am PT
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Great pics of the pileated, Darwin. They are such cool birds!!!!
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cyndiebransford
climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
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Apr 23, 2012 - 09:10pm PT
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I saw a Grey Jay today in the yard. And I had Dark-eyed Juncos in the yard over the weekend. So glad that they have returned.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Apr 23, 2012 - 09:45pm PT
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Darwin, Way cool pictures!....I love Woody woodpecker....
Dr.F. I'm playing, though only three of my outings count...
Wildflowers are so much easier to I.D......they stand still.
edit: Dr. F, I have about 40 on my list, only three of my (many) outings count.
This is just my back yard / deck list.
Red tail Hawk, Red Shoulder,oak tit mouse, acorn wood pecker, barn owl, anna's humming bird, nutalls woodpecker, flicker, crow, scrub jay, bushtit, White breasted nuthatch, ruby crowned kinglet,
robin, starling, cedar waxwing, yellow rump warbler, house finch, american gold finch, lesser gold finch, dark eye junko, white crown sparrow,snow goose, sand hill cranes, belted king fisher, black phoebe..
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Apr 23, 2012 - 11:56pm PT
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Great photos Darwin...cool stuff.
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