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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 22, 2018 - 08:16pm PT
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Very nice photos Tony! I thought the Pomarine Jaeger photo was spectacular, and the Ashy Storm Petral, Auklet and Puffin way effing good. It's nice seeing N. Fulmars that are closer than a mile away. Yeah, littleZ's owl photos make me very glad they don't weigh any appreciable fraction of my weight.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 26, 2018 - 11:55am PT
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Tony, when you did that cruise down under was it with Heritage Expeditions?
Did you see any White-headed Petrels?
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Aug 26, 2018 - 09:54pm PT
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Aug 26, 2018 - 11:30pm PT
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Reilly,
Yes, we went with Heritage in November, 2017. An amazing trip, highly recommended. Lots of White-headed Petrels. NZ lived up to billing as "albatross capital of the world". We saw about 13 species of albatross (depending on taxonomic list used). Also 8 species of penguins. Over 20 species of petrels, and numerous island endemics of various families.
A lot more photos here: Birding Down Under
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Aug 29, 2018 - 09:36am PT
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buzzards dig cozy too ... who knew? and it stays tidy(er) when you make a habit of dining out
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 29, 2018 - 09:49pm PT
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That’s not much guano for a vulture nest - new parents?
Just got home (2100) from full contact pelagic trip. It was brutally rough! A lot of spills but no broken bones. Of some consolation was that the ‘boss man’ thinks it was California’s FIRST FOUR BOOBY trip! It was boobylicious! Bunches of Brown, a pair of Blue-footed, a Red-footed, and a Masked/Nazca. Pics to follow, after my head stops spinning!
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Aug 30, 2018 - 06:38am PT
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kind of a distribution center
on each of my forays into their zone/my happy place ...
the novelty of human intrusion prompts a few low passes by the group.
on a day that i brought only binos,
one individual parked himself across from me at a range of about forty yards.
for a half hour he went about his business striking dozens of different poses
punctuated at intervals by short staredowns to make sure i was taking it all in.
not a feather was left unpreened.
that day was wildly gusty and a high energy display of radical maneuverability broke out when his mates came by.
they were lacing some damn sporty lines through ponderosa pylons flaunting skills i had not associated with the type
"new parents?"
haven't seen indication of that. i did sneak up on an (eagle?) roost
that i spied a few months ago with a longer lense and high hopes ...
and found it occupied by a raven.
i've avoided a section of the canyon where i spotted a peregrine pair in late winter.
they seemed a little upset about me.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 30, 2018 - 09:02pm PT
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Here's a Blue-footed trying to land on the Nazca. He was not amused...
The Browns are like "Dayum, this is some good shizz!"
Eventually peace was established until a cormorant tried clowning...
The dolphins had some fun, too.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Sounds like a good trip. By full contact, I presume you mean rough seas. Good there were no injuries. There was a tib-fib fracture on on trip we did out of Ft. Bragg last May.
Which Island were those Boobies perched at?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Tony, it’s called Suti Island although as a geographer I question the use of ‘island’.
It is a few acres of rock off the SW corner of Santa Barbara Island.
I’m not unappreciative of all the boobies but I was really hoping for a Cook’s Petrel,
a number of which were seen thereabouts just a few days before.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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I looked up Sutil Island. Yep, pretty small, but bigger than some of the Farallon Islands. I guess there is no defined cutoff.
In any case, seems like a cool location with nesting Black Storm-petrels and Guadalupe Murrelets. I assume they had finished nesting. We've also failed on tries to see Cook's Petrels from Half Moon Bay. We keep talking about taking one of the cruise ship repostioning runs to see various petrels. I guess they don't like to come close to the coast. Pretty easy from NZ, though.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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How many oystercatchers constitutes a herd?
OK, I have a soft spot for gulls, even tattered ones...
I think this fulmar played hooky during the landing part of basic.
Didn't get a decent shot but this was a tuna frenzy. They were going berserk!
Saw a couple of them.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 16, 2018 - 08:41am PT
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Little Z, be worried. Be very worried...
Speckled Mourners and Northern Schiffornis? Who comes up with these names?
And what hapoened to the Southern Schiffornis, or hasn’t it been found yet?
And White-necked Jacobins? So 17th century English politics has raised its ugly head in birding? 😽
So, Z, you seen a Guácharo yet in CR?
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Sep 16, 2018 - 08:58am PT
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Sep 16, 2018 - 02:53pm PT
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Cool shore bird stuff gents, thanks for posting! One of these days we'll have to do a boat birding day :-)
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Sep 16, 2018 - 06:35pm PT
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Reilly - this is starting to look serious. I am worried.
is this a Social Flycatcher? perhaps a Gray-capped Flycatcher? or could it be a White-ringed Flycatcher? any possibility it's a Rusty-margined? let the fun begin.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 16, 2018 - 06:49pm PT
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I vote Rusty-margined based on the lower edge of supercilium is straight and doesn’t ‘go over’ the eye, but the rounded tail doesn’t agree with Dean’s ever so slightly forked rendition. I think I see rusty margins on the primaries too. Bill looks bigger than a Social’s and my guess is the superciliaries extend further back.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 17, 2018 - 12:15pm PT
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Is the jury still deliberating?
They gots em a Wood Sandpiper up in Humboldt! Only the third for California.
A little too far for me to go chase. 😡
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 24, 2018 - 08:33pm PT
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PS, littleZ, I think you owe Reilly as response!
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