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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Feb 19, 2013 - 06:51pm PT
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Chewey, that's a GREAT shot of the magpie!!!!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Feb 19, 2013 - 10:29pm PT
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White tailed Kite
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Feb 20, 2013 - 12:00am PT
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Chewy... don't be silly... those are awesome!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 20, 2013 - 11:45am PT
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This next one seems awfully weird to me:
eight Canada Geese goslings (two out of frame) in Seattle in mid-February.
This was taken last Saturday (Feb 16th) on a day I 'cycled
out to Alki Pt (35 mile rt, pretty flat)
and saw three new birds for the hike/bike STBY.
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c_vultaggio
Trad climber
new york
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Feb 20, 2013 - 05:33pm PT
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Was shooting down in south Fla on assignment, staking some wildlife kept me awake out there...
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Feb 20, 2013 - 06:26pm PT
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Todays life lister. Imm. Fem. Hermit Warbler (I believe) from Sea Terrace Park in Dana Point.
I went to Prado Regional Park on Monday for the Tropical Kingbird (life list) and the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (not ll), I saw them but failed to get any photos.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Feb 20, 2013 - 06:38pm PT
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Luv the little ones, Darwin!!!!
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Feb 20, 2013 - 08:29pm PT
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Nice shots from Florida and a good list dee ee!
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 20, 2013 - 08:35pm PT
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Nice Dave!
Digging the camera I see ;-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 21, 2013 - 12:56am PT
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Dee ee, how come you didn't go get the Iceland gull near Hemet?
If y'all haven't checked out ebird.org you're missing something special.
I'm planning this summer's Midwestern Offensive and it is amazing - you
can get the daily checklists for specific days. It seems that I can count
on at least a couple Little Gulls at the Manitowoc Impoundment! SWEET!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 21, 2013 - 02:07am PT
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Feb 21, 2013 - 01:20pm PT
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Reilly, I know! The Inland Rare Bird Alert is going off about the gulls.
I'm going soon.
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cyndiebransford
climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
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Feb 21, 2013 - 09:28pm PT
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At the feeder today...
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Feb 22, 2013 - 05:42pm PT
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Always good pictures on this thread, you guys are some good photographers.
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Feb 22, 2013 - 07:19pm PT
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can I get a third?
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Feb 24, 2013 - 11:36am PT
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Gulls you say?
So I went out to the Bootsma Dairy in Lakeside yesterday on the gull quest. I knew some of the birding hotties would be there, luckily, because I don't know the gulls too well. Famed inland empire birder (ex-climber and an old friend) and gull expert Howard King was there among a who's who of gullers. We saw the Iceland, Glaucus, Thayers, Glaucus Winged, Herring and missed the Lesser Black Backed and Mew gulls. There were probably Cali and Ring Billed as well. Between the slop pond and the egg farm there were thousands of gulls to pick through (and to overwhelm me).
There were also around 100 Cattle Egrets at the egg farm. 3 lifers for me. I also got the Brown Headed Cowbird for the 2013 list.
Maybe it's an aquired taste or you need the esoteric eye of the expert but gulls are boring!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Feb 24, 2013 - 01:26pm PT
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Had a great trip to Puerto Penasco, Mexico, Salton Sea, Organ Pipes NP, Big Morongo Canyon, Joshua Tree and Sedona. Here are a few pictures from the trip.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 24, 2013 - 10:11pm PT
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Dee ee, went to Bootsma today; still haven't expunged the manure smell from my nostrils.
Got skunked on the Iceland but saw the 'Lesser Black-backed'. I think it is a Yellow-footed
but I defer to higher powers and await the verdict humbly. I looked at it through a Swarovski
scope and the bill looked to have the latter's hooked and sharper bill as well as a smaller red
spot. It never presented sideways so overall size remained questionable. I also thought the head
too white for a winter Lesser Black-backed. But what do I know? :-)
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