john hansen
climber
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Sep 24, 2012 - 07:55pm PT
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Slater, you are right, any day birding is good. I forgot to mention, it was mid day, 90 deg, and all the birds were hunkered down in the bushes. A lot more action on the coast then where I was at the 1500 ft elevation in the foot hills up by Auburn. The warblers never seem to show up till mid october or later,,still pretty good first day.
I forgot a few I saw like YB Magpie and a wild Turkey.
Today I went back in the early morning and got a few more, then drove up to tahoe to see my brother and ended up at Mono Lake.
Too much driving and not enough birding but I did get,,
Roufus sided Towee
Killdeer
House finch
Stellers Jay
Junco
And Raven(at tahoe)
Then at Mono Lake I got
Avocet
Marsh Wren
Eared grebe
White crowned sparrow
Shovler
Ruddy duck
Gadwall
Marsh hawk
For a two day total of 48
My computer died a couple month's back so tommorow I will get a new photoshop program to edit my photos.
Had a cool time this morning with two Flickers playing ring around the rosie around some tree trunks, really good early morning light.
I always like to crop my photos at least, but here is one of the Flickers.
Nope not working, got to resize.
Dont want to post some huge picture, will wait till I get photoshop,,
Good birding all, see you at the face lift.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Sep 24, 2012 - 08:36pm PT
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A few more recent sightings...
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john hansen
climber
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Sep 24, 2012 - 08:42pm PT
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BN could that be a lesser Yellow legs? Or greater?
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Sep 24, 2012 - 08:52pm PT
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I'm going with Greater: bill bi-colored and a little longer than the length of the head.
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eKat
Trad climber
BITD3
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Sep 25, 2012 - 02:28pm PT
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Sep 25, 2012 - 03:16pm PT
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Nice eKat!!! lol
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Sep 25, 2012 - 05:10pm PT
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Sep 25, 2012 - 05:17pm PT
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I trust Mike Bolte! Water birds are a mystery to me. :) Nice shots!
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cyndiebransford
climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
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Sep 25, 2012 - 05:58pm PT
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Brassnuts and Crimpie, definitely a Greater Yellowlegs. I see them almost daily.
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Dingus Milktoast
Gym climber
And every fool knows, a dog needs a home, and...
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Sep 25, 2012 - 06:07pm PT
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That owl is vegged out man.
DMT
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Sep 25, 2012 - 08:58pm PT
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Ahh, finally! A clear shot of the infamous Fruit and Veggie Owl..... awesome! What's his call?
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 25, 2012 - 09:06pm PT
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Oh eKat, how could you!?
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Sep 26, 2012 - 01:25pm PT
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Some Flicker action from today...
There's a bird in there somewhere.
The eyes know...
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Sep 26, 2012 - 08:25pm PT
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Sep 26, 2012 - 08:26pm PT
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Sep 26, 2012 - 08:31pm PT
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Not sure if it's me or reality, but Townsends seem really thick this year. Very happy for it! Nice photos as usual Slater!
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Sep 26, 2012 - 09:22pm PT
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yeah, I ran into a flock of about 15 or so in Oceano, crazy! also saw a Summer Tanager! (finally!)
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Sep 26, 2012 - 09:22pm PT
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And here it is!!!
My 8 year old son spotted it...
"Dad... SUMMER TANAGER!!!"
He wasn't joking!
#230 for the year! and my first.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 26, 2012 - 10:13pm PT
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And you got a nice photo of it Slater!!! Very beautiful.
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