Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Sep 30, 2012 - 09:06pm PT
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Great photos John...a few more from this weekend near Abiquiu, NM
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Sep 30, 2012 - 09:07pm PT
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Pelagic Trip Report – Monterey Seabirds
A buddy and I hooked up with Sacramento Audubon and their outstanding leaders and took a boat out Saturday 9-29 with Monterey
Seabirds (I recommend them). It was gray, and stayed that way the whole day. As far as trips go, I heard it was slow, although it was my first pelagic trip so it was great! I got 11 new birds and learned a lot, and I am sure I’ll do it again.
Interesting moments --- when a red-breasted nuthatch was spotted (15 miles off shore) and flew right into a cloud of gulls. It made several circles around the boat, as if deciding whether or not to land in the branch the captain had placed on top of the boat for just that occasion. It didn’t. And it was quickly eaten by a gull (see photo slide 21). The flip side is that another two Red-breasted Nuthatches DID find rest in the “tree of life” (photo slide 28) and after resting, escaped the gull gauntlet and headed towards land.
Besides hanging out with many fine people, and learning a
ton, we were able to do the side excursion to Watsonville to see the Common
Cuckoo (slide 36).
Also hit Elkhorn Slough for icing on the already iced up cake.
Digital slide show in Lightroom…
http://slatervision.com/www.slatervision.com/Monterey%20Pelagic%202012/
Enjoy the slideshow!
Common Cuckoo, Watsonville 9-29
Only second sighting in lower 48, one other in 1981 in Main.
totally bitchin'!!!!!
Anyone else go see it!?
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john hansen
climber
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Sep 30, 2012 - 09:08pm PT
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Slater, dude.. a Ruff and a Cockoo..? You are a lucky man.
I don't suppose Jerry Langam was there,,
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Sep 30, 2012 - 09:11pm PT
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It was seriously like a clip out of "The Big Year".
People all over... then my buddy says... "I got it" in a calm voice.
I book it over, then the hoards coming steaming over!
Total Chaos! That bird gets props for popping out so many times for everyone to take a peek!
Is it still there?? Anyone know?
UPDATE: still there as of 9-30 evening.
John... nice shot of the warbler too! They're hard to get!
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Sep 30, 2012 - 09:51pm PT
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Nice slater!
great shot of the Cuckoo. Hard to get that guy/gal. Hangs out deep in the foliage. Lots of nice shots from the boat trip.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Nice shots on the previous page of a black-capped and mountain chickadee
A few from yesterday
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Great shots Mike and Slater. Here are a few posers from my walk today.
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john hansen
climber
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From today.
Wilson's Phalarope. Mono Lake. A week ago there were none
And an Audabon's warbler.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Really love the colors on this Lewis's Woodpecker...really beautiful.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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The oldest known Arctic Tern was banded and at 26 years old was calculated
to have 1,000,000 kilometers under its wings. I get tired just thinking about it.
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john hansen
climber
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It seems Flickers have been done here , but here are some shots I got the other morning when the light was just right, around 7:15am with the sun at my back. These two were chasing each other around the tree trunks and only about 20 ft away.
Heading over to Fort Bragg for a couple days tomorrow , then down to Bodega bay. Right now I have 70 speicies this trip, all inland birds. I hope to get to a hundred by this saturday with all the coastal birds before I fly back to the islands Saturday.
Got to work it.. Kinda funny, early one morning last week before it was light the movie "The Big Year" was on the TV.
Aloha
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john hansen
climber
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Ok , these ones are not real pretty birds, but they got me up to 80 for the trip. My only chance to get 100 in 2 weeks is to head for Bodega bay and get shore birds like Dunlins and Godwits and maybe ospreys and Brant,s and loons and stuff. Surf scooters.
I was hoping to get wood ducks and maybe a Piliated in fort bragg but its just too early,, kinda doubt I will make a 100. But I will push hard. If I do the stairs at point reyes Light house I can probably get murre's, and maybe a stray warbler,,hoping for a Bald eagle at Bolinas Lagoon.
Oyster catcher
Hermanns Gull
Yellow headed Black Bird
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john hansen
climber
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OK, this is pretty lame but I have a few pics I was hoping the super T birding community can help me identify. All of these were taken around Bodega Bay in California. The Bird's..
Most of these are really bad photo's but give a feel for the bird,,
Willouby?? Slater? Bob D??
Brown headed Cowbird?
Savanah sparrow?
Now they get really bad.
Gull,, or a jager? Really reaching I know. Just did not seem to be flying around like a gull.
Anna's or Allen"s?
Maybe a Gloucous Gull??
I know this is asking a lot , but what you think??
Thanks for the help.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Newly listed as an Endangered Species:
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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hmmmm.... rough and tough on some of those...
that one was for sure a savannah sparrow.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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... and an Anna's (white line on head coming back from eye)
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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fox sparrow (faint wing bars and big bill)
and a pink-footed shearwater
there you go, my best guesses!
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Now some new shots from today...
ALL ON ONE STREET!
great pics ya'll, fall is here!
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john hansen
climber
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Slater , page 62 in Peterson's Guide. Maybe a skua,,, most likely wishful thinking, but the head and tail are right.
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