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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 14, 2013 - 11:14pm PT
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Yep. Verdin
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cyndiebransford
climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
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Mar 15, 2013 - 05:54am PT
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I went to the World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks this week. The ice sculptures were amazing. This is one of the single block sculptures that fits in with the birds.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Mar 17, 2013 - 10:22pm PT
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Beautiful ice scuptures Cyndie!!!
Bird photo time.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Mar 17, 2013 - 10:30pm PT
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So, I go to Bolsa Chica today, and start out. I'm lookin' at this island that usually only has gulls and cormorants and I see this babe. I'm thinkin' wtf is that? I learned my lesson last night (on the Owl Prowl) and get photos first. Ask questions later.
I've never asked why they call it the double crested cormorant. Not a single field guide has the photo that explains it.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Mar 17, 2013 - 10:37pm PT
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Yes, we went on an "Owl Prowl" last night and saw all the normal local Owls. Barn Owl, Great Horned and Western Screech, and I'm an idiot because I should have got the great Screech photos but I put my camera away too early, it was way dark.
We stopped (Starr Ranch), and our guide called one in and it was right above us in a tree.
I got a GHO early on though.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Mar 17, 2013 - 10:37pm PT
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Mar 17, 2013 - 10:38pm PT
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Mar 18, 2013 - 03:14am PT
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Nice meadowlark! The reddish Egret shot is also great. Nature - where did you get that last one?
From the Big Island yesterday
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Mar 18, 2013 - 09:31am PT
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Mike - I shot that a few days ago in Costa Rica. It's a Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus)
Edit: or did you mean Gym Birdwell? ;-)
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Mar 18, 2013 - 12:09pm PT
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All beautiful as usual.
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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Mar 18, 2013 - 03:00pm PT
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Mike,
the Brandt's Cormorants have just appeared on the nesting ledge at Natural
Bridges and are in courting gyration mode.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 18, 2013 - 03:14pm PT
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Man, the exotics invasion is outta control!
"One more step, bub, and I'm only gonna ask whether you want yer azz kicked into next Wednesday or Thursday."
I'm pretty sure he was serious.
So, which bird would you like to emulate? (sorry)
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Mar 18, 2013 - 03:24pm PT
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Funny bit about ostriches by Kevin White, figured it was bird related and goes with Reillys picture. I know it's not an ostrich, but similar anyways, pretty funny stuff.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Mar 18, 2013 - 03:29pm PT
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Ah! Thanks for the heads up scuffy b! I'll get down there with the long lens and share with the group.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 18, 2013 - 03:42pm PT
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Spent the weekend at our friends' place outside of Paso Robles. They have
a resident pair of GHO's although only the male allowed himself to be seen.
The wifey was heard but was playing coy. In the afternoon hizzoner was in
his usual daytime roost and the wind was blowing a ton (25mph)! Check out his
flattened right 'ear'!
So, being the way I am (and I'll take those comments off the air), I had
good fun checking out the ample display of his diet at the foot of his tree.
I just measured my finger and his 'product' is right at 2" long by 1.25" in diameter!
The dood must have a Teflon poop chute!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Mar 19, 2013 - 02:26pm PT
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American Kestral, Westminster, CO
Pretty Western Meadowlark singing it's beautiful song.
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Chewybacca
Trad climber
Montana, Whitefish
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Mar 21, 2013 - 08:52pm PT
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Happy Spring everyone and thanks for the kind words up thread.
@ Mike Bolte- I'm using an entry level Nikon and a couple of their kit lens, the D5100, a Nikkor 18-55 and a Nikkor 55-300. I'm hoping to upgrade my long lens this summer, but good glass is soo expensive.
As a new birder it has been exciting watching all the different bird species returning or passing through this spring. Here are some recent shots-
Silhouetted Red-Winged Blackbird
Mountain Bluebird
Black Capped Chickadee
American Robin
5 er 4 Redpolls
Itchy House Finch
Here is a Western Meadowlark singing along with Bob's Meadowlark.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Mar 22, 2013 - 12:42pm PT
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Not singin' but lookin' around. Upper Newport Bay.
Tropical Kingbird, local celebrity. Prado Regional Park.
Waiting for the Fox Sparrow to present itself this Lark Sparrow popped out. Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Mar 22, 2013 - 12:55pm PT
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Great photos Chewy and Dee ee.
Here a few from my walk with Eva today.
First Say's Phoebe and another Meadowlark shot.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Mar 23, 2013 - 06:03pm PT
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Trapped in the KCMO airport Marriott dreaming of lovely weather and birds. Thanks for the photos that are far nicer than the view out the window (big snow). Couldn't get home today due to Denver big snow. :/
Psyched to see the tacos on the birding outing coming soon!
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