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john hansen
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Apr 18, 2013 - 04:05am PT
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Not sure if thats a troll,, but,, English Sparrow. One of the most common urban /civilized birds. It is an introduced bird that has infiltrated many habitats all around the world.
I was looking in the Peterson guide but they are not listed in the sparrow section.
Hope i'm not wrong.. LOL
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Apr 18, 2013 - 07:35am PT
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good one Ghost - a Eurasian Tree Sparrow. So where are you? some place like St. Louis or western Illinois?
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Apr 18, 2013 - 10:01am PT
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Looks like an interesting radio presentation:
The Lost Bird Film. The link below offers a couple of minutes of info about the full film showing on Earth day.
http://www.lostbirdfilm.org/blog_lost_bird_project_on_birdnote_radio
From this webpage: "Birdnote is discussing the film in advance of hundreds of broadcasts on public television stations nationwide next week in conjunction with Earth Day."
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 18, 2013 - 01:42pm PT
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Matty, you went on the wrong cruise!
From CALBIRDS Yahoo:
On April 14,15, 16, Holland America cruised north from San Diego, ranging
45-60 miles offshore, west of San Miguel Island to the Oregon border.
Highlights on April 15-16 include: 3 Hawaiian Petrel (1 off Santa
Barbara, 1 off Monterey, and 1 off Humbolt), 43 Murphy's Petrel btween
Santa Barbara and Humbolt, 5 Cook's Petrel in Santa Barbara, Monterey and
Humbolt, and 1 Parakeet Auklet in Humbolt, 11 in Oregon, & 24 in
Washington. They also saw 1 Laysan Albatross and 1 Flesh-footed
Shearwater.
Paul Lehman also reported to me a surprisely high count of 530 Sabine's
Gull and good numbers of Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel and Tufted Puffin in
Northern California.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Apr 18, 2013 - 01:53pm PT
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Reilly - the pelagic cruise you posted up thread looks fun. With my smothering work load, it's hard to plan ahead now. Still, it'd be fun to reassemble the taco birding team for something like that.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Apr 18, 2013 - 04:46pm PT
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Dee ee - gorgeous photos! Love love love.
Thanks for the link Bob D'A. I followed Alex from the beginning. He is only a year older than my Henri. I went to see Pepperberg speak on three occasions and bought her books. I read her journal articles. A devout follower as one could be.
I remember the morning that they announced Alex's death. I was sitting in Lambert airport waiting on a flight to take me ultimately to Yosemite. Total flash-bulb moment for me. I broke down right there. He was such an awesome bird. He taught people a whole lot more than people taught him. The Pepperberg staff did not even release information about Alex's death for a month to give them some time to grieve in private. So so tragic.
Thanks for sharing that, but you know I'll cry as I'm a big fat softy cry baby. :)
edit: Think one of yours didn't post Dee ee.
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Apr 18, 2013 - 04:50pm PT
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More from day 2
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Apr 18, 2013 - 05:04pm PT
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Nice Matty.
Good composition on some of those.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Apr 18, 2013 - 05:06pm PT
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Really beautiful Matty. You'd head over somewhere to grab a shot and I'd not see a bird. Now I see what you were up too. :) Really pretty stuff!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 18, 2013 - 08:00pm PT
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St. Louis or western Illinois? Not bloody likely. That photo was from yesterday when I was about as far as you can get from the US midwest. Those little guys were on a patch of grass in one of the most urban spots on the world -- the center of Hong Kong.
Thanks for identifying them.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Apr 18, 2013 - 10:07pm PT
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Mountain Bluebird in a Colorado blue sky today.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Apr 18, 2013 - 11:40pm PT
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Great shot Bob
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Apr 19, 2013 - 12:01am PT
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Last set of keepers from the SoCal birdapalooza...
Now if the ice age would go away, some birds might start showing up here in Boulder :-)
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Apr 19, 2013 - 12:04am PT
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whoa! The first bulbul is a great image BN. Matty - nice images!
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shady
Trad climber
hasbeen
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Apr 19, 2013 - 02:07am PT
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Absolutely super stuff!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Apr 19, 2013 - 01:58pm PT
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Really super images Dave...a few big birds from today hike.
And I think a Yellow Rumped Warbler????
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Apr 19, 2013 - 03:15pm PT
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Might be a Kinglet Bob, but I'm not sure. Nice multiple GBH shot!
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