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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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May 31, 2013 - 11:53am PT
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Ah. Thanks for the clarification. I currently have Sibley's Guide on my Droid which is cool. I guess I need to simply access the ebird website on the droid as well.
My dream app is one that lists by voice. That is, I can speak into the phone and say "Blue Grosbeak" and it understands and puts it on a list. I tried it with my grocery list app, but it definitely doesn't know bird names!
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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May 31, 2013 - 12:18pm PT
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I want one that will listen to the bird songs and tell me what they are so I can find those lifers faster!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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May 31, 2013 - 03:56pm PT
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Yes....bird call recognition would be sweet but way too easy.
Hmm...I'm not sure I can post photos from Flickr to here. Does anyone do that?
From today, looking for Virginia Rails, found this OB.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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A few from Penitente Canyon in southern Colorado.
Green Tailed Towhee
Western Tanager
Some type of Warbler??
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Hey 10b4me, are you a member on there?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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I thought I told yous guys about birdforum a long time ago?
Bob, your warbler looks an Orange-crowned to me.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Lazuli Bunting and Spotted Towhee near Boulder, CO
Reilly...I agree. Thanks.
Yellow-breasted Chat.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Birders had reported a Black Tern at Juanita Beach in Kirkland WA, and I made an unusual for me driving trip in the Seattle area to go see it.
It was a stormy day, but I quickly picked out the characteristic flight of an uncharacteristically dark tern far across the bay. Terns in general aren't that common around in Seattle, and I myself have only seen Caspians around here. The sight of this ones flight in the wind and rain really filled me with joy and reminded me of commonly seeing other terns in the Bay Area and Arctic.
Here are a couple photos from the next day when the weather improved. It looked much much larger and more powerful flying than sitting.
And a link to much better photos of the same bird by Mick Thompson, a local photographer.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mickthompson/8882742729/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mickthompson/8883619066/in/photostream/
And photo of mine of a Downy Woodpecker from Juanita Bay, too.
I had to to leave for Bay Area for unpleasant chores that very day, but Tony took me out to Yolo Bypass to see White Faced Ibises (sorry no photos). That is a llifer for me, at least since I've been paying attention. We apparently just missed Blue Grosbeaks. I hope Tony gets a chance to go out there again and see them.
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10b4me
Ice climber
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if anyone who lives in the San Gabriel Valley area of Southern California,
the Pasadena Audubon Society is offering a five session(three classroom, and two field trips) class on beginning birding.
$50 for a PAS member, $70 for a non member
starts July 17th.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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10b, you trying to tell me sumpin? ;-)
I try, I really do!
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10b4me
Ice climber
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Reilly,
I am going to take the class. I need all the help I can get.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Bob D'A:
great photos, looks like you're pretty settled in there in Colorado. Think that warbler upthread might be a female MacGillivray's (well marked white "eyelids")?
Darwin:
nice find with that Black Tern, they are so elegant. We hardly ever get to see them in their black breeding plumage down here in Costa Rica where they are mostly pelagic.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Agreed Little Z. MacGillvray's Warbler. Been seeing a lot of them in the Boulder area the last week or so. Tons in Gregory Canyon. I'm still trying to see the male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak there. Saw the female. Heard the male. Want to see the male!
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Fifteen-year-old photographer Marlin Shank was fortunate enough to capture
several images of a rare albino Ruby-throated hummingbird while in a park in
Staunton , Va
I've seen an albino Yellow-rumped Warbler. But the hummer is way cooler.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Wow, albino hummer, very cool! A few more from AZ...
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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Love the red-faced warbler! I have never seen one.
I went for a drive after dinner tonight. Saw some wildlife.
Not birds, but too cute not to show.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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What kind of Hawk? Swainson's?
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