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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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CG and I are psyched to see some of our local spring/summer feathered friends back in the Boulder foothills... Spring is here!
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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The baby owls are still around.
The three are still hanging together.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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They look sleepy!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Cyndie...great shot of the Alder.
A few more from the last couple of days.
Kinda quiet around here.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Cyndie, did you hear that Alder Flycatcher sing?
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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dee ee,
it's a flycatcher perched in an alder, therefore an Alder Flycatcher.
'nuff said
EDIT: of course this is meant as a joke, refering to what you obviously know - almost impossible to tell Alder and Willow (and most other Empids for that matter) apart except by their songs or calls, so if you only have a photo to work with you might as well just guess. Although knowledge of range can help, as in Cyndie's case - Willow Flycatcher would not be expected in her part of Alaska.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Thanks! I couldn't id the tree!
I've been out after the Olive-sided FC without luck. That's one with a distinctive look and song.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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wow! this page is outstanding!
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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Yes, I heard the Alder Flycatcher sing, that is how I know it is an Alder Flycatcher. It was very agitated when we played its song on the i-phone. Only did it once.
Thanks Bob, I got lucky with that shot.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Nice Cyndie, that's how I got a Willow Flycatcher a week or so ago.
Least Tern
Black Skimmer
Tricolored Blackbird
The Tricolored was a lifer for me. I've been looking for those for 30+ years! Although this one wasn't as purty as some pics I've seen.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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I went out on dawn (birding) patrol today looking for Olive-sided Flycatcher and Least Bittern, no luck on those.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Clarke's Grebe
Tree Swallow
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Great shot Dee ee, wonderful stuff.
Finally got a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (thanks to Dave/Brass Nuts) for the location. Fuk..they are hard to shoot.
Also saw the Indigo Bunting again today. Such beautiful birds.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dee, was the least at Malibu?
I did some rattler wranglin' today. They're related to boids, right?
He was a cute little feller, right? (shot from 8")
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Jun 10, 2013 - 12:52pm PT
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So many excellent shots the last week here (including the rattlesnake)
From yesterday:
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 10, 2013 - 01:00pm PT
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Close you say? The lens was 8" from him and he never buzzed so I figgered
I was gud. That's perfect logic, right? To be honest the lens and camera
were about 10" so my hands never got closer than 18" which was almost his
length (20") so I knew I was gud. ;-)
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jun 10, 2013 - 02:50pm PT
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Nice shooting Mike and Reilly.
Eastern Kingbird...this pose front and back for me. :-)
Really hot here on the Front Range today. Birds are laying low.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 10, 2013 - 03:20pm PT
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The swallows and martins have an evolutionary conservative body shape which is similar across the clade but is unlike that of other passerines.[2] Swallows have adapted to hunting insects on the wing by developing a slender, streamlined body and long pointed wings, which allow great maneuverability and endurance, as well as frequent periods of gliding. Their body shape allows for very efficient flight, which costs 50–75% less for swallows than equivalent passerines of the same size. Swallows usually forage at around 30–40 km/h, although they are capable of reaching speeds of between 50–65 km/h when traveling.
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