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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jun 12, 2013 - 11:11am PT
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Agreed McFly. A fantastic thread. :)
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jun 12, 2013 - 11:52am PT
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Great shooting Dave, (Brass Nuts) really beautiful.
A few from my morning walk.
And the Flatirons look quite pretty this AM.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 12, 2013 - 11:54am PT
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Love the Flicker, Bob! The Flatirons is nice, too. And it looks a Downy to me. ;-) (bill length)
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shady
Trad climber
hasbeen
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Jun 12, 2013 - 01:20pm PT
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Crimper Girl.....
...he never stops singing! Lucky us. Poor Curly, singing his heart out, trying to find a mate.
Keep right on singing Curly, we're rooting for ya!
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Jun 12, 2013 - 01:32pm PT
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hey old birders, do you remember when Indigo and Lazuli Buntings were merged into the same species (along the lines of Baltimore / Bullock's Oriole combined to form Northern Oriole)? If old Curly keeps singing up a storm he's liable to spark himself a Lazuli gal.
from Wikipedia:
"The Indigo Bunting is closely related to the Lazuli Bunting and interbreeds with the species where their ranges overlap, in the Great Plains.[8] They were declared to form a superspecies by the American Ornithologists' Union in 1983.[9] However, according to sequencing of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene of members of the genus Passerina, it was determined that the Indigo Bunting and Lazuli Bunting are not, in fact, sister taxa."
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Jun 12, 2013 - 02:12pm PT
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dee ee,
Thanks for the info. I'll map it for Yvonne.
Wow!Only 1/2 way through the year and 232 OC birds. My one county big year (Alameda) only netted me 212. Maybe 300?
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shady
Trad climber
hasbeen
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Jun 12, 2013 - 02:19pm PT
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Thanks little Z, that makes me feel a lot better about Curly's situation.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jun 12, 2013 - 05:39pm PT
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In 2009, there was a Lazuli x Indigo hybrid in the same area (across the street at the Doudy Draw trailhead) where Curly now resides (he lives just over the bridge, on the left, at the South Mesa Trailhead). I didn't see the bird, but read about the confirmed sighting. That gives me more hope too!
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jun 12, 2013 - 09:19pm PT
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Love Tobia's photo of the Martin nests. Really peaceful.
Good thing you got that photo of the flatirons this morning Bob- Everything is choked in smoke now. Brutal outside.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 13, 2013 - 12:10pm PT
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Gregory - RIP
So I go out to pick up the paper at the end of the driveway this morning
and as I bend over I see a couple of small grey clumps wafting across the
concrete. At first they look like fur but then I realize they are clumps
of down. Hmmmm...I look upwind but see nothing. I walk back towards the
front door about 35' away and then I see more floating down from above.
I look up into the Chinese Elm and see the perp. Ms Cooper is not pleased about
both being spotted and interrupted and let's me know about it as she flies
off to a more secluded repast site.
I say mockingbird.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Jun 13, 2013 - 12:22pm PT
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For weeks I've been watching this tiny nest in the woods, just a few yards from the trail. First only a nest, with sometimes a small bird. Once I saw 4 little speckled eggs, when she was out.
Now there are 4 tiny chicks, being kept warm on a rainy day here.
Crimpergirl tells me she's an ovenbird.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jun 13, 2013 - 12:55pm PT
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She is PRECIOUS! Post up chick photos if you are able to.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jun 13, 2013 - 02:05pm PT
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Love your photos Larry. Weird morning here in the Boulder area, cool and cloudy. First thought it was from the fires south of us.
A few from today hike...had a few very good posers.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jun 13, 2013 - 10:13pm PT
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Wow Chiloe, an Ovenbird nest!
Where do you live?
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Jun 13, 2013 - 10:27pm PT
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That's in our New Hampshire back yard. I'll try to get a picture of the chicks if I have a chance. Don't think they've opened their eyes yet, and they're being silent as if life depended on it.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jun 13, 2013 - 10:59pm PT
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That is so cool!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jun 14, 2013 - 04:36pm PT
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Bullock's Oriole, Eastern Kingbird and Grackles hanging out.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 14, 2013 - 05:32pm PT
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Wow, a Boulder Khumbaya Getdown!
I think y'all missed my last post of the previous page - sort of a SoCal Anti-Khumbaya Getdown.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jun 14, 2013 - 06:00pm PT
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Nice page! Chiloe; Thanks!!!!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Jun 14, 2013 - 07:57pm PT
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Ovenbird chicks opened their eyes today.
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