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Tobia

Social climber
Denial
Jun 14, 2013 - 08:31pm PT
Ovenbirds photos. Wow. They are checked off in my bird bird as having been seen in the spring migration; but I am too far south for a seasonal home.

I have been trying to find a Chuck-will's-widow and a Eastern Whip-poor-will nest for years.
Mike Bolte

Trad climber
Planet Earth
Jun 15, 2013 - 12:48am PT
Slater

Trad climber
Central Coast
Jun 15, 2013 - 01:36am PT

Had to hike quite a ways for this guy.
Only one place in our county has the Black-chinned Sparrow.
Mike Bolte

Trad climber
Planet Earth
Jun 15, 2013 - 01:42am PT
Nice Slater - I've been chasing one of those for the last three weeks.
cyndiebransford

climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Jun 16, 2013 - 03:14am PT
Today's birds at the Bishop's Creek area of Captain Cook State Park.
Tobia

Social climber
Denial
Jun 16, 2013 - 01:43pm PT
I'm curious to opinions of those who frequent this thread over this debate:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/06/130614-bird-watching-birdsong-smartphone-app-ethics/
little Z

Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
Jun 16, 2013 - 02:29pm PT
Good post Tobia,

and an excellent article, presents the controversy very well. Personally, I see it as mostly an ethical debate. I see the real impact as being negligible. It boils down to how do you want to play the game, and how much respect do you have for the resource. Think of some of the ethical topics that have been (and still are) debated in climbing - bolts vs. no bolts, chalk vs. no chalk, gardening vs. no gardening - things that may make the climbing experience more enjoyable or easier but that can have an impact on the resource that one is enjoying. But then, really, how big is that impact? How does bolting compare to turning your local crag into a quarry? How does the disturbance of song playback compare to wholesale habitat destruction? or global warming? What has a bigger impact in the end, your playing tape to bring in a desired bird or the 3 hours you drove/flew to get to the spot where your target bird resides? It's a debate that really has a lot of parallels to climbing. Most climbers could agree when deciding if a route is "over bolted". Most birders can decide when or where playback would be abusive. But, as always, there will be folks who can't draw the line - because the competitive edge that can be gained is too enticing. And now, as pointed out in the article, in some cases the law has stepped in to make the decision. Sound familiar my climbing friends?
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jun 16, 2013 - 03:28pm PT
Well, it will get you booted from some locales and possibly tooled at others.
So far birders have not devolved to the time-honored climbers' beatdown.
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Jun 16, 2013 - 05:37pm PT
Great photos Mike, Cyndie and Slater.




little Z

Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
Jun 16, 2013 - 07:43pm PT
oops! don't want to start anything. I know a lot of folks come to this thread to get away from the Taco rat race, so, with that in mind, here's a beautiful bird to mellow us all out


EDIT: someone deleted a previous post that would have put my comments in context. whatever, bring on the birds.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Jun 16, 2013 - 11:04pm PT
Brown noddy followed by the female redwing blackbird, who is more cooperative than the male.
Two evenings in a row at dusk on the Merced River near the El Portal Store, and this is the best I could do.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jun 17, 2013 - 12:28am PT
Here ya go, Crimpie, two more Bulbuls for ya...


Pretty lousy but it was tough shootin' and I didn't want to intrude too much.
Slater

Trad climber
Central Coast
Jun 17, 2013 - 01:06am PT

Taking terns...



Happy Father's Day
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Jun 17, 2013 - 12:08pm PT
Nice shooting everyone...great stuff.







10b4me

Social climber
Jun 17, 2013 - 03:35pm PT
fyi,
http://www.tucsonaudubon.org/what-we-do/festival.html

I think I will attend this as I will be there in August.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jun 18, 2013 - 01:39am PT
QITNL, The Bird Thread has different standards than the rest of ST.
We don't cotton to trolls, let alone suffer them.

























It's a Clark's Nutcracker ;-)
little Z

Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
Jun 18, 2013 - 10:41am PT
many moons ago, when I worked at a raptor banding station in the Goshute Mnts in NE Nevada, Clark's Nutcrackers would occasionally blunder into the mist nets that were set up to catch hawks. Their bills, faces and feet were so covered in pine pitch that they would literally "stick" to the nets. And boy did they let out some ear-splitting calls when you had them in the hand, and they would hammer on your fingers like a woodpecker. very cool birds
10b4me

Social climber
Jun 18, 2013 - 11:17am PT
Clark's Nutcrackers, and Mountain Chickadees are my favorite mountain singers.
dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Jun 18, 2013 - 04:54pm PT
Sunday (father's day) I went on a mega Big Bear area birding epic with the San Bernardino Valley Audubon led by Brad Singer. You may know Brad from his excellent climbers guide to the San Berdoo range. He is also one of So Cals leading birders.
He took us to 4 hot spots and we saw a plethora of montane and desert species. I think I got 4 lifers as well as seeing virtually all the species I planned on seeing at Dinky Creek when we go there in 2 weeks.
Here are a couple of pics. I was a little weak on the photography.

Red Crossbill- shows the crossbill

Red Crossbill- shows the red

Western Wood Pewee

Golden-crowned Kinglet- I couldn't get a shot with the crown flaring although we saw 6 of these beautiful birds.


Scott's Oriole- I couldn't get a pic of a perfect male but I got this female

We saw this interesting fungus also. I don't think I've seen one of these before.

Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jun 18, 2013 - 05:11pm PT
Dee, you missed the Red-faced Warbler up there? For shame! ;-)
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