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dee ee
Mountain climber
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Jun 25, 2013 - 05:02pm PT
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Oh well.
I need to get out and get some more photos!....and/or birds.
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shady
Trad climber
hasbeen
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Jun 25, 2013 - 09:40pm PT
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Hey Bob D'A....
While I was fishing today I had a beautiful Lazuli bunting land not more than 15' from me, and begin to sing. When I looked over at the bird, I had to do a doubletake to make sure I didn't see a micro Bob D'A watermark.
I'm losing it! =P
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Jun 25, 2013 - 11:03pm PT
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We finally made it to the Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua last week after learning the drill for registering just as it opens online. We went on a boat outing on Bridgeport Reservoir which allowed great viewing of the birds on the water and shore. There were 5-6 Bald Eagles, numerous Wilson's Phalaropes in breeding plumage and best-ever views of Common Nighthawks. Our other field trip was centered on Woodpeckers and Burns which resulted in views of Woodpeckers and other cavity nesters at their nests. We returned to a couple of the locations camera in hand.
This Pygmy Nuthatch seemed to working on his squeeze chimney technique.
A pair of White-breasted Nuthatches were furiously gleaning insects from the ground and Jeffrey Pine bark and delivering it to their nest which was in a stone base for the Mono Mills sign.
Their were nests of N Flicker, Lewis Woodpeckers and Williamson's Sapsucker in the same area. The sapsucker seemed to be using a flake of wood as a tool.
The premier excavators, Black-backed Woodpeckers, had a nest in a recent burn. The mom is delivering a tasty wood-boring beetle larvae to her nestling.
There were many House Wrens, another cavity nester, in the Aspen at the cabin where we stayed in Hilton Creek.
Some Sage Grouse were just off of 395 at Crowley Lake.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jun 25, 2013 - 11:08pm PT
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Beautiful photos Tony and Bob.
I had a boring birding day with nothing of note at Bolsa Chica. I had my heart set on a Red Knot or....Horned Lark.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jun 26, 2013 - 12:01am PT
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Funny stuff Shady and lovely shots Tony.
Really great stuff.
Not a great shot but also saw this Blackheaded Grosbeak this morning on the trail.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jun 26, 2013 - 01:23am PT
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Inspiring, you all. Thanks.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Jun 26, 2013 - 02:23am PT
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Their eyes just freak me out!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Jun 26, 2013 - 03:40pm PT
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A couple remarkable photos by the late French photographer Laurent Schwebel:
Please forgive me for adding this one:
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 26, 2013 - 03:54pm PT
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^^^^ FAKE! No Gabon Vipers where European Robins live, or vice versa. :-)
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Jun 27, 2013 - 01:58pm PT
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^^^^ Hurray for the Mono Chautauqua!!!
I was there too, leading trips in Lee Vining and Lundy Canyons. Here's my group on Friday morning getting scope views of a singing Cordilleran Flycatcher (if you buy that split):
Also, there's a new book in town, and some of you Sierra Nevada types might be interested. It looks like this:
It's not a field guide, but more of a status, distribution, and life history book. We're hosting a book release / presentation by the authors at my organization's Incline Village office on Thurs. July 11, and then we'll be having a bird walk with them the next morning out of the Mount Rose Trailhead. If you're in the neighborhood, come see a great talk, get your book signed, and buy some of Keith Hansen's amazing art!
More info here.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Jun 27, 2013 - 02:06pm PT
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thanks for the heads up on the new book Willoughby. Can't wait to get a copy. Nice to see Keith Hansen's art again and to have that link to the past through Bob Gaines' classic Birds of Yosemite, which Keith also illustrated.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jun 27, 2013 - 02:46pm PT
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Great stuff. Here are few from my morning walk.
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perswig
climber
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Jun 27, 2013 - 05:16pm PT
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Dale
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jun 27, 2013 - 10:08pm PT
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Dale, that poor hawk is being irradiated. . .
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jun 27, 2013 - 11:36pm PT
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Dinky Creek tomorrow......hoping for the best!
My little sister Kathy got two lifers up Trabuco the other day. Here they are.
Pretty sweet.
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10b4me
climber
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Jun 28, 2013 - 02:52pm PT
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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Jun 29, 2013 - 12:09am PT
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I caught this Dowitcher bathing the other day on the Kenai Flats. I really enjoyed watching....
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Jun 29, 2013 - 05:41pm PT
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search for the Ibycter - a birding TR
Juan Diego, a friend and fellow birding guide here in Costa Rica called me on the phone the other morning. He says "listen...what's that?" In the background of his call is this incredibly loud squawking. He was standing under a tree that had 4 Red-throated Caracaras in it. This is a super rare resident bird here. Formerly widespread, it has all but disappeared in most of Central America although from the Darién in Panama down into S. America it becomes more common. Its decline seems to have something to do with its feeding habits as it specializes in eating wasp larvae.
So, with a few other hard core birding friends (we all work as guides) we decided to pile into the car and go look for the caracaras. It was going to be a Costa Rica first for most of us (I had seen it here before, though not since 1998).
Early start and long drive over to La Fortuna at the base of Arenal Volcano (it was covered by clouds) for breakfast and coffee.
then off the highway and out a long dirt road to the farm where the birds have been hanging out. We park at the farm house and gear up.
the farm caretaker had a pair of birds, a Crimson-fronted Parakeet and a Red-lored Amazon, that were real pals.
It was a bit of a slog through muddy pastures to the forest patch.
when we were getting close to the forest we began to hear the birds
then we got our first look at one
and, here, finally is what we were so excited about (thanks to kevin for the photos). Notice that in 2 of the 3 photos the birds have their bills open (making mucho nosie). Really cool.
we never got to see the birds hunting, but one bird was flying with a wasp nest comb in its bill when we first saw it, although the birds ate the nest while they were out of sight.
Now all we need is that Harpy Eagle.
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