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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Slater, very nice!
BN, I hope your visit doesn't conflict with the ST Occupy New Jack City Be-In.
I move that we organize a pelagic trip. I know late March might not be prime but a trip out of
Ventura could still yield the odd Xantus and I always enjoy watching humans mouth-feeding gulls.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Reilly,
Would that be Scripps's or Guadalupe Murrelets? I've only seen Scripps's and "need" Guadalupe. I think there is a better chance to see them off Ventura than to the north where I have gone.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Tony, I think it would be tantamount to sitting up all night for Santa to
expect a Guadalupe out of Ventura. But, hey, I still believe in Santa so...
Perhaps we should go out of San Diego?
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Here's the latest sickness out of San Diego county...
Barbara Carlson record San Diego year: 387 species
Barbara Carlson has ended 2013 with a phenomenal 387 species in San
Diego County. This is not only a new record for this county (former
record was ca. 370), but it is undoubtedly a single-year record for any
county in the U.S./Canada. Barbara was aided by an excellent
rarity-winter of 2012-2013, good shorebirds in late summer, LOTS of time
spent offshore throughout the year racking up a long list of tough
pelagic species, a reasonably productive autumn filling in holes,
and--most of all--pure diligence! A testament to her long list was the
fact that very recent findings of species such as a new Blue-headed
Vireo, Bay-breasted and Black-throated Green Warblers, Painted Redstart,
Orchard Orioles, and even a Masked/Nazca Booby added no new
species..... she'd seen them all already earlier in the year! Her only
new bird since Thanksgiving was the Oceanside Glaucous Gull.
In the near future, Barbara will make a list of all the rarities she saw
in the county this year, with the date, location, and other observers
who saw them with her, and will make that document available to anyone
interested. When ready, she will post news of its existence on this
listserve.
The list of high-quality rarities she saw in San Diego County in 2013 is
too long to give here in its entirety, but here are some of the best of
the best:
Red-necked Grebe
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Masked/Nazca Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Lesser Sand-Plover
Wilson's Plover
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Franklin' s Gull
Glaucous Gull
Guadalupe and Craveri' s Murrelets
Inca Dove
Black Swift
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Great Crested Flycatcher
Thick-billed Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Gray Catbird
Grace's, Pine, Bay-breasted, Black-thr Green, Prairie, Mourning Warblers
Painted Redstart
Nelson's Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Bronzed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
And what were her biggest "misses" ?? Long-eared Owl, Ancient
Murrelet.... the Le Conte's Sparrow, Sandwich Tern, and multiple 'dips'
on Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.
How could she have missed a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher? What a punter!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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That's an AWESOME photo, Slater!
Thanks for sharing it.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Have fun in March, ya bunch a paloozas. Wish I could be there. I like the idea of a pelagic theme.
Slater, amazing photo. I'll be imagining that blade-bill now everytime I see a skimmer. Checked out your photo website too (link mentioned in previous post). Really great stuff there - both birds and climbing. Thanks for the share. Send us more, please...?
First bird for my 2014 Costa Rica list...
Clay-colored Thrush, national bird of Costa Rica (how appropriate!). Followed closely by bird number two - Hoffmann's Woodpecker.
didn't get the alpine start on Jan 1 as we hosted a New Years party, but went out this morning before dawn and had a pretty good haul just within a few miles of home. Best birds were three tough-to-get wintering warblers - Yellow-throated, Hermit and Townsend's, and representing the local fowl was a noisy little group of Buff-fronted Wood-Partridges. Sorry, no photos. What I really wish I could have photographed was a Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl sitting out on a bare branch being mobbed by 4 Golden-browed Chlorophonias, a Yellow-throated Euphonia and a male American Redstart. I guess it's actually better to have that stellar memory rather than some second rate photo.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Great shots Slater and Little Z, here a few from today.
These little Chickadee's are so fun to watch.
Little Z, is there a bus from San Jose to Carara?
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Tony and I had a pretty good day on the first. We started in dense fog and cold temps at the Mile Square Pk. in HB for a slow start, then went to HB Central Park, then Bolsa Chica, then Irvine Pk. just before dark and the Skyline Dr. Fire Station for one last Barn Owl (heard only).
We ended up with 104 species. My goal was 100.
We missed a few expected ones and got a couple extra unexpected ones.
The luckiest was a Peregrine Falcon circling a tall building in Hunt. Beach.
The unluckiest was missing a Black and White Warbler and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker by 5 minutes in Central Park. There were lots of birders active there.
We did get a Northern Waterthrush and a Burrowing Owl. We should have really scrutinized that possible Greater Scaup, someone else had 4.
There were 4 people in OC that topped 100 led by Trish Gussler with 106 followed by us with 104 and 2 others with 102. I checked and Trish started pre-dawn. Alpine starts are always good!
There is no way I could have done it without Tony.
A couple shots from today and yesterday.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Pencil (ink) me in for any visiting Birdapalooza action.
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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I know this isn't standard birding territory!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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^^^^Been there, done that! Byelogolovoi Grif! M :-).
Got my Lammergeier near there. Beyond awesome, he came
cruising right over me about 25' up. Must have taken me for carrion.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Western Scrub Jay, Black-capped Chickadee and White Wing Junco from today.
And a pretty Song Sparrow from yesterday.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Happy the birding trip is shaping up. Can't wait to get out there and see everyone! BN is in charge of logistics so I'm not even sure what's going on. :) Just know it'll be fun!
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10b4me
Social climber
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Pencil (ink) me in for any visiting Birdapalooza action. Definitely. Me too, please.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Thanks to Dave (dee ee) for letting me join him to ring in the New Year. As he said we were bogged down early by the dense fog. We had to hang around for a while before the birds got active at Mile Square Park where it had been hopping a couple of days earlier. As a result we missed some common birds such as Cassin's Kingbird and W Scrub Jay and the Vermillion Flycatcher. This also got us behind on the short days. It was also a bummer to miss the B&W Warbler and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that people had seen at Huntington Beach Central Park. The Northern Waterthrush was cool, though. We did clean up on gulls on a sandbar at Bolsa Chica WR. There were 6 species. Unfortunately, we didn't have time to go to the Huntington Beach Pier for Heermann's Gulls and loons. Too bad we also didn't have time to go through all the Scaup for a greater. The Burrowing Owl and 3 Reddish Egrets were also good, not to mention the flyover urban Peregrine while we driving to our last spot. The calling Barn Owl was a fitting finale.
I had only seen a handful of new species after returning home, so I decided to do a sweep of continuing uncommon and rare birds in our area after realizing that my dental appointment was only a few blocks away from the local Painted Redstart. I was happy to see it just as I walked up to its favorite tree and things worked out from there. I then saw a Tufted Duck, Tropical Kingbird, White-winged Scoter and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in just a couple of hours. Of course, all of these birds have been hanging out in the same places for some time now. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera so no photos.
Keep us posted on the SoCal Birdapalooza dates. I hope to make it.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Only pigeons here in Brussels...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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More sickness! A Black-headed Gull is at the Salton Sea. You gotta be a
real gullnivore to tell a winter Black-headed from amongst 25 Bonaparte's!
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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So, how 'bout a ST Birders' New Years Resolution List?
Mine is I'm gonna get serious about gulls.
There, I said it. I'm out and I'm proud.
Reilly, BE that Gullnivore!
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