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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jan 21, 2014 - 11:14pm PT
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I like pig birds! Imagine how filthy the sidewalks and other areas would be without their cleaning services!
Loving all the bird photos and especially those from other countries!! Love the Keas!!!
This continues to be the best thread on the taco. What is better than climbers who bird? :) Nothing!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 22, 2014 - 11:25am PT
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Celebrating the one year anniversary of my White Wagtail at Cabrillo Beach,
San Pedro, CA.
Not a good shot but it would stand up in court. (I was hyper-ventilating and didn't check my ISO, okay?)
Not rare but nice light and I can't resist someone whose strut rules the runway...
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jan 22, 2014 - 06:54pm PT
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Rielly..I have done that a hundred times. Great shots.
Costa Rica in three days and after back to PA for my service and to see family. I'm also going to try and get a Snowy Owl there.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jan 22, 2014 - 07:12pm PT
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Wagtail. Sigh.... :)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 23, 2014 - 12:23pm PT
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Soaking up the morning rays in the old backyard pecan tree, freshly shorn and molted...
"RAWK! WHERE'S CRIMPIE?" There's usually a flock but since the pecans
are gone, duh, and no leaves then they're just making a courtesy call.
"What's that big black barrel?"
The pigeon has to settle for a lower branch, much lower...
The parrots are not here every day but these guys are. Having spent many
of my impressionable years in the Pacific NW I can't help but agree with
the notion that Raven is the Big Boss Man. For some reason the crows here
are very leery of large black things being pointed at them so I have to be
rather sneaky. I can't just crack the back door, I have to go out the front
door and come down the driveway nice and easy like. You can see the pigeon
on the exact same branch in the lower left that he was on today in the above
shot although this one was shot a few days ago. We're all of us creatures of habit, eh?
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jan 23, 2014 - 02:40pm PT
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Great stuff Reilly...here are few from my peaceful, snowy walk at Walden Ponds today.
Song Sparrow and American Tree Sparrow.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 23, 2014 - 02:55pm PT
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craig morris
Trad climber
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Jan 23, 2014 - 03:08pm PT
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just wondering?
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jan 23, 2014 - 11:11pm PT
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Recent.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jan 23, 2014 - 11:16pm PT
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Also recent.
OK, did I show this proud babe?
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jan 23, 2014 - 11:35pm PT
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OK, my second RBSS of the year....this one from the S.A. Cemetery both days 1/22-1/23.
I dipped on the Brown Creeper and the Cassin's Vireo 2 days in a row.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jan 23, 2014 - 11:46pm PT
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Here I am - and what a treat! Amazons!!!! Can't get enough of those adorable birds!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jan 23, 2014 - 11:52pm PT
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This one is for Tony.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 23, 2014 - 11:56pm PT
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^^^ Ahh, missed on the big day?
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Jan 24, 2014 - 12:04am PT
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Dave,
Finally! You can't avoid them around here. Well, actually there aren't that many close to SF Bay, but just a little ways inland they are quite abundant.
We had a great day on Tuesday on our first Golden Eagle monitoring session at Lake Del Valle. While waiting for the GOEAs to show up, we saw and heard lots of Phainopeplas and Lewis's Woodpeckers. Then 2 Ferruginous Hawks and a Prairie Falcon. Once the thermals started, the Eagles were up. We saw at least 7, with some spectacular undulating flight displays that they perform to announce their territories. The day ended with a singing CA Thrasher near the Porta-potty by the parking lot. We got to watch it singing away on a fence top.
No photos, as we had to furiously record our observations.
We head to the Eastern Sierra tomorrow for an Owens Lake bird survey. Hopefully, we will also see Green-tailed Towhees, one of my favorite desert birds.
[Edit] Where was that GT Towhee?
Darwin,
Reddish Egrets are almost commonplace in OC now! I think we saw about 6 on two outings.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Jan 24, 2014 - 12:22am PT
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dee ee, The Merganser picture is beautiful.....The water looks Monet-ish...
sweet..
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 24, 2014 - 12:51am PT
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Was the Reddish Egret photo taken near your place, dee ee? Kind of jealous seeing the Green Towhee, Parrots and Egret. I won't even start on the exotics on the previous page.
We had a little sun for the commute home today.
Trumpeters
one from 2011
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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Jan 24, 2014 - 02:55am PT
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Today
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jan 24, 2014 - 10:13am PT
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Great shot on the towhee Dee, great photos everyone. Heading to Costa Rica tomorrow for some dental work for my wife and some birding, then on to Philadelphia for my mother service. Great birding in the Philly area too. Might even see a Snowy Owl there.
A green-Tailed Towhee from a few months back. Really beautiful birds.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Jan 24, 2014 - 10:23am PT
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Wagtail. Sigh.... :)
Indeed. I think motacillids may be my favorite group. I wish we had more of them here in North America. Or, perhaps it's the fact that we don't that makes them so appealing. I don't know, but either way, pipits and wagtails always get my attention.
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