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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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The elusive American Pygmy Kingfisher. Took this about an hour ago.
John, very cool bird, your Melodious Laughing Thrush. Where are you?
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john hansen
climber
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Big Island , Hawaii
Introduced song / cage bird from China.
All kinds of established songbirds over here.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Little Z, you sure that's not the elusive Bergerac Pygmy Fisher?
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Thanks for the Laughing Melodious Thrush link.
Youtube has everything.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Dr. F....chill out. Use a book like most of us do. :-)
Back in the cold of Colorado...doesn't seem to bother this AMERICAN KESTREL!!!!!!!!!
Great shot Little Z...what a cool bird.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Sorry.
This birds name is Sally.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Doc, the ID-ing is part of the fun. The Stokes FGTB Western Region lives on my desk (which admittedly doesn't help with things outside western NA, but still, get a guidebook, live a little).
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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went walking in a winter wonderland this afternoon here at Palo Verde NP...
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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WTF, I love their call. It's sort of the classic owl noise.
Who...who...whowho.
littleZ, thanks for including the habitat shot and the Black Hawk is sweet.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Wow! So many amazing photos! Congrats on the owl. :)
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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What species do you see? Just give it a shot.
-Q-ball
edit- it is simpler than you may think
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Yesterday. At least the berries are in focus.
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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WTF-
you are right. Almost all mallards, a few black ducks, and one pintail in the mix.
It took me few days after I took the picture to find.
We have redheads, but I have not seen them on the river. Just on ponds and lakes around here.
I know the light is bad for ID, makes it fun!
-Q-ball
edit- find the pintail!!!!
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
where the wind always blows
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Ron-
You are good. I thought you were supposed to be an idiot?
But what do I know?
-Q-ball (in jest)
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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rice field birds from today
that bird has some serious camo
have to get up and air out those thick knees every now and then. These are nocturnal birds and they spend most of the day plopped down somewhere out in the baking sun.
looking for little critters fleeing from the rising tide as this rice field is flooded prior to cultivation.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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what, me again? where are you other Taco birders? (out birding, or climbing, of course!)
I always think of this species as a rainforest bird, but they love the dry forest as well.
waiting their turn at the watering hole
this guy was right next to a busy, dusty rural road. Must be hard to get a good day's sleep.
bonus taxa of the day - the Rally Monkey praying that the Angels make it back to the playoffs this year
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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We're here! We're here! Loving all the photos. Looking forward to being able to contribute soon.
Will be in SoCal in March hanging with the Taco-Birders again! I'll dig up details and repost shortly. Hopefully we all have some fun contributions from that outing!
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Feb 10, 2014 - 12:42am PT
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little z,
We're still out there. Thanks to you and Bob for the Costa Rica photos. They have really whetted my appetite to get there sooner, rather than later.
The Thick-knees, aka Stone-curlews, are interesting birds. We saw about 40 in a cemetery near Cairns, N. Queensland, AU. Their huge eyes make sense as nocturnal birds. These guys were just chilling out among the gravestones, but made wild calls during the night. It took us a while to figure out what the sounds were. Unfortunately, we missed the Beach Stone-curlews.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Feb 10, 2014 - 12:50am PT
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Here are a couple more from our recent Eastern Sierra trip. While we were counting birds on one part of Owens Lake, there was a call from another group about a Long-tailed Duck near the top of the lake where the Owens River feeds in. Fortunately, we had time to find it just before it got dark. This was pretty unexpected, to say the least.
Late the day before we saw out first Bell's Sparrow since the Sage Sparrow was split into Bell's and Sagebrush.
There were just a few Eared Grebes around, which was quite a difference from the spring and fall when there are thousands.
Hey dee ee,
The Pacific Golden Plover is more like it. I imagine it really stood out more than those Black-bellied that we were trying to morph.
Cool shot of the Clapper Rail pair.
[Edit] We left at 5 AM this morning for a winter pelagic birding trip out of Half Moon Bay. I was all excited about seeing lots of Black-legged Kittiwakes, N Fulmars, Ancient Murrelets and maybe even a Short-tailed Albatross! Alas, the forecast kept getting worse and the trip was cancelled as we arrived at the harbor.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 10, 2014 - 02:51am PT
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I love the Lesser Night-Hawk photo. I bonded to those birds dozens of years ago when I first heard of and saw them flying, and to see them perched is too cool. I have similar feelings to Inca Doves, but I'm not sure I've ever seen one. Likewise, when I first saw Tony's photos of the Stone-curlews, I thought that's the most interesting bird I've seen in a while (more honestly: wtf is that!).
Great to see the Long-Tailed Ducks and think that I have to head out to the North Sound to find some up here! Tony, do you ever seen them out at Drakes Estero? Good photo of the Eared Grebes. They are the one(?) bird I first distinguish by bill shape.
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