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Plan B
Ice climber
Agua Dulce,CA
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Great Humming bird shot Dee ee!
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Hoping for a Lokesh TR on the birding!
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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thanks for the help with that gull Will, very good info.
I was thinking about the mention of a Taco-palooza pelagic. That would be great, and I'd be one to sign up, but logistically it will be a challenge, unless we can get our own boat. If we have to sign on as part of someone else's organized pelagic we'd have to plan way ahead, have a limited number of participants and dates, and have to be willing to put down $$ in advance. Not really a problem, but if we actually want to do something like that, we might want to start looking into it now.
So, anyone have a (seaworthy) boat?
+1 for pelagics
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Last year Reilly mentioned some possibilities regarding pelagic trips. Maybe he can share again. It'd be a really terrific Pelagicapalooza!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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To quote the Bard:
"To puke, or not to puke--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The burps and rumblings of outrageous gastricity
Or to take drugs against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
No more--and by a sleep to say we end
The bellyache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep--
To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, "
Have I summoned too dire a mental picture? For soothe, I do not exagerate.
I have seen great suffering upon the waves and, yes, great boids as well.
To wit, how zealous art thou? Sayest thou Fifty Mile Bank? Dreamest thou
of the Cortez Bank? Dare ye to envision the five day puke til ye drop trip?
Verily, one must look deeply into yer heart, and pocket book.
For a one day trip methinks thine pence are best spent with Debi Shearwater
out of Monterey in August, Sept, or October. That also allows for planning
as those trips do fill up most readily. Speaketh now or forever hold thine
Hawaiian Petrel in abeyance!
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Pelagics are the business. We get a few at Lake Tahoe, but not nearly enough.
I'm sure I've posted this upthread somewheres, but hey, this thread is starting to get long!
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john hansen
climber
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Best advice on a pelageic trip, keep your eyes on the horizon and do not go below. Never felt seasick during many sailing, boating, adventures.
God help you if you start to feel ill.
Good for chumming though,,
Willoughby, thanks for the help with the Glaucous winged, I guess I am up to 114 and 1/2 for the trip.
One more chance in Portland tomorrow, Range map shows them wintering there.
I always pictured them as an elegant bird but after some research now I realize you look for the most drab, ugly, squat , gull you can find. I guess I missed out on the Mew. Will be spending my last day in Watsonville next Wendsday and will try for one there. Seen and talked with Don Roberson the last few times I have been there on the Jetty Road. Perhaps he can point one out.
Any one seen a Heerman's gull this year? When do they show up in Monterey?
I think I got a Golden Eagle today, will post up some pic's later.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Heerman's Gulls are pretty common down here. I tried to turn one into some kind of Storm Petrel earlier this year. The magic was not strong enough.
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john hansen
climber
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Hope the Heerman's show up in Moss landing by the time I get there next week.
Here is a pic of the golden eagle. He was probably over a half mile away, but with those wing extentions what else could it be,, unless the condor's are moving north.
Flying around in big loop's, the second I saw it, even with out scoping it, I thought "Eagle"
Dee ee, I once tried to call a Bristle thighed curlew and a Hudsonian godwit, in the same picture at Bolinas lagoon. LOL.
Glad you guys keep me honest.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Thanks Reilly! :)
I've not fed the fish before, but one never knows I suppose. If we plan a trip, I vote for Sept or Oct since I can make that work (except Sept 25/26 weekend).
I would be willing to commit immediately if others are interested. BN is still out playing/eating in JT so I can get his buy-in soon too.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Great photo Willoughby!
The Golden Eagle candidate could also be an immature Bald Eagle.
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john hansen
climber
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"BN is still out playing/eating in JT "
And seeing piliated wood peckers....
Mike Bolte .. could be, that's the best shot I could get from so far away.
From sibley's ,, Soars with wings nearly flat.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Tony, Gary and I went to Cochise Stronghold, Ramsey Canyon, Mt Lemmon and Sabino Canyon for a combined birding and climbing trip. All in all it was fantastic, although we found the grades to be, ahem, a bit stiff to our 60++ year old frames. I have to say, we learned to fear 5.7+ as much as we would a creepy looking crowd of strangers shambling towards us with unsteady gaits in "Night of the Living Dead". (afaik, I just made that up!)
On a complete tangent, I picked up a really good caving book in Tucson, "Kartchner Caverns" Neil Miller.
All that aside, here are some bird photos.
A more extensive uncropped selection is at http://173.160.158.251/postings/AzTrip
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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A few bird shots from last week in the Galapagos Islands
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Nice Darwin! Great birds and excellent photos. SLR - whoa!
Mt Lemmon for sure has very stiff ratings...
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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More Galapagos birds
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Wow! Some fantastic birds showed up here over night!
I would LOVE to go to the Galapagos....some day....
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Great photos everyone...really cool stuff.
My catch from today's hike.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Wow, great Galopagos, Az. and New Mexico action! I wish I had something today but alas.
Our walk to the "for sure" Common Ground Dove was a dip......and.....I missed FOS Lazuli Bunting. Don't feel sorry, I'll see one soon......but the Common Ground Dove ....that's another story.
Is it bad style to trespass and then post on eBird?
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10b4me
climber
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Great pics. Darwin what is the bird nesting in the Saguaro?
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