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flykatcher
climber
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Apr 18, 2014 - 05:08pm PT
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stoked on this thread. glad to see there are other bird nerds in the climbing community.
thought i'd add to the thread with a white-tailed ptarmigan i saw last weekend while ski touring in the Alaska Range; Rainbow Ridge specifically. I've heard reports of White-tailed Ptarmigan on isolated peaks in the Sierra Nevada. Can anyone confirm this??
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Apr 18, 2014 - 05:19pm PT
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I don't know about "isolated," but they're absolutely around. I think there's some discussion on current range and their introduction and so forth upthread somewheres. I'm still waiting to find one within the confines of the hydrologic Tahoe basin, but I've found roost spots within less than 250 m from the boundary, and seen live birds a very short distance from there in the Carson Pass area.
I run into them in the Sonora Pass area, and above Bridgeport (ground zero for their introduction) too. Once near Tioga Pass. Not sure how far south they go.
Here's a point-and-shoot repost from Red Lake Peak, just barely outside the Tahoe basin:
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Apr 18, 2014 - 05:39pm PT
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Got a cool shot of this young Great Horned Owl today.
Also this Great Blue Heron was doing a pose for me.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Apr 20, 2014 - 09:40am PT
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Got up early this Easter morning and checked out the owlets, they are doing great.
Happy Easter to all.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 20, 2014 - 12:04pm PT
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Bob, those owls must think you're their auntie they see you so much! :-)
So today's paper reported a Bald Eagle was found dead from getting into
some electrical lines in Wyoming. It had been banded in 1982 making it the
second oldest known wild BE. The oldest was over 32!!!!
ps
There's a Northern Gannet on Alcatraz! I wonder what got him sent up there?
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Apr 20, 2014 - 12:38pm PT
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Reilly, kinda crazy around here. I know of four different nests with owlets in them.
Here is a Cooper's Hawk from today.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 20, 2014 - 12:51pm PT
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Wow, great shot, Bob!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Apr 21, 2014 - 05:41pm PT
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Thanks Reilly....
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Apr 22, 2014 - 11:03am PT
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Great Blue Heron against the lava in the Galapagos Islands, taken a few weeks ago. Hand-held 300 mm lens.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Apr 22, 2014 - 02:49pm PT
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Got my first House Wren for this year.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Apr 23, 2014 - 01:30pm PT
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White Crowned Sparrow this morning on my hike.
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Plan B
Ice climber
Agua Dulce,CA
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Apr 23, 2014 - 08:30pm PT
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Nice photos Bob!
A reply to the up-thread request, I dug up my White-tailed Ptarmigan pics from a Lee Vining Ice climbing trip March 6 2011.
Seen just around the rock buttress at the far right of this overview.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Apr 23, 2014 - 10:53pm PT
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Ptarmigan's at Lee Vining?
Wow.
How many times did I miss them?
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Plan B
Ice climber
Agua Dulce,CA
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Apr 23, 2014 - 11:54pm PT
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That is the only time I've seen them. Of course, mostly I'm too busy climbing or belaying to notice.
They like to eat willow in winter, there is lots of that in the area. And eating willow is what this one was doing.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 24, 2014 - 12:18am PT
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Bob, Thanks for that good/great photo of the House Wren. I live in great fear that I'll see one and not recognize it. If any of you have tips about recognizing the song, I am all ears.
(edit) and thanks for the Ptarmigan photos!!! ^^^^ Y'all know the story about the naming of Chicken, Alaska, right?
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Apr 24, 2014 - 09:05am PT
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Good morning gull experts.
Help with Gull ID please.
See the one in the left foreground with slightly darker back? Any ideas?
This was at Salt Creek, e. shore of the Salton Sea.
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Apr 24, 2014 - 10:39am PT
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Apr 24, 2014 - 03:16pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 24, 2014 - 03:26pm PT
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Aunty Bob, you bringin' treats?
Dee, without a better pic my first thought was a Western but you might have
a Lesser Black-back there.
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