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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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May 20, 2014 - 01:24am PT
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Cyndie, nice birds!. However, your Pec. Sands look like Long-billed Dowitchers.
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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May 20, 2014 - 11:44am PT
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Thanks Willoughby, change noted on the bird.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 20, 2014 - 12:01pm PT
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Great composition and exposure, Darwin! One of my faves, too.
Love the wren shot, Bob! It was so amazing to see one of them in Patagonia.
BN, well, what can one say? Money?
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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May 20, 2014 - 01:50pm PT
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Fantastic Shots everyone. BN those are da kine bra.
Here is crappy photo of a roadrunner standoff in the back yard. A bunny ran through and tried to break it up ;-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 20, 2014 - 02:12pm PT
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HaHaHaHa! Great shot! Was it a Zen standoff?
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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May 20, 2014 - 02:38pm PT
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I think the one on the left did not have the proper discipline or focus, so probably a Taoist ;-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 20, 2014 - 04:48pm PT
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Awesome, Marlow! Men ikke ett Crow - Ramn. ;-)
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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May 20, 2014 - 06:07pm PT
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Great photos from everyone. First Blue Grosbeak of the year.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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May 20, 2014 - 06:22pm PT
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Whoooo hoooo!
I got my first ever Orange County Golden Eagle today!!
I went to scout Flores Peak before doing it with my boy Jake. He had said he wanted to climb it.
It's a short but proud/historic peak near Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary and where the bandito Juan Flores and one other outlaw narrowly escaped from a posse of some 60 men by riding his horse "off a cliff." The rest of his gang were captured.
He was captured later after 11 days on the run by a posse of 120 and hung after this escape. This was in 1857.
The eagle flew around the corner just below me and I barely got the camera out and him in the frame before he vanished.
I wish I got a better shot.
Flores Peak
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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May 20, 2014 - 09:49pm PT
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Wheeeeeeee hoooo.
OK, I'm calming down.
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Plan B
Ice climber
Agua Dulce,CA
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May 20, 2014 - 11:52pm PT
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Really enjoy this page!
Love the Alaskan birds.
Looks like Bob is giving BN a run for his money in the quality dept.
BN photos are supreme!
Pelicans are great!
Story pictures like StahlBro's are my favorite, the roadrunners cool!
The Raven Rescue vid!!! And great close-up Reilly!
And I like the eagle action shot!
Here's a few from Anaheim's Pelanconi Park
Parrot in someone's front yard nearby
Getting a drink at the Rain Bird
Goldfinch waiting for a turn...
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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May 21, 2014 - 02:39am PT
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Today's bird from the Kenai beach. I was there with all the 4th, 5th and 6th grade students that have passing grades for a beach party. I was able to take a walk on the back side of the dunes and this guy was singing his heart out.
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cliffhanger
Trad climber
California
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May 21, 2014 - 10:21am PT
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"Wisdom, at least 63, has had 7 chicks in 7 years By Matt Cantor,
Wisdom the Laysan albatross is "at least" 63 years old, experts say, making her the oldest known wild bird on the planet. And, amazingly, she's still hatching chicks. Last week, a worker at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge—Wisdom's home in the north Pacific—saw the mother caring for a new chick, according to a press release. And it's a feat she's managed for each of the past seven years, LiveScience notes. For comparison, most Laysan albatrosses live between 12 and 40 years, per the US Fish & Wildlife Service. Wisdom first came to the attention of researchers while incubating an egg ... in 1956. She was tagged then, and has likely raised no fewer than 30 chicks in her lifetime."
http://www.newser.com/story/182176/worlds-oldest-bird-a-new-mom.html
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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May 21, 2014 - 02:51pm PT
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Thanks Plan B...BN photos are exceptional.
Really great thread.
House Sparrow near the house today.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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May 21, 2014 - 02:56pm PT
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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May 21, 2014 - 04:05pm PT
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Cool Hummingbird view! I like the House Sparrow Construction Worker above Bob. :)
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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May 21, 2014 - 08:16pm PT
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I went on a pontoon boat birding ride into the Upper Newport Bay today. It was fun but not too birdy. The best bird was a Reddish Egret.
Afterwards I went over to the Environmental Nature Center in Costa Mesa to look for Japanese White-eyes and saw around 10. These birds are very small (3") and very hyper.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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May 22, 2014 - 09:45am PT
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It is very cool to see lots of birds doing the nest building thing right now - we saw a bunch of Cliff Swallows gathering mud from a puddle at a trailhead yesterday, but the camera was at home... Some more SW birds from this Spring:
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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May 22, 2014 - 09:49am PT
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Wow! GOOOOOD Morning BN.
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