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dee ee
Mountain climber
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Reilly, you're my hero! Awesome stuff!!!
I didn't know Souptope was back up, I was stuck in pre-delete history land.
I've got a giant photo backlog. Prepare yourselves for a catch up slew of bird photos from me. Some might even be good.
Bob, that may be a rare Red Phainopepla.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
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Last weekend I was desperate for a good bird walk and downloaded the June Wandering Tattler. I saw there was a walk at Santiago Oaks at 7:30 on Sat. with Linette Lina leading. She is one of the best. I was stoked and showed up early to find an empty parking lot. WTF? So, I hiked around anyway, the birding wasn't too good until the end. Later I got home and discovered I had downloaded and printed a Tattler from 2012. Duh!
I have been trying for months to get a decent Bushtit shot. Some of the really plain/mundane birds have been becoming more beautiful to me lately. I don't know why.
Later I saw this Clown-faced Woodpecker fly into his cavity nest and waited for quite a while.
Another plain bird that is pretty cool (this time of year).
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Tomorrow is the fifth annual Lake Tahoe Bird Festival, held at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center in S Lake. We also have a couple of free guided bird walks at Spooner Lake and Blackwood Canyon. Come on out and say howdy!! More info at www.tinsweb.org.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Great photos Dee. I liking the new area. Got a Red-faced Warbler and Grace Warbler today up at Water Canyon. Photos are crap but it was 6am with no light in the canyon. Western & Hepatic Tanagers were also there.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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How's Mrs. Cooper doing?
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Plan B
Ice climber
Agua Dulce,CA
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Great story Reilly! And love everyone's photos.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Feathered friends for a Friday afternoon...
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Great shots above^^^^.
Today I followed up a rare bird alert regarding a possible "Canyon Towhee" at Dana Pt. I figured it was probably a mistake but thought I better check it out. No CATO but great views and shots of the 2 Peregrine Falcons that nest on the cliffs below.
Then one landed. I was able to creep up to about 20 feet away.
Later, in the afternoon a rare bird alert came through of a Northern Cardinal at the same place I saw the PEFAs at almost the same time. This was 6 hours later. I sprinted to the car and sped into stop and go traffic. It was after 4pm on the 405 on a Friday (today). It took over an hour to get back there. I was filled with angst but figured it would be worth it if only.............................................
YEAH BABY!!! My first OC sighting of this beauty!
WHEEEEE HOOOOO!!!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Great photos Dave and Dave.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
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What is that Ash-throated (Brown-crested?)standing on?
It looks like a marble statue of Dave Bruckman's (Boogleman's) abs.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
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Timid, let me know if you want to hook up. I would love to follow you around.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Timid...I live just four hours away (driving) from Portal. Let me if you ever want to hook up.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Yesterday I had a Cooper’s Hawk experience similar to Reilly’s. I went to get some photos of a nearby nest that I had discovered recently. I found that there were 5 nestlings about 2+ weeks of age. I shot a few photos before the mom showed up to feed her young.
She fed them for a while until she had enough of me and gave me the stinkeye, so I began to leave. As I was putting away my camera, she headed right at me. I also failed to get a photo, but have a pretty good mental image of her approach. Luckily I was able to duck behind a branch. She landed on a nearby branch and glared at me as I prepared to leave the area
She made one more pass as I left. This was pretty exciting, but not as much as a similar encounter near a N Goshawk nest at City of Rocks a few years ago. They are really fierce. Apparently the NPS removed a nest tree near the 4-Mile trail in Yosemite a number of years ago after attacks on hikers. Nice wildlife management!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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BN, luv the Vermillion and the Say's!
Dee, awesome job on the Peregrine! 20', really? And to think I was busted
for coming within a mile, literally, of a nest in the 80's. Bogus.
Tony, nice shots! It looks like 'my' chicks are a week or more further along
than yours...little buggers are flapping those wings like crazy!
Mum sizing me up...
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Look left.
Look right.
All clear.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
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I'm not trying to beat a dead horse but I do see there is some variation in Whimbrel bill length and head plumage. Age?
My Whimbrel
Cyndie's Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
See what I mean?
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dee ee
Mountain climber
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I said I had a bunch!
Cali. Quail chick- Caspers wilderness Park
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nice photos all above. Tony, you're back? I may come down July 4th weekend.
I've been going climbing up in Leavenworth (east side of the Cascades, so different birds) recently and saw a couple new-self-lifers (that's when I don't have Tony saying "Look there is a Nashville Warbler" ;-) and since I've been keeping an informal list ) as well as just plain beautiful birds. Yesterday , I saw Black-Headed Grosbeak(v. good views of male and female), a Western Tanager and a Cassin's Finch. I saw the Grosbeak and Tanager in idillic settings, burbling river and wind whispering through the conifers while sipping an after climbing beer. Last week it was a Nashville Warbler. Sorry no photos of those. I saw 29 species on my casual bike commute into work Friday, which is a v. big day for me, considering that it didn't included of the winter waterfowl. He's yet another Marsh Wren.
http://173.160.158.251/postings/2014_05_13_birds/m_wren.jpg
It drives me crazy how ST automatically expands the image and IMHO makes it much worse on the uploaded image (below) compared to the one on the link above. Am I missing some formatting command that tells it not to resize an image. It even occurs when using the [img]...[/img] command.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Great photos everyone...nice capture Darwin.
Drove up to Santa Fe to escape the heat, great climbing and mountain biking and a little birding.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
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