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cyndiebransford

climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Aug 7, 2014 - 11:35pm PT
dee eee
if you came to Alaska instead of Yellowstone I could get you those two birds and more.
dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Aug 8, 2014 - 05:46am PT
Cyndie,
Thanks for the invitation. Next year it could be a possibility.
The other comp here works better!

Cheers!
DE
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Aug 8, 2014 - 09:07am PT
Some hard core dude up in Arcata saw a Green Sandpiper. They haven't been
able to relocate it so despite this guy's bona fides it doesn't appear that
we will officially 'get' a first conterminous US record. He didn't get any
pics of it and despite hearing it quite well he has doubts based on leg color
that it could be a hybrid. Bummer, what a score that woulda been!

Dee, my condolences. What did you do to deserve Barstow?
dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Aug 8, 2014 - 07:00pm PT
Thanks Reilly, it's the evil called work.

But now I am off in search of Harlequin Ducks, Gray Jays etc!.....in about 60 minutes.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Aug 8, 2014 - 07:27pm PT
Harlequins in Barstow? What bar they hanging out in? BwaHaHaHa!
CClarke

climber
La Paz, Bolivia
Aug 8, 2014 - 07:55pm PT
Some shots of the Lava Heron:

A juvenal:


Adults:




dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Aug 8, 2014 - 08:07pm PT
Lava Heron!
That dude is on fire.

We are 7 minutes late.
cyndiebransford

climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Aug 10, 2014 - 09:39pm PT
Soldotna to Homer and back...a day looking for and at birds. It was overcast and at times rainy and windy. But any day is a good day to bird.
Plan B

Ice climber
Agua Dulce,CA
Aug 11, 2014 - 12:07am PT
Brown Creeper at Holcomb Valley last Thurs.


Hiked Mt Baden Powell today. Lots of birds on that trail!

Here's 3 I was able to get pics of...
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Aug 11, 2014 - 03:07pm PT
Tough to get a decent one of a Hermit Warbler!

Young Coop practicing his stinkeye...

Mama don't need no practice...
Willoughby

Social climber
Truckee, CA
Aug 13, 2014 - 12:12pm PT
FACT: if you band birds long enough, eventually a sapsucker will fly up and land on your hat. And stay there.


I promise I didn't place this bird on my head. Strictly of its own volition. Craziest thing!

Plan B

Ice climber
SoCal
Aug 13, 2014 - 02:57pm PT
Maybe that youngster thought those bracelets look cool! And was just waiting for a turn to get one :)
Willoughby

Social climber
Truckee, CA
Aug 13, 2014 - 06:15pm PT
He'd already gotten his bling. Based on the way he finally left, I think he was just charging up his poop chamber.
little Z

Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
Aug 13, 2014 - 06:46pm PT
that sapsucker is like "Skull me next, please, skull me"

went on a day cruise up to the San Juan Islands, ostensibly to look for whales, although I went for the birds. Here's a photo of the highlights. Obviously I need to get a better camera.


Have also had two fine outings with Darwin. Details to follow.
Darwin

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Aug 13, 2014 - 07:06pm PT
^^^ funny!

I pretty much picked the hottest, driest, smokiest day of the year to take Little Z across the Cascades to the hottest, driest, smokiest part of the state. On top of that, it's a pretty darn dead time of the year here w.r.t. birds making themselves obvious. Oh, and from start to finish drivers on the road were nutso crazy (CARS ARE EVIL). The trip was saved by Little Z's awesome ears, and heck anytime I see a Western Tanager and Harlequin Ducks in the same day, well, that's a good day.

The day after Z went on that ^^ trip, I got this photo at the Fill:


I'll probably post a link to a higher quality photo.

Dar
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Aug 16, 2014 - 01:27pm PT
Just a few from me, great stuff above.



BrassNuts

Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
Aug 16, 2014 - 05:10pm PT
Sapsucker on the hat - awesome!!!
cyndiebransford

climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Aug 17, 2014 - 09:09pm PT
Two birds today from Homer, Alaska.





Ten of us had a great day yesterday at Anchor Point and the Homer spit. The report below is our species list for the trip.


AK - KEN - Anchor River mouth, Kenai Peninsula, US-AK
Aug 17, 2014 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: In addition to Anchor Point we saw black turnstones, surf
birds,, song sparrows, and sanderlings at the Homer spit in Homer
42 species (+5 other taxa)

Mallard 3
Green-winged Teal 9
Harlequin Duck 20
Black Scoter 20
scoter sp. 40
Common Goldeneye 3
Common Merganser 1
Pacific Loon 2
Common Loon 6
Red-necked Grebe 6
grebe sp. 4
Pelagic Cormorant 8
Bald Eagle 12
Sandhill Crane 7
Semipalmated Plover 6
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 10
Lesser Yellowlegs 30
Whimbrel 3
Hudsonian Godwit 1
Black Turnstone 50
Surfbird 12
Sanderling 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 4
Western Sandpiper 12
Red-necked Phalarope 4
Common Murre 6
Pigeon Guillemot 1
Marbled Murrelet 12
murrelet sp. 12
Horned Puffin 4
Tufted Puffin 1
Black-legged Kittiwake 4
Mew Gull 20
Herring Gull 12
Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 200
gull sp. 300
Belted Kingfisher 1
Merlin 1
Gray Jay 3
Black-billed Magpie 2
Northwestern Crow 75
Common Raven 1
Hermit Thrush 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Savannah Sparrow 30
Song Sparrow 4



dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Aug 20, 2014 - 09:37pm PT
Nice list Cyndie!

Hey you guys. We had a fabulous trip to Yellowstone, Tetons and Dinosaur NM and saw lots of cool birds, mammals and scenery. I was lucky and got my target birds. 4 lifers, Harlequin Duck, Barrow's Goldeneye, Gray Jay, Eastern Kingbird and more.

I had what I was sure was a Purple Finch at altitude on Mt. Washburn in YNP. I posted on eBird and the moderator came back with some doubt suggesting it was a Cassin's Finch. It looks like a PUFI to me with the pinkish uppertail coverts, pinkish wing bar, extensive red on head and neck etc. This bird landed 6 feet from me at eye level but flew before I could get a good shot.

What do you think?

I'll post some good shots of other birds soon.



Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Aug 21, 2014 - 05:57am PT
It's been a while since I've been here - fantastic stuff!

Love the Bald Eagle Chaz; a sapsucker on a hat? Aweseome; CClarke and LittleZ's contributions are always terrific. Cyndi makes me want to book a flight (maybe next August). All the photos are awesome. Thanks to everyone for this best-thread-on-the-taco.
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