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Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Aug 26, 2014 - 08:23pm PT
Back in Taos for a few days.


Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Aug 27, 2014 - 06:22pm PT
A few more on the drive back to Socorro from Taos.



Willoughby

Social climber
Truckee, CA
Aug 27, 2014 - 11:24pm PT
I realized something kooky the other day. Lewis' Woodpecker has been called the "Crow Woodpecker," and Clark's Nutcracker has been called the "Woodpecker Crow."

Think Lewis and Clark were aware of this???

Delhi Dog

climber
Good Question...
Aug 28, 2014 - 01:58am PT
Black winged stilts?
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Aug 28, 2014 - 08:05am PT
Delhi Dog...Black-necked Stilts. :-)
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Aug 29, 2014 - 11:35am PT
A few more after my bouldering session out at Box Canyon.







dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Aug 29, 2014 - 06:19pm PT
BIRDING ALERT


Is anyone going to be in SE AZ next week?

I'm going Sept. 4 or 5 for a few days and hitting several/many of the best spots. The weather should be ideal with some thunderstorm activity.

Drop all your responsibilities and meet me for a few days or whatever you can manage.


Also, Tony and I should be hitting a few of the best OC spots earlier in the week. Call me or e-mail me. 714-492-2159

DE
Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Aug 29, 2014 - 07:14pm PT
^^ How awesome would that be? I wish I could go to SE AZ.

"I realized something kooky the other day. Lewis' Woodpecker has been called the "Crow Woodpecker," and Clark's Nutcracker has been called the "Woodpecker Crow."

^^ Cool tidbit. Thanks!
cyndiebransford

climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Aug 29, 2014 - 09:21pm PT
I saw my first Gray-cheeked Thrush today in Anchorage. No photos.
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Aug 30, 2014 - 12:29pm PT
Nice Cyndie would have loved to seen a photo.

Nice bouldering session today followed by birding higher up in the hills.

Red Faced Warbler and Gray/Hammond's Flycatcher...I think.
dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Aug 30, 2014 - 01:33pm PT
Congrats on the Gray-cheeked Thrush Cyndie. That is a good one.

Bob, love the Red-faced Warbler. Let's hook up on the 7th and 8th, I have to be back on the 9th. Think about where would be our best choice. I will call.
dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Aug 30, 2014 - 06:48pm PT
I went out today after the Yellow-fronted Canary seen at Mile Square yesterday. It was seen "loosely associating" with a mixed flock of HOFI, AMGO, LEGO, SBMU (Scaly-breasted Munia aka Nutmeg Mannikin) and BRMA (Bronze Mannys). I found the flock and followed them around for quite a while. No Canary showed up.

More Bronze Mannys than I've seen at one time though.



Later I went to John Baca Pk. to look for the Solitary Sandpiper seen this morning. It is probably the same individual that was there last year. He was a no show. It was totally dead there but I did see what I took for a Cooper's Hawk, a fleeting glimpse. I hiked the path and worked my way back through the underbrush and when I arrived at the old Ovenbird area I saw him only 10 feet away with lunch.


I swung back by Mile Square for one last try on the Canary and it was very dead there as well. But, this other COHA did allow me to get very close.






little Z

Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
Aug 31, 2014 - 08:58am PT
nice photos Bob. Looks like you got yourself a Plumbeous Vireo there rather than an Empid fly.

Amazed to see how common Cooper's Hawks have become. I'm sure it has something to do with the spread of Eurasian Collared-Doves.

edit: wow Bob, those two photos really capture the essense of Cooper's and Accipiters in general. Your's too dee ee, eventhough you still can't give up chasing those POS birds.
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Aug 31, 2014 - 10:32am PT
Thanks Little Z, I need all the help I can get sometimes.

Speaking of Cooper's Hawks...saw this young one at Bosque del Apache this AM.



dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Aug 31, 2014 - 05:16pm PT
A couple more Yellowstone birds.

Trumpeter Swan family just outside Jackson Hole.


A RTHA just barely inside YNP, by about 25 feet. We were waiting by the gate.


Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Aug 31, 2014 - 10:50pm PT
Great photos everyone, a few more from today.



scuffy b

climber
heading slowly NNW
Sep 2, 2014 - 09:32am PT
Great pictures.
Does anyone care to venture a wild guess at the ratio of juvenile/mature
Cooper's Hawks they see?
Actually, I'm interested in speculation about any species that has good
dimorphism.
Darwin

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Sep 2, 2014 - 10:25am PT

I've been going over to Leavenworth (east side of Cascades) for very humble little cragging day trips. Brining my binoculars along turns them into a dual purpose trips. It sounds like Bob D'A is a master of this. It usually keeps me from getting totally skunked in that I rarely have a bad birding and climbing on the same day. No surprise, the birds on the East Side are way different from those here in Seattle. This last Sunday I wasn't into leading having had perhaps a glass of red wine too many at a party the night before. There wasn't much bird action as we climbed up on the north side of Icicle Canyon: Clarks Nutcracker, Osprey far below and a Rufous H.B. buzzed me while I belayed. We then dropped back down nearer the river. There were a lot of v. active RB Nuthatches young and old. Some of the RBNHs were foraging on a rock face, and I hadn't seen that before. I had forgotten how pretty Say's Phoebes can be. Down by the road, White-throated Swifts were raging all over the place! Sorry, no photos.
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Sep 2, 2014 - 08:14pm PT


john hansen

climber
Sep 2, 2014 - 08:27pm PT
More great photos..

Bob, what kind of Hawk is that above?

And also the Hummers? Nice composition on that one.





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