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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Reilly,
Will you be in Sicily?
Here's our schedule:
Oct 9-11 - Hotel il Cortile in Custonaci, near Marsala
Oct 12-14 Hotel Residenza Petra in Petralia Soprana in Madonie region
Oct 15-17 -Casale del Feudo in Randazzo, Etna region
We are traveling with the top Italy birding guide, Andrea Corso. He is a delight and a font of naturalist info.
PM me if you will be in Sicily in that time frame. Today we saw 46 Ferruginous Ducks and visited the amazing temple at Arigento.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Tony, alas, the closest we'll be to Sicily is Amalfi.
I grew up in Chicago so I figured I didn't need to go to Sicily.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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^^^ grinning and nice birding all above.
I got a photo(!), but this isn't the same bird that I saw two days ago. Now I'm thinking the first MIGHT have been a Smith's. On the first I just didn't see the white belly and it's pretty obvious here.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Gray Jay feeding it's young, Yellowstone Visitor Center a few weeks ago...
;-)
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Reilly,
Oh well, enjoy your trip. Our Sicily experience is way different from the American version. Of course we are staying away from cities and visitng the countryside and wild areas.
Here ar a couple more birds seen lately:
We have just gotten to a birdier part of Sicily in the west. Tomorrow we go to the Trapani salt pans, hwere we should see thousands of flamingos and more waders.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Brass Nuts, is that a freeze-dried worm the Gray Jay is feeding its youngun?
Darwin, the above is certainly a Lapland. Also note the stouter bill than
a Smith's and Smith's has more white on the outer tail feathers, much less
strongly streaked flanks and, of course, the overall buffier look.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Brass Nuts, is that a freeze-dried worm the Gray Jay is feeding its youngun?
I think it ripped out and is holding the tongue of the youngun by its recoiled look. Any squirrel-ass-packers out there that care to comment?
Darwin - nice score on the Lapland Longspur. Was that out at Magnuson or at the fill? Would be a lifer for me. I only have one longspur species, McCown's, that I saw on my first trip out west, just outside Laramie WY. That was in 1971, and I remember we camped in Vedauwoo the night before (had my life N. Goshawk blast through camp). This was before I even started climbing, but I thought it was a super cool place even back then.
Smith's in Washington would be a super rarity. There's only one report in eBird, which says it was the state record, from Aug. 30, 2006, but it was from the Seattle area (Marymoor Park). So, anything is possible, but you'd want to be sure about that one.
Thanks for the international share Tony. Reilly, the gauntlet has been thrown (or whatever they do in Italy). You're up next.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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I'm crying from laughing over here!!!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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What Crimpie said ^^^
LittleZ, it was Montlake Fill, aka Union Bay Natural Area (*on my afternoon commute!*), but one/two have been seen at Magnuson. I'm just ruminating about the "Smith's", ok and cursing myself for not having my camera with me.
And the Buteo Buteo Buteo and Greater Flamingos were so effing too cool Tony. I still have to go over the little ones.
ps: there have been hints of Smith's around the area.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Oct 10, 2014 - 03:04pm PT
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From the Fill the last few days:
Unusual look of a common bird
The ones below aren't that common on Lake Washington, not like in the SF Bay.
Find the birdie:
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Oct 10, 2014 - 05:42pm PT
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I kick up Long-eared Owls with a fair bit of regularity, but have never, in all my years chasing birds, gotten one to pose for me when I had my camera ... 'til yesterday.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 10, 2014 - 06:03pm PT
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Wow! Major stinkeye! Nice!
So 10b4me and I were out yesterday and I'm happy to report I got him a lifer!
Then we were watching a large herd of Bushtits in a tree and I whipped out
my new JBL bluetooth speaker and iBird and set those doods off! Within 5 seconds there
were like 30 or so of 'em giving me major stinkeye, and major verbal abuse,
from like 4' away! It was totally Hitchcockian, but more in a Mr Rogers sort of way.
I thought a few of 'em were gonna land on the speaker!
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Oct 10, 2014 - 09:36pm PT
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Owl stinkeye - eggzellent! Just getting around to editing some birdie shots from mid/late summer...
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john hansen
climber
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Oct 10, 2014 - 11:49pm PT
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Those are some great shot's Dave. Pretty slim birding on the east side but got a few. No pic's worth posting , but got a, American Avocet, Bewick's wren and Brown Creeper today.
About 80 for the trip , so far.
You guys are hard to keep up with, but I will keep posting my questionable ID photos here.
Aloha
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Oct 11, 2014 - 08:26am PT
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Eared Grebe
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 11, 2014 - 09:19am PT
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BN, the Lazuli and the backlit Cordilleran are BIG TIME!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Oct 11, 2014 - 10:01am PT
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Great stuff/photos above.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Oct 11, 2014 - 11:01am PT
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Beautiful stuff for sure. Cool owl! Owls are always so cool to see.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Oct 11, 2014 - 12:56pm PT
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It was totally Hitchcockian, but more in a Mr Rogers sort of way
you're killin' me Reilly
saw this today, which was totally Hitchcockian, period. Especially once there were about 25 of them. There was armadillo sauce flyin' everywhere
now that I've posted a bird photo, I can get on to the real treat of the day, which was a bonus taxa. Had a Grison pop out of the grass on the roadside this morning right next to me. I stood still and he got to within about 10 feet of me before he figured out I might be too much trouble to subdue and slinked off again. The funniest part was that just seconds later this fat little Rice Rat goes bouncing across the road. Saved! I got out my camera and was able to get the Grison back by kissing the back of my hand to make squeaky noises - a good trick for calling in predators of all sorts (like hawks, especially Accipiters - there, back to birds again).
great photos everyone.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 11, 2014 - 01:06pm PT
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I'm going out on a limb here and will assume that Grison don't give a sh#t.
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