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dirt claud

Social climber
san diego,ca
Oct 17, 2014 - 01:09pm PT
This Raven or perhaps Crow has the mouth of a wharehouse man, LOL
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Tony

Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
Oct 17, 2014 - 02:06pm PT
We left Sicily today, spending the night in Rome, then heading home with a brief stopover in Oslo. Here are a few birds from the last couple of days.




We saw some flocks of Common Crossbills on Mt. Etna. These are quitte distinct from the other European populations and could become a new species or subspecies.

The most recent eruption of Mt. Etna was in July-August, but we saw much ash being spewed.
cyndiebransford

climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Oct 17, 2014 - 06:26pm PT
On Saturday, October 11, 2014, the fifth annual Kenai National Wildlife Refuge BIG SIT, co-hosted by the refuge and the Keen Eye Birders, lasted from 8:00AM to 5:30PM at the Lower Skilak Lake Boat Launch Campground. Four adults and 6 children scanned lake, forest, and sky for birds. An early morning low of 38 F was recorded as well as an afternoon high of 43 F. A cold but moderate rain at the start ended by 10:00AM. Skies were completely overcast all day long but there was a noticeable lightening of the skies during the middle of the day. Conditions were windless until 4:00PM when a 15 MPH wind developed from the southwest and continued through the remainder of the survey. A total of 29 species were observed from the 17' count circle. Four species were recorded for the first time. The most notable sighting was of two light phase Rough-legged Hawks flying north across the lake. A lone harbor seal was observed. * Denotes new count species.
10 Trumpeter Swan
30 Mallard
220 Greater Scaup
16 White-winged Scoter*
12 Bufflehead
26 Common Goldeneye
2 Common Merganser
40 Red-breasted Merganser
3 Common Loon
1 Horned Grebe
1 Double-crested Cormorant
15 Bald Eagle
2 Rough-legged Hawk*
35 Bonaparte’s Gull
2 Mew Gull
10 Herring Gull
3 Glaucous-winged Gull
1 Belted Kingfisher*
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 American Three-toed Woodpecker
5 Gray Jay
5 Black-billed Magpie
2 Common Raven
10 Boreal Chickadee
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 Varied Thrush*
1 Rusty Blackbird
60 White-winged Crossbill
55 Common Redpoll
dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Oct 18, 2014 - 10:37am PT
Great list Cyndie! There are 6 that would have been lifers for me.

Owls are cool.

Yesterday.


dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Oct 18, 2014 - 10:47am PT
Earlier this year.



little Z

Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
Oct 18, 2014 - 11:10am PT
Owls are cool, and rule.

Cyndie, hats off for promoting envirnmental education for the next generation! I think like dee ee does, 3 of those species would be lifers for me. So how did you decide on a 17' count circle? You'd be in trouble if you had fifty people show up to count!

Any action (or inaction, in this case) photos?
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Oct 18, 2014 - 01:16pm PT
Wonderful photos, Dave!
Owls are cool!
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Oct 18, 2014 - 02:00pm PT
Remember me? I saw some Bee-eaters at Pompeii today.
My initial jet-lagged reaction when they flew by was:
"Hey! Look! Parrots!"

Sorry, no pics.
little Z

Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
Oct 18, 2014 - 09:16pm PT
307 - Prairie Falcon.

so , dee ee, is it lonely at the top?
dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Oct 18, 2014 - 10:35pm PT
little Z, I'll let you know on Dec. 31.................maybe!


That Prairie Falcon was a godsend (no religious interpretation intended)! I was at Irvine Park doing my semi-regular Zone-tailed Hawk check.


Jeff will be hard to beat, he birds twice as much. We were both over looking for a Swamp Sparrow today......maybe tomorrow morning. There were a couple other good birds there (Harriet Wieder Park), a Red-breasted Sapsucker and a Green-tailed Towhee (only the second one I've seen this year). That park also recently hosted a Vesper Sparrow and a Clay-colored Sparrow. Earlier this year there was a male American Redstart there, good stuff. Last year a Tropical Kingbird.



dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Oct 19, 2014 - 03:58pm PT
Yikes, that is scary!


From today. No Swamp Sparrow.

Merlin



AMWI

Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Oct 19, 2014 - 07:05pm PT
Great stuff Dee, I spend the day climbing and then to the Monte. Vista NMR, the cranes are back for a short stay.
john hansen

climber
Oct 19, 2014 - 07:12pm PT
Dee ee 307 for the year in OC.. impressive.

Beat's my life list.
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Oct 19, 2014 - 07:26pm PT
Giving me the stink eye.

Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Oct 20, 2014 - 04:00pm PT
Swan geese along the Rio Grande?


Townsend's Solitaire

BrassNuts

Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
Oct 20, 2014 - 04:11pm PT
A few more pics from mid/late summer...
Darwin

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Oct 20, 2014 - 04:46pm PT
^^^ Nice photos B.N. All birds that I know pretty well, but photos let me see the details. Thanks for the Solitare photo, too, Bob. and of course the GT Towee and Sapsucker photos. ... the list goes on and on.


ps: I've only see a Cassin's Finch once that I know of, so that one was special.
cyndiebransford

climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Oct 20, 2014 - 08:09pm PT
I went down to Homer over the weekend and birded along the beaches. I saw a group of about 100 Harlequin Ducks, White-winged Scoters, Marbled Murrelets, about 20 Common Loons, Bald Eagles, Ravens, Northwestern Crows, 400-500 Red-necked Grebes, Horned Puffins, Pelagic Cormorants, Black-legged and Red-legged Kittiwakes, Mew Gulls, Herring Gulls, Glaucous-winged Gulls, Glaucous Gulls and a Snow Bunting. It was a great weekend.
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Oct 21, 2014 - 01:18pm PT
Cyndie, Dee, John and Brass...really great photos.

A Ruby-crowned Kinglet on the hike today.


little Z

Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
Oct 21, 2014 - 05:03pm PT
great stuff folks.

In light of recent thread nuking, I spent a wonderful couple of hours last night looking over old posts on this thread (between posts 1000-2000, more or less). Amazing, entertaining and educating content and photos. Every now and then I ran across breaks in the thread where former posts had been deleted. Can only guess at what I missed. Sure hope the thread stays intact from here on out. My hope is to read through the whole thing. I'd encourage anyone to give it a go (unless you're among the original dozen or so contributors who are still adding content and who probably remember all that has transpired here).
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