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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Oct 25, 2014 - 10:18pm PT
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Willoughby got it right (of course). This is a scan of a slide from Masai Mara, Kenya. I had hoped to see the European Roller in Sicily, but no dice.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Oct 26, 2014 - 11:26am PT
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Cool shot Dee and awesome bird Tony.
A Black-capped Chickadee and Red Tail Hawk on the hike today.
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john hansen
climber
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Oct 26, 2014 - 05:25pm PT
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Staying with the theme for this page
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john hansen
climber
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Oct 26, 2014 - 06:42pm PT
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A few from today
Tundra Swan,, only one, could be an escapee.
Not good with hawks...Red shouldered?
Met a group of birders in Bodega bay. They said they had seen a Red Necked Grebe near where we were. I think this is the bird.
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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Oct 26, 2014 - 08:11pm PT
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Kasilof Beach today, 10/26, incoming tide. It was chilly, around 35 degrees. I saw mallards in two groups of about 30 males with a few females scattered in, scaup and this lone surf scoter.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Oct 26, 2014 - 10:45pm PT
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John,
I'd say that looks like a Horned Grebe in its confusing transition plumage. Note the white tip on the bill.
Here is what a Red-necked Grebe might look like now - stouter,slightly downcurved, yellow-based bill and different head shape:
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Oct 27, 2014 - 07:24am PT
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Brewer's Sparrow.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Oct 27, 2014 - 08:21pm PT
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I'm thinking Common Black Hawk???
Great Blue Heron, Bosque del Apache, today.
Snow Geese.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Oct 27, 2014 - 08:52pm PT
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13 hours at Chevron El Segundo....I got nothing'.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Oct 27, 2014 - 09:04pm PT
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Bummer Dee, the Bosque was a little slow too.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Oct 27, 2014 - 09:12pm PT
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Bob,
How about juvenile Harris's Hawk? I'm going on the rufous in the wings and white undertail.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Oct 27, 2014 - 11:13pm PT
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Tony, you could be right, way north for them.
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Chewybacca
Trad climber
Montana, Whitefish
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Oct 28, 2014 - 12:09am PT
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A couple of Grey crowned rosy finches
Some golden eagles flying by.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Oct 28, 2014 - 03:11pm PT
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I was working out in the banana desert the other day
As bad as it looks for birds there is actually some habitat for aquatic birds inside the plantations along the drainage canals and it’s not unusual to see herons, egrets, ibis, gallinules and shorebirds and hear plenty of rails and yellowthroats in the grassy canals.
Anyway, I came upon this sad sight
A Sora just lying in the middle of a gravel road inside a plantation.
It was still alive but only flapped weakly when I picked it up. I checked it out and felt no damage to the wings and there was no sign that it had suffered a blow and it had good muscle mass, so not a case of exhaustion. Probably it was intoxicated by something it was exposed to in the bananas. Its legs were useless which is a typical sign of poisoning in birds (the kidneys swell up and press on the nerves that go to the legs). I put it up out of harm’s way, but its chances for survival were probably slim.
At another area where they compost culled bananas I found this other species of rail, the Paint-billed Crake.
It’s a pretty good bird here, although like most rails, it’s probably more common than folks think.
And on that note, we can start a Halloween theme for birds (note the Paint-billed Crake has a candy corn stuck on its bill!) Time to move those black and orange birds to the forefront…
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john hansen
climber
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Oct 28, 2014 - 09:43pm PT
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Here is one for a starter.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Oct 28, 2014 - 10:10pm PT
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ATTACK!
Mayhem.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Oct 28, 2014 - 10:29pm PT
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Chewybacca bringing the crisp focus!!
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MH2
climber
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Oct 29, 2014 - 08:10am PT
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Cooperation. Alliance. Group tactics. Survival.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Oct 29, 2014 - 10:54am PT
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DMT, thanks for your gallinaceous musings.
just went outside and saw this chicken-wanna-be struting his stuff on the lawn, but he was all by his lonesome
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Oct 29, 2014 - 06:12pm PT
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DMT, Wow, thanks for your brilliant cross-species behavioral (aka gallinaceous musings)observation and commentary!
I wonder about sh#t like that all the time. Call me weird.
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