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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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That LEOW was hard to see even with someone pointing it out for me! That dude was full on camo!
If you didn't know which tree he was in fuggetaboutit! :-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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no Olive-backed Pipits here in my yard, yet, but did have a nice showing of small doves the other day, including a few Ruddy Ground-Doves that, until recently, were pretty rare in our area. Looks like they're the next lower elevation species to move up into the west side of the Central Valley where we live. Last year it was Yellow-headed Caracaras. White-fronted Parrots are becoming more common too. It's that global warming thing.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Dave, Good work on the OB Pipit. I hope it decides to stay for the winter so I can see it in Jan. It turns out that there was also one that flew over during our Sicily trip. Our local guide, Andrea, heard it and rushed to get a view. He said it was the 16th record for Italy (his 13th!). I did hear it but of course had no idea what it was and didn’t get a look.
That looks like an Aleutian Cackling Goose. Didn't know they ever made it that far south.
In an effort to balance the western balance. We just got back from a conference in DC. We managed a couple brief birding escapes, and since I have never birded in the NE, many of the common birds are lifers. Here are a few:
Some others weren’t lifers, but I had only seen one or a few. I had never seen flocks of White-throated Sparrow, for example
Here were a couple of rarities. Of course they were in the zoo.
A non-bird lifer.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Great stuff, Tony!
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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The last few days around Santa Cruz
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Great new pics on the last few pages everybody! Not sure if people might want to play, but a couple of years ago I posted some "guess the eye" pics and now I have some from this year if you are keen to ID the boids from just the eye pics below. I'll post more if there is interest in the "game" (winner gets?? ;-)
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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My guesses:
Canada Goose
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Good job Willoughby! But I'm not sure it's fair if you play :-) However, maybe for extra credit you can name these feet? (or anyone else...)
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Don't you just love going somewhere new? It's even better for a dilettante birder like myself (little harsh, but not much). Imagine DC's Rock Creek Park during migration when the warblers are coming though. One of these years! First S. Arizona, though.
Thanks Tony.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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On the feet.....no coots.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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No geese, no ducks and no woodpeckers. We are narrowing it down Dee ee!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Great stuff above everyone...thanks.
Merlin, southern Colorado today.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Nov 10, 2014 - 12:01pm PT
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When to the San Luis Valley and managed to do a new 12b in honor of my good friend Dave Pegg who sadly took his life this past weekend.
When to one of my safe places (Monte Vista NWR) after climbing and just enjoyed the beauty.
Sandhill Cranes
And this guy?
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Nov 10, 2014 - 03:17pm PT
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Sorry, I've got no good bird shots or answers to Dave's very difficult bird foot photo challenge.
I've been out every day for a week pre-dawn, on every lead I can dig out of the intardnet birding world. I have multiple strike outs since and before the Pipit. Townsends Solitaire, Long-eared Owl, Brown Creeper, Parasitic Jaeger, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Swamp Sparrow, oh, and top secret....Ring-necked Pheasant. We did get yet another Varied Thrush, irruption year?
We talked to a kid that found and had (in his hand) a baby Lesser Goldfinch caught in a spiders web, not this web.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Nov 10, 2014 - 04:22pm PT
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Bob, wonderful photos. That Richardson's Merlin shot is field guide quality. The other raptor in your last set is a Ferruginous Hawk. Very sorry to hear about your friend Dave Pegg. Gald you could find some solace with the rocks and the birds.
Thanks Brassnuts for the fun quizzes. So, what does BN Productions produce? I googled it and only found an outfit that makes porno. That's not you, is it? Seriously, produce a calender. I'd buy one.
Dropped my camera on the concrete today. Wiped out the viewfinder screen. It still takes photos but can't tell what I'm shooting, and it is stuck in the last setting mode (can't see to make the changes!). This will be interesting if anything good shows up. Just started a week long field trip.
Darwin, did you get out to Neah Bay to see the Eurasian Hobby? Hope something good like that shows up next time I'm back in WA.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20388570
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 10, 2014 - 05:10pm PT
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Bob; To me, Sandhill Crane photos are a good tribute to a friend lost.
LittleZ; no I didn't go out there. My excuse was heading to the east side of the Cascades for climbing, although the steep columnar basal kicks my a$$. The weather all around here has been unsettled in the British understatement meaning of the word. The East Side had SPECTACULAR clouds and light his last weekend, but it had zilch for birds. It's still cool to see Magpies once again. On the other hand I hear that Neah Bay had the Coby, Tropical Kingbirds and a couple sparrows and warblers I've never ID'd before. That's not even mentioning pelagic and shore birds.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Nov 10, 2014 - 05:16pm PT
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BN, do more eyes, and I'll bow out. But do more; they're great shots (as are everybody else's)!! I don't think I can conjure too many guesses on those particular feet.
Small birds can definitely find themselves caught in spider webs, and there's a bunch of YouTube videos of hummers, warblers, and even decent-sized finches all ensnared. I'm told that fake Halloween web decoration stuff can trap a lot of birds too, so that's probably something to avoid.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Nov 10, 2014 - 07:35pm PT
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Some of the most expensive birds in the world:
OK, I'll bite, why?
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