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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Nov 14, 2014 - 03:16pm PT
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Great shots Plan B. Evening Grosbeak on the hike today near Taos, NM
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Nov 15, 2014 - 12:23pm PT
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Cosmic, sorry to hear about the loss of your buddy Shiloe.
Brassnuts, I see scuffy b got the Rufous Hummer eye, how about the other three as:
#1 - Western Wood-Pewee
#3 - Cassin's Finch
#4 - Yellow-eyed Junco
Struggling along with my busted camera. I take a hundred photos on the odd's one might work out, but it's almost too frustrating to have all these great opportunities and then get back to my puter to see the disappointing results. Two cases in point:
at least nothing super rare has shown up yet
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Nov 15, 2014 - 03:22pm PT
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Parasitic Jaegers going after an Elegant Tern
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Nov 15, 2014 - 03:25pm PT
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little Z shoots and scores 3x for 15 birdman points! :-) Good job. Below is another batch of four eye shots for another round. Sorry your camera is goofing up - that's a cool Gray Hawk nonetheless :-)
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Nov 16, 2014 - 12:14pm PT
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BN, those eye shots are hard!
I especially like the top one above.
Good shots upthread. I got Parasitic Jaeger from Newport Pier last Monday for OC year #310. It took 3 visits to the pier, not super fun squinting into my old telescope in the dawn (cloudy) light. I even got a parking ticket one day, $58. I missed getting back to the car in time by minutes.
Yesterday we had our long awaited field trip to the Starr Ranch where we struck out on both Scott's Oriole and a Brown Creeper. Everyone was disappointed.
I broke my camera and am awaiting warranty decision.
Unfortunately I'm going to San Clemente Island tomorrow and won't have it.
Maybe Jake will lend me his.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Nov 16, 2014 - 01:11pm PT
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#2...Red-Bellied Woodpecker?
#3...Red-breasted Woodpecker or Vermilion Flycatcher?
Another Evening Grosbeak shot, just love these happy little birds.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Nov 16, 2014 - 07:16pm PT
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Bob scores 5 birdman points for #3 - Vermillion Flycatcher! Judges will not penalize this time for the double guess/answer posted ;-)
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Nov 16, 2014 - 08:05pm PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Nov 17, 2014 - 05:06pm PT
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The birds are just spectacular at Colusa NWR right now!!
Wish I had a better camera.
Night Heron are bigger than I thought!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Nov 19, 2014 - 03:42pm PT
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I just got back from San Clemente Island. I was bummed without a camera. I could have had killer shots of Chukar, Varied Thrush, Bell's Sparrow and others.
Apparently Chukar was introduced many years ago as a game bird and has thrived, they are very tame as well. It is the only place in LA County you can get Chukar.
I guess I wasn't that surprised to see another Varied Thrush, they are popping out all over the place, irruption year.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Nov 19, 2014 - 04:01pm PT
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I'd love to see a Varied Thrush!
We are having a Red-Breasted Nuthatch irruption here.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 19, 2014 - 04:30pm PT
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As an old Seattleite it is hard to get excited about Varied Thrushes.
They're nice enough but not exactly Olive-backed Pipits!
Dee, how did you get to go to San Clemente? The Navy wouldn't let you
bring a camera because of the 'top secret' holes in the ground from
naval bombardment?
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Nov 19, 2014 - 04:33pm PT
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Central Valley Bird Symposium is this weekend, and I'll be there leading some tours. Should be ducky (if rainy).
If anybody's going to be there, find me and say howdy! http://www.2013cvbs.org
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10b4me
climber
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Nov 19, 2014 - 04:41pm PT
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Nov 21, 2014 - 05:11pm PT
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This was our second year testing on the power plant on San Clemente Island. It's a mega easy job but because of safety regs we have to have 2 peeps on site. That means plenty of time for birding. They let us bring cameras, if I had one........but....as of yesterday I do have a new camera, a Canon SX 60 HS.
Got a Swamp Sparrow (#311) today, whee hoo, lifer. I looked for a couple of hours and gave up. I started to leave and went back for one more look and....yes.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Nov 21, 2014 - 08:52pm PT
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Great stuff above...first one of the winter for me.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 21, 2014 - 09:38pm PT
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Speaking of winter, they just started showing up: From Monlake Fill on this morning's commute.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Nov 22, 2014 - 01:59am PT
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well, it happened, had to shoot a rare bird with my busted camera. Luckily I got a reasonable shot - suitable for documentation only. And on the winter theme, the first to show up here this winter
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 22, 2014 - 08:09am PT
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It's funny that one person's rare bird is another's daily fare, although Redheads aren't that common here. Hey Z, I meant to compliment you on that scope shot of the Oystercatchers. Misaligned or not, I love the effect and may even capture it for my desktop. Royalties? ;-)
Darwin
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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Nov 22, 2014 - 06:04pm PT
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From the Whitney cam
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