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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Nov 30, 2014 - 08:07pm PT
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Nov 30, 2014 - 08:11pm PT
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Dee and Mike,
Awesome photos!
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Nov 30, 2014 - 08:23pm PT
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Thanks to Darwin for the heads-up on the file "Pelican Dreams". I just managed to see it before the local run ended. As Darwin said, it's not quite a documentary, but is a nice little film. It wasn't overly schmaltzy and had some excellent footage of breeding colonies and some interesting archival footage of when the DDT/DDE effects on eggshells were being documented. I am old enough to have witnessed their former abundance as a surfer in SoCal and then see their decline, and then recovery after the DDT ban. It's worrisome to learn of the recent breeding failure over the last several years. Presumably this due to reductions in anchovies and sardines, their preferred food. I wonder if this might also be involved in the northern irruption of Blue-footed Boobies in central and northern CA this year?
Darwin certainly used "speaking role" and especially "star" very loosely for my brief appearance. "3.5 kilograms" was my entire line. A little quibble I have is that it would have been nice to show some of the other less well-known and charismatic aquatic bird species that were in care, even though it was focused on pelicans. Also a more photogenic casting choice for a volunteer rehaber would have been Yvonne:
I was surprised I didn't get any good photos of pelicans during those days in the spa. I guess we were usually too swamped. Here are some of the Peruvian Brown Pelican cousins:
Glad to hear that the Gray Hawk is back in Carpinteria. It will nice to see it as an adult after its first winter there a couple of years ago.
As far as rarities around here, there is a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Half Moon Bay. I probably won't be able to see it, but maybe Mike B. can get there for some photos. There was also a possible Japanese Murrelet at Pt. Reyes, but no reports for a few days. That would have been a first NA record.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Great photos Dee, Mike and Tony.
Quick trip to Bosque del Apache, here are a few.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Did someone say Shag?
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? JUNIOR AND I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR HOURS!"
Somebody has a slight squirrel problem at their feeders...
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Tenacious S!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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From yesterday and the same old venue for me. I think they both get a little better with clicking to expand.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Halfmoon Bay
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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SWEET! I'll never forget my first one although it was far from CA.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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HFMOG ^^^
I can't believe there's a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Half Moon bay, and what Reilly said. Nice photos Mike.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Great shots Mike and Darwin, just a few from Bosque del Apache, NM
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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There are purple berries planted around our gym because U. Washington's colors are purple and gold. The C. Waxwings love them! It was all I could do to select just one photo. Thanks Bob ^^^.
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john hansen
climber
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These are photo's I took a while back..
American golden plover? , I think,, Elkhorn Slough.
Could be a Pacific Golden Plover? But ,,, Probably not.
Birding,,,,,, Go figure..
I love it.
They had a Red shank's here in Hawaii.
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10b4me
climber
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If it were me, I would go with the Tamron. I have the older 200-500mm(f5-f6.3)lens, and like it a lot. Just my .02.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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The Sigma 50-500 is the Toyota GTR of the camera world. The hoity-toits may turn their
noses up at it but it is The Business. It just likes a bit more light than the higher priced
spreads. I haven't read anything about the Tamron but I have to admit I could be accused of
prejudice against them. To show that I'm not a real snob I did buy a Tokina 11-16 and I'm
happy I did.
John Hansen, I'd say you have a Pacific there based on primary extension or rather lack
thereof. It also, at least in the first pic, looks deeper-chested and the legs do look longish.
RED ALERT!
RUSTIC BUNTING IN GOLDEN GATE PARK YESTERDAY! ALL HANDS TO BATTLE STATIONS!
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