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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Dec 10, 2014 - 06:57pm PT
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John, it's close to 334, I'm not sure exactly. Tom (Ford-Hutchison) and Tom (Benson)were right there last year in their dual/duel attempts to break the record. Ford-Hutchison had one uncomfirmed bird, a Chimney Swift, I think, that kept him from the record.
Those guys are the real deal, a couple of the best birders in the US.
If I had every bird I went after this year I would be pretty close. I missed quite a few, between 10 and 20.
Oh well, it ain't over yet.
Yes the black axillaries! The Pacific Golden Plover gave me fits this year!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 10, 2014 - 07:08pm PT
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Nice, John, now you tell us about the black axillaries after you con me into embarrassing myself!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Dec 10, 2014 - 07:09pm PT
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A good photo day today. Although the red-breasted Nuthatch pissed me off. He was 15' directly overhead and I just couldn't get him in the frame. Bugger!
Redheads are trouble.
TV dinner.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
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Dec 10, 2014 - 07:18pm PT
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Thanks, I can't believe it myself!
2 more.
I also made a futile attempt for Zone-tailed Hawk this afternoon, not even one turkey Vulture.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 11, 2014 - 10:32am PT
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WHOA!!!!!!
Owls can swim?
And pretty well apparently.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Dec 11, 2014 - 12:15pm PT
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Cool, he looks pretty casual about it!
Get to beach, dry off, it's all good.
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Tork
climber
Yosemite
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Dec 11, 2014 - 12:17pm PT
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10b4me
climber
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Dec 11, 2014 - 04:24pm PT
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Dec 11, 2014 - 07:30pm PT
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Great photos above, thanks.
A few from the last couple of days.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 12, 2014 - 03:07am PT
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Dec 12, 2014 - 08:47am PT
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Great photos above!
Yesterday I tried for Scott's Oriole at the Ramakrishna Monastery, no luck. But, I did get a Varied Thrush in a location they've never been.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Dec 12, 2014 - 01:19pm PT
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Great Photos Dee, here are a few from today.
Got this Ladder Back Woodpecker along the Rio Grande. A little north for this fella.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Dec 13, 2014 - 05:22am PT
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Wow, the photos here have been taken up a notch. Great stuff everyone.
We knocked off all the Dominican endemics yesterday with the Ridgway's Hawk (closely related to Red-shouldered). That's 30 out of 31 for Hispaniola Island. We missed the Gray-crowned Palm-Tanager, which is confined to Haiti, and we're not going there.
We're in chill mode now for our last 2 days. We're at Los Haitises NP where there is actually some climbing on these funky limestone towers.
Have a story to tell about Ashy-faced Owl, Vodoo, and a 2 foot long knife but it'll have to wait until I can type on a real keyboard instead of this bogus little iPod.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 13, 2014 - 10:09am PT
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Boy, luv me some Vodou stories! Can't wait! I also can't wait to know why the Ashy-faced is
considered a distinct species.
signed, The Lumper
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the museum
climber
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Dec 13, 2014 - 06:32pm PT
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Experts:
Is this a Harlan's? seen him twice on the same post in two different years.
Note the slate tail.
Sorry on the fuzzy..
the museum
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Dec 14, 2014 - 10:45pm PT
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A couple from a trip back in Oct.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Dec 15, 2014 - 12:55am PT
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Dec 15, 2014 - 02:24am PT
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Edit: I had to go back through my photos after updating my list of woodpeckers for TT and realized I had labeled this dude incorrectly the first time. I have a female shown below.
The thing is they changed names (as they sometime do). Use to be Flamebacks now they are called Goldenbacks. Anyway so many of these look very similar especially at first glance.
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