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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Dec 27, 2014 - 04:13pm PT
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That's amazing, BN. How did you take the pic and hold the bird
at the same time?????
hee hee hee. . .
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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Dec 27, 2014 - 09:03pm PT
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Took a trip to Homer today. I went searching for an American Coot. I know it is not a rare bird in most of the U.S. But, it is rare in this part of Alaska. I found the bird at the outlet of Beluga Lake. #181 on my Alaska bird list. I also saw a small flock of Gray-crowned Rosy Finches and got a good photo to share.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Dec 27, 2014 - 09:16pm PT
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Ducks at the supermarket, for Dee
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Dec 28, 2014 - 12:38pm PT
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HAPPY NEW YEAR !! THANKS FOR ALLOF THE D'ANTONIO LINES ,CLIMBS, BOYDS AND BOLTZ!!(Bob I held you off the ground at the nears in the foggy past, you of course did not fall I just liked holding you off the deck as the pretty girls strolled past!
them duckies are messing up a glassy water shot!// straight on looking at the beak. . .that looks better
away or onthe return Oh it is a brass eagal.we miss this tennis ball alot she was a salty dog swearing and cheating at cards. RIP, Brady A quaker Parrot that was ignored/ mistreated. WE came along just in time, she stopped picking and even flew she responded so well to our rescue, she was, in the end, well loved. Please think hard about the life in a cage before you get a boyd!!
thanks for the space to post
and where is Werner's Duck??
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10b4me
climber
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Dec 28, 2014 - 04:11pm PT
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Dec 30, 2014 - 07:41am PT
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Gnome, thanks and what route in the Nears? ;-)
Here are a few from yesterday.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Dec 30, 2014 - 07:42am PT
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John, that spot has closed access!
Another showed at HB Central Park yesterday, I'm going there to look.
Been birding this week with Tony, we had 5 possible Stilt Sandpipers yesterday. I'm waiting for confirmation. It's a little iffy.
I/we have been hitting the parrot roost hard with no luck just a couple of weird hybrids. Between 400 and 800 parrots there every night.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 30, 2014 - 08:01am PT
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Dee, no offense, but Stilts are a pretty easy call for you I would think.
I know it was for me. Oh, wait, it was standing on its nest! ;-)
Now a winter Palm Warbler is another matter, especially finding it.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 30, 2014 - 08:33am PT
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The Siskins are back to the feeder in full force. I know, no human made objects, but that's a carabiner in the foreground and we are a climbing forum. And its the best photo I have of the bird.
A leucistic(?) BC Chickadee.
and a comparison of its back with a regular one:
I always like the moving water shots
and to help with the ID
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Dec 30, 2014 - 10:32am PT
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Here a couple of photos of the sandpipers in question. The bills didn't droop enough, but they looked good for stilts otherwise. It was troubling that there were 5 and that nobody had seen them on the CBC they day before. They do normally winter at Salton Sea.
I also went to the Newport Beach Pier where I saw hundreds of Black-vented Shearwaters feeding along with CA Sea Lions, Brown Pelicans, Heermann's and Western Gulls. At one point they almost made it to the surfline.
Common and Pacific Loons were just off the pier and could be seen pirsuing prey through the clear water.
Also at Bolsa Chica a Reddish Egret was feeding nearby
The parrot roost fly-in was quite a spectacle.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 30, 2014 - 10:47am PT
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I agree that bill 'droop' is minor, at best. What gives me a bit of pause is
how stout the bills look. But everything else is surely in keeping with
Stilts - uniform grayish back, black primaries extending past tail, strong
occipital, blackish lores. What else could they be?
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 30, 2014 - 12:07pm PT
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Dave and Tony; Good luck today and tomorrow. Any joy looking for the Palm Warbler?
Do you have a New Year's Eve owling trip planned?
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Dec 30, 2014 - 07:16pm PT
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ANNOUNCING.....
Supertopo Bird-a-palooza III!
Yes, the third annual Bird-a-palooza dates are confirmed. This year, we hope to hit some new places (for out of towners) including Dee ee sharing some of his sweet spots in Orange County.
BrassNuts will be in town living the dirtbag life already, but I'll fly in on Wed April 15th. Birding will happen on Thursday the 16th, Friday the 17th, and Saturday the 18th of April.
I have to fly home early on Sunday the 19th so I'll miss any birding that day.
Who will join us? I look forward to seeing everyone!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 30, 2014 - 07:39pm PT
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I hesitate to proclaim a pox on yer planning so I will just say that I will be scouring the mating
leks of the midwestern Woodcock. I will force myself to let that be the salve on my disappointment. :-(
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Dec 30, 2014 - 07:41pm PT
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Noooooo! The Woodcocks are late this year. Join us! :)
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 30, 2014 - 07:42pm PT
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^^^ thanks Crimpie. One of these years, and maybe this is the one.
I had a cold bike-birding day out in Shilshole (on the salt water Puget Sound) with wild light. It was 30F and windy, and I loved it. Neither of these had any manipulation other than minimal sharpening and simple auto level adjust (contrast-expand in Gimp).
I have always found Belted Kingfishers to be way too nervous and had never gotten a photo of one before. You can see this one was cooperative. I almost got a action shot, too. I didn't know they worked salt water.
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10b4me
climber
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Dec 30, 2014 - 10:00pm PT
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Count me in for Birdapalooza III.
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