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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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Dec 30, 2014 - 10:47pm PT
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Dec 31, 2014 - 07:17am PT
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Darwin, great shot of that Kingfisher.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Dec 31, 2014 - 08:22am PT
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Bird-a-palooza III RSVP
BrassNuts
Crimpie
10B4ME
Darwin (hopefully)
Dee ee (I think - waiting for confirmation)
Reilly (c'mon!!!)
Anyone let Aho, Dr. F and the other regulars know?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 31, 2014 - 11:02am PT
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LAST DAY TO DONATE TO THE CORNELL LAB AND HAVE YER DONATION MATCHED BY TRIPLE!!!!!!
Cornell Lab Donation Campaign
Jess sayin'.... ;-)
Bonus coverage:
Dee! Worm-eating Warbler at Village Green in Torrance!
{Yer prolly all over it already}
One of the more exciting birds this week was an ABA Code 4 Northern Lapwing found near St Martin’s, New Brunswick.
In New York a Couch’s Kingbird took up residence in Manhattan, New York County. This is one of only a very few records of this species in the east, as the very similar Tropical Kingbird has had a much more established pattern of vagrancy over the years.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Dec 31, 2014 - 02:04pm PT
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Happy New year to everyone and happy birding, heading to Bosque del Apache tomorrow.
All I got for today.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Dec 31, 2014 - 02:09pm PT
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Bird-a-palooza III RSVP
Is that Easter week?
I'll give a 99% confirmation.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Dec 31, 2014 - 02:21pm PT
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I just came back from getting what will probably be the last bird for my 2014 Orange County Big Year, #321, Winter Wren.
Jeff and I were first on the scene this morning. It looks like he will finish 2 birds ahead of me. He got Ancient Murrelet (Dec. 28th) and a Palm Warbler (today).
He called me for the Palm Warbler but by the time I got there it was gone. We looked for a couple more hours but finally I had to throw in the hat. I made a major effort this week on the hard to find Parrot species hitting the OC Parrot Roost 4 nights in a row. On the biggest night I estimate there were 500-600 parrots. That could be an exciting way to end a Birdapalooza day!
Reddish E.
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Dec 31, 2014 - 04:30pm PT
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News flash, my Pacific Wren looks more like a Winter Wren.
I went point by point here and it looks to be the case.
http://www.sibleyguides.com/2010/08/distinguishing-pacific-and-winter-wrens/
We are waiting for the final verdict.
It would be better for me as it would be a lifer.
oh, our possible Stilt Sandpipers have been deemed Red Knots. When I look at Tony's shots with both birds (in field guide) open in front of me I have to agree. Bill length difference is subtle but.....
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Dec 31, 2014 - 04:49pm PT
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Your Reddish Egret is gorgeous!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Dec 31, 2014 - 06:16pm PT
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What is that little flat fish? Sand dab?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Duh, I didn't even think of Red Knot, I haven't been doing shorebirds for a few years.
That explains the stout bill, eh?
I concur with the Winter Wren call based on the bill and somewhat more variegated coloring
but I would like to see a better shot of the overall. Couldn't you have gotten him to turn
sideways?
Nice shot of the Reddish Egret with the baitfish!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Reilly, I was lucky to get him sitting still and in the sun!
Tony and I went back this morning and saw it again. It was a lifer for both of us, for me yesterday and Tony today.
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COT
climber
Door Number 3
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Birding got me into the outdoors and helped shape the person I am today. Last month I worked on a video project for Maven Optics telling the story of my interest in birding. The video highlights the first sighting of a Western Reef Heron (normally found in Western Africa) in North America and my meeting of birding legend Roger Tory Peterson. It also features my very cute nieces learning about watching birds and being outdoors
https://vimeo.com/110006283
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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COT,
I wasn't able to open the video. I look forward to seeing it.
[Edit] Here is the fixed link. Very nice expression of some of the
joys of birding.
http://vimeo.com/110006283
Thanks to Dave for getting us to see the Winter Wren. I need to look at some Pacific Wrens when I get home to compare. Even though that was a lifer, i think the highlight of our outing was seeing the Ridgeway Rail (aka Clapper) pair(?) at Bolsa Chica. I don't think I have ever seen one calling so well. We first saw one rail in the open, then it called and the other joined it.
This is same spot where a pair produced chicks this year for the first time in decades.
There were also a couple of hundred Brant among the many species. Maybe Dave has a photo.
I later went to the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine to check up on an Osprey nest. It was very birdy including lots of Blue-grey Gnatcatchers.
It's embarrassing, but our "Stilt Sandpipers" were actually Red Knots. I've never seen them in full-on winter plumage. Oh well.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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From Calbirds:
Congratulations to Curtis Marantz, who in 2014 set the record for the most
number of species recorded in California during a calendar year. Recording
a list in the mid-480s was particularly impressive given that it was a
decidedly sub-par year for numbers (good for Megas, but poor for the
overall volume of vagrants, particularly wood warblers and shorebirds),
making one wonder if the magic number of 500 might actually be possible. I
understand that Logan Kahle also recorded a very high total as well.
Congrats to Logan and, especially, Curtis for their memorable 2014 big year
accomplishments! Good birding,
You can see these guys' big year totals here:
2014 California REALLY Big Year!
I think what I found most impressive is that the top dog submitted 1378
complete checklists to eBird in a year! Hope he came up for air once in
a while! Another guy submitted 2626 checklists? Are you kidding me?
I just noticed that Dee ee is there at #46 with 347!!!!
DOOD! WAY TO SEND! Almost a boid per day!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Reilly, was Curtis the highest after subtracting the exotics?
My buddy Roy Poucher got 450 or so a few years back.
I want to congratulate my compatriate Beckey Turley at #6 and Justyn Stahl (San Clemente Island local) at #13.
Damn, Jeff beat me by 10 for Cali as well as 2 for the OC! DOG!
It's not happening in 2015. Lifers and county birds will be twitched only.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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^^^ awwww. Nice photos Tony!
and Dee ee, yours was an awesome send.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Yes, Tony, pardon my oversight of complimenting you on not just getting
Clapper pics but Gud ones! I hate to use the 'C' word but those chicks
are definitely CUTE! OMG, I can't believe I said that! ;-)
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COT
climber
Door Number 3
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Thanks Tony for fixing the link. I also edited in the original post!
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