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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jan 14, 2015 - 06:19pm PT
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Great photos above, a few from today here in Taos, NM
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Jan 15, 2015 - 12:24pm PT
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O MY What a wonderful Full Flight Eagle Shot!! All of the photos here are always so well shot and lit..!! The exposure thread just saying...
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jan 15, 2015 - 06:21pm PT
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Mind-blowingly great photos on this page! (Like all the rest)
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jan 16, 2015 - 04:44pm PT
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Bob, great Bald Eagle shot, one of your best out of many (Bald Eagle shots!).
On my second try up in LA today I found the Warm-eating Warbler!!! I was lucky to hook up with Don Sterba, the guy that originally found it back in Dec.
I didn't get a perfect pic but I learned that flash is OK to use, just too late for today. Don used his flash, I didn't, (it was 7:10 in the morning and still darkish) and got great shots.
Yesterday and the day before.
Merlin
Rock Wren
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Jan 16, 2015 - 08:58pm PT
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Darwin, there is no big year here in India as far as I know though I do know a dude here who is up to over 1030 (though not in one year). I think the current count is somewhere around 1300 or something like that species. I'm still searching for a max year count.
I still am very impressed with Dee's +300 in Orange Co. Pretty cool.
Lots of great shots over the last few pages-it's been fun getting caught up with this thread.
A couple more (I don't think I've posted these yet)
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jan 17, 2015 - 12:28pm PT
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Damn you Bob! When are you going?
That White Crested Laughing Thrush is rad! Does that reflect his head shape? LOL.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jan 17, 2015 - 01:36pm PT
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Dee, I leave 2/15, you should come. :-)
Great photos Delhi!
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10b4me
climber
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Jan 17, 2015 - 05:03pm PT
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Went on a Pelagic trip with the Pasadena Audubon Society today. Saw hundreds of California ,Herring, and Heermanns Gulls. Also saw Cassins, and Rhinoceros Aucklets, Brown Vented Shearwaters, Ancient, and Xantus's Murrlettes, Brandt's, and Double Crested Cormorants, Brown Pelicans, and this guy
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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Jan 18, 2015 - 10:39pm PT
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Went to Seward to look for a rare, for Alaska, Purple Finch. I had to look through hundreds of Pine Siskins and caught a fleeting glimpse of the Purple Finch. No good photos of either of those. I did get OK shots of some Pine Grosbeaks.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jan 19, 2015 - 07:12am PT
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Cool Cyndie.
We're having a bit of an irruption year for Purple Finches down here. They had 50+ at Shipley Nature Center in HB and we had 2 yesterday at Carbon Cyn.
Last year we had to go to altitude (for OC) to find them, 3000'+ on Saddleback.
Steve, love the Common Murre.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jan 19, 2015 - 01:31pm PT
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I've discovered that I can't not do a big year, so the fun continues. These aren't all first of year but the Sparrow is.
Heerman's Gull
Lesser Scaup
Cali Thrasher
Red-tailed Hawk
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Yay, I got #7800!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jan 19, 2015 - 04:09pm PT
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I'm going for a "little year". A few from today's search for new rock.
I did find some new rock.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 19, 2015 - 05:43pm PT
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I love the surrounding geography photos Cyndie and Bob.
Cyndie, I'm pretty sure I've been to that beach on a trip over to Day Harbor to visit friends Eric and Martin! No big surprise, but when I was there it was too overcast to see the mountains, but you could make out Seward across the Bay. We might have been a little further out towards the point.
Not dismissing the bird photos all the rest of you!!!!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 20, 2015 - 04:37pm PT
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OK, maybe it was a bad idea for me to get a cameral with video capability. ;-)
[Click to View YouTube Video]
but I just love the big flocks of birds, sight and sound. The sounds the best part of this one for me. I know this would have been better with a wider lens, but it was zoomed out as far as it would go. Marymoor Park over in Redmond(ed.), WA.
Here is something from the commute today. They are cute when they aren't going though your camp site or garden. Few birds today though.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Jan 21, 2015 - 02:30am PT
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One of my brothers use to have a racoon. He lives in Modesto and that little dude would go out at night hunting for cats.
My brother would at times find cat pieces in his backyard. I never would have guessed.
Anyway, most of you probably already know this (or have another site) but I found this site when I was looking for a bird list to Panna NP (where we're headed this 3 day weekend (I NEED to use that lens!:-)
http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?lang=EN
It has just about everywhere on it and easy printable lists.
I managed a quick snap as this roller was flying away. I love these guys-so many shades of blue.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Jan 21, 2015 - 08:10am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 21, 2015 - 09:09am PT
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Whoa! Hooded Warbler! I hate you!
Can't compete with that but Sunday I did see a Texas variant Horned Lark
amongst a herd of C. Cali nominates. Hey, I thought it was cool. Also
saw a dozen Brant at Moro Bay on Sat.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Jan 21, 2015 - 10:17am PT
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Finally got to try for the Rustic Bunting yesterday morning ... in the fog!! Eventually the sun did come out, as did the bird, though the two never intersected for me. Here's my contribution to the long string of blurry bunting photos:
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amyjo
Trad climber
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Jan 21, 2015 - 10:35am PT
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So many fine photos on this thread.
Always a pleasure to check in....
Dear Mike,
Thank you.
That Hooded Warbler. Wow. Good spotting. Any chance he's still around?
I may have to make a trip. I've been having a great time out at Arrowhead Marsh with the king tides. 4 Sora yesterday. In particular I love it when the dock is covered with birds, mostly Marbled Godwits and Willets
300+ of each, GBH, Snowy Egret, Great Egrets. The sounds! And then a flock of Black Turnstones flies in, maybe forty, and is completely hidden in the forest of larger birds, and then there's one Ruddy Turnstone but you can only see its reddish feet scampering within the bigger birds, Hehe.
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