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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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We spent last week at a cabin in Mendocino overlooking the ocean. From the deck we saw 4 species of alcids, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Marbled and Ancient Murrelets. Except for the Murres, non came close enough for photos.
On the Headlands wee surpised to see 2 Ross's Geese with some Cackling Geese.
This Western Gull managed to get a dead Octopus ashore and gulp down two tentacles.
We spent a lot of time looking for a Rock Sandpiper, which would be a lifer for both of us. No luck there, but there were many Black Oystercatchers everywhere we went - 40 on one rock.
There were also Varied Thrushes all over the place.
A Pacific Wren put on quite a singing performance at spots throughout its territory. It was good to have seen the Winter Wren with dee ee, so I could go over the differences.
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A Western Screech-owl was sunning its face in the botanical garden.
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Back at home we went out to monitor Golden Eagle nesting in the Diablo Range. A pair of eagles flew very close to us and landed in a tree together. I only got this lousy digiscoped photo.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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That boobie is a strange looking bird.
A few from our local birding spot today.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Amazing birds Delhi Dog!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Hammond's Flycatcher
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Long-tailed Duck in Agate Bay (n. Lake Tahoe) today. I got these shots from my kayak, moments before the rains started. Distant moving birds + moving boat + dark and gloomy skies = crap focus and exposure, so these are the best I could do to clean them uwith Photoshop. Great tic for the Tahoe Big Year though!!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Thanks all above.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Yo Dehli Dog and Timid, I posted a reply a ways back, but it looks like it didn't upload. Anyhow, that all sounds great to me. I like birding, and picking music, and I even go climbing sometimes. Just know that I'm pretty seriously booked up during the summer days, including the weekends, especially during June/July. But I'll be doing all three of those things mid-June (~ 19-21) down at the Mono Chautauqua, which is based out of Lee Vining. The weekend before that, I'll be tied up with our own little one-day Tahoe birding festival (with free guided bird walks) on Saturday and a Native Species Day on Sunday. I'll be leading gobs of outings June and July, so check in once we get a little closer and maybe you guys can hop on something I'm already leading some morning, and then we could put a rope up and/or pluck some strings aprés.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dee, did you hear the Hammond's? I'm sure you catch my drift. ;-)
BTW, the AOU just gave us a free lifer!!!!! WOOT!!! They've split the Clappers.
The westerns are now Ridgeway's! I love sitting on the couch adding a lifer! Oh,
wait, I haven't seen one back east so ... :-/
And how bout that BL Kittiwake in AZ? Talk about lost! And a Painted Bunting in Joisy!
Oh, Willoughby, there's a Fieldfare in Nova Scotia so I wasn't far off!
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Willoughby, sounds good!
Hopefully we'll makes something happen.
Is there link to these outings and when they happen-thanks!
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Yeah, the title is pretty misleading, but shrikes definitely kill small passerines (and whatever else they can catch) when they can.
My first experience with a shrike was during a dendrology field exam in Vermont. The class was all huddled around a red-osier dogwood, going through the various field marks and such, when somebody gasped. There was a mouse leg impaled on a broken-off twig.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Feb 10, 2015 - 04:39pm PT
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Reilly, I hear ya!
Yes, that Chickadee was not well.
We had a weird incident down here a couple weeks ago. A person/ranger at the Dana Pt. Harbor reported a Masked Booby on the jetty. They said it didn't look well, said it looked "really tired."
The next morning it was dead.
Eventually a guy paddled a paddle board over and recovered the body to send somewhere for study.
All us birders were pretty bummed we weren't there when it was still kickin'.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Feb 11, 2015 - 04:19pm PT
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Got some infection so the trip to Belize/Guatemala has to wait a month. I'm stuck here looking at these fellows.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 11, 2015 - 04:28pm PT
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They say, "Thanks for havin' us."
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Feb 11, 2015 - 06:26pm PT
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Bob, bummed to hear about your trip to Belize, but there´ll be better migrants in March. Get well.
Went out on the windswept pampa Guanacasteca to look for rare ducks at this water tank on a big cattle hacienda.
Had to stay on the correct side of the fence on the hike out there
found some rare duck. In case you haven't noticed, I have no shame when it comes to the quality of the photos I post here
walked past a tree with a pair of White-tailed Hawks perched in it. Looked like the beginnings of a nest there. The pair stood their ground and one started screaming.
got back to the car just as the sun was going down, 5 minutes earlier and the light would have been stellar for this little bucko
I did a 360° scan before getting in the car and counted 92 Lesser Nighthawks up flying around, and 5 Double-striped Thick-knees just sort of appeared out of the grass and stood there hunched over like little undertakers at the side of the road.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Feb 13, 2015 - 12:25pm PT
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Great stuff/photos Little Z, I'm going early April, should be quite good then. Here are a few from today.
Of course more Eagles.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 13, 2015 - 12:31pm PT
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Hi, Birders,
Just a quick note to let folks know that I had a report of 7 BROWN
BOOBIES and the continuing NORTHERN GANNET present at the Farallon Islands
National Wildlife Refuge.
Some of the boobies are reportedly engaged in displaying and bringing in nesting material.
Could be interesting....
Shearwaters Forever,
Debi Shearwater
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Feb 13, 2015 - 06:20pm PT
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Today.
Cali Gnatcatcher
Cactus Wren
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Feb 13, 2015 - 06:24pm PT
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Tony and I went out yesterday.
Pelagic Cormorant
bathing PECO
Ruddy Turnstones
Cedar Waxwing, a rare loner
RSHA
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