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otisdog
Big Wall climber
Sierra Madre & McGee Creek, Ca.
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Mar 24, 2015 - 06:07am PT
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No,that's not it. The song I'm hearing doesn't change notes…just pitch. Kind of like a helicopter taking off, but slower.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Mar 24, 2015 - 09:45am PT
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Great stuff everyone, had to cancel the trip to Belize as we are buying a new house in Taos and settle in three weeks, down in Chihuahua now for five days and really having a great time, when birding in the Madera area, Basaseachic Falls and Casas Grandes. Chihuahua is a pretty amazing place and really quite good for birding, it also has the biggest wall in North America.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Mar 24, 2015 - 03:10pm PT
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Bob, the biggest wall in No. America? What is it? Photos?
Great shots of the Golden-crowned Kinglet and pissed off Golden-crowned Cyndie!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Mar 24, 2015 - 10:59pm PT
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A few from Chihuahua, Mexico.
Basaseachic Falls
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Lasti
Trad climber
Budapest
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Mar 25, 2015 - 06:31am PT
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Crimson sunbird lounging on the razor wire... A nice day in Pakistan.
Any idea how to fine tune autofocus on Nikon D5100? Focus is more or less consistently just a bit behind subject, even if using spot focus mode.
Lasti
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 25, 2015 - 08:44am PT
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Lasti, I'm sure you can get an answer on the Nikonians (I know) site. You may not be able to
ask a question without forking over $25 but you can read for free. I might suggest you turn
down the saturation and contrast in-camera settings a tad. That should help a bit with your
focus issues.
Cyndie, GREAT Kinglet shot! I would like to see the first one cropped a little closer and
maybe brightened a bit?
Bob, those are some really nice ones, too! Almost thought that was Yose Falls! LOL
This just in - construction was halted yesterday on a bridge over the 60 freeway when chicks
were found in a Say's Phoebe nest! Woo-Hoo!
Otisdog, the bird whose call is often described as a ball bouncing down a flight (pun intended)
of stairs is the Western Screech owl. Go to Cornell Lab to hear it.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Mar 25, 2015 - 11:49am PT
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American Black Duck, Rio Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
Black-throated Sparrow.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 25, 2015 - 12:59pm PT
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Lasti,
I had focus problems on a Lumix 100-300mm lens. With spot focus, it would seeming randomly focus on anything in the field of view. If it happened to pick the bird, the focus was fine, but it would often focus on something else. I have a very nerdy (& in the case correct) friend talk me into doing a firmware upgrade on the lens (not the camera, although I did that, too). It made ALL THE DIFFERENCE in the world as to getting spot focus to focus on the "spot".
Darwin
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Mar 25, 2015 - 06:34pm PT
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2015 OC #252
Black-chinned Hummingbird
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Mar 25, 2015 - 06:46pm PT
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Great stuff Dee, slow down dude you are making the rest of us look weak. :-) Reilly thanks and it is quite an impressive waterfall.
Glossy/White faced Ibis?-La Junta, Chihuahua, Mexico
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Chewybacca
Trad climber
Montana, Whitefish
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Mar 25, 2015 - 07:00pm PT
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Lasti- The D5100 doesn't have a feature for fine-tuning the auto focus. As Darwin suggested you could try updating the firmware. Here is a link-http://https://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/17547/~/d5100-firmware%3A-a%3A-1.0.1-%2F-b%3A1.01-upgrade
If that doesn't work you could call a shop to see if they can adjust it. Did it get dropped or something?
I've been pretty happy with mine for the last couple of years. But I think I'm going to upgrade this summer. Good luck with getting it fixed.
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Lasti
Trad climber
Budapest
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Mar 25, 2015 - 08:59pm PT
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Thanks for the tips, will tone down in camera tweakage and will look into firmware. The lens (18-200 vrii) has seen better days, but the camera is pretty well looked after.
Get back to you about results.
Lasti
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Mar 27, 2015 - 09:03am PT
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 28, 2015 - 08:46am PT
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I took a little non-birding trip up to the Skagit yesterday with my visiting brother in law. Even a non-birding trip up there usually results in photos.
They are on their way up to you Cyndie. On a side note, there's a nice climbing photo of Cyndie on one of the other threads.
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2545343&msg=2601386#msg2601386
This following one from the Fill confused me for a few seconds (before I saw the bill).
And here's a joke ID challenge from the fill. They are not terribly common (a couple a year) around here.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Mar 28, 2015 - 02:54pm PT
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We just returned from some birding in High Island TX (yes fun) and are excited that the third annual Birdapalooza is just around the corner.
Hour hope this year is 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 climber dirtbag life already in California and I will 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.
I look forward to seeing everyone!
The RSVP list so far:
Dee ee
BrassNuts
Crimpie
10B4ME
Darwin (hopefully)
Who else will join us?
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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Mar 28, 2015 - 04:26pm PT
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Thanks Darwin, we are ready for them to show up here.
Saw a ringed-neck duck the other day and the gulls are back.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Mar 28, 2015 - 07:37pm PT
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I can't wait to see the action from the birdopalooza!!!!
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Mar 28, 2015 - 09:26pm PT
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It should be fun as always. As an appetizer, here is a point-and-shoot shot of a distant relative we saw this week:
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Mar 29, 2015 - 12:58am PT
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It seems we will be in SoCal during that time, so count me in for the ST Birdapalooza. Is there any sort of schedule? Where/when do we meet?
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Mar 29, 2015 - 06:18am PT
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The RSVP list so far:
Dee ee
BrassNuts
Crimpie
10B4ME
Darwin (hopefully)
Tony + 1
Who else will join us?
In the past, we decide on a starting point (not yet determined...Dee ee, any suggestions?). Where we go is usually based on the most knowledgeable birder in that area and of course the cooperation of the birds.
We are hoping Dee ee can guide us to the best places. If he is unavailable, we can get his recommendations and figure it out from there. If you want, we can all exchange cell numbers so you can join mid-way.
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