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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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May 30, 2015 - 09:42pm PT
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Great owl shot Mike. A few from southern Colorado.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Lurker thanks for all the above postings: Roseate Spoonbills and Hawaiian Owls and ... !!!! Is Bob D'A's a Lark Sparrow?
There hasn't been much happening within bicycling distance from my house and I don't bring my big camera over to Icicle Canyon (Leavenworth) for my weekend climbing trips, so I don't have any photos to contribute. The birding highlights for me of the Leavenworth trips have been breeding plumage Harlequins a month or so ago and more recently Prairie Falcons. Just this Saturday I saw a Chipping Sparrow whose crown was so bright it was almost orange.
Even though I know my Birdapalooza credibility is shot, I love the High Island idea.
Dar
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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It is a Lark Sparrow Darwin. :-)
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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I found another OC European Goldfinch yesterday. I was looking for another exotic, a Red-billed Firefinch.
RSHA
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Great shots Dee, need help on this one, sorry about the quality.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dee, have you gone to Castaic to see the Cassin's Sparrow?
You prolly have seen one in the OC though.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Bob,
Maybe a Warbling Vireo? Do you a photo where the head is turned to see from the side?
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Warbling Vireo is a good guess. Head seems a little large, but you can see a bit of the white eyebrow. Around here (Santa Cruz) they tend to be whiteish and grayish. I've never seen one with the yellowish underparts as in Sibleys.
The call is very distinctive and "warbling" is a pretty good description.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Tony & Mike...that was my first guess but the brown color is frowning me off.
Another angle.
Plus this guy was at around 7,000 feet in a piñon tree at Shelf Rd.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Definite Warbling Vireo. I love those guys.
Whenever I see one I think of the color "cream."
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Certainly looks a 'Western' Warbling to me. The small pale patch below
the eye, the darkish crown, and yellowish flanks.
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Chewybacca
Trad climber
Kelly Morgan, Whitefish MT
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I'm terrible at bird ID's, is the third photo a Wilson's Snipe?
Harlequin Duck
Blue/Dusky Grouse
Wilson's Snipe?
Northern Shoveler
Barrow's Goldeneye
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Chewy went snipe hunting!!!! BwaHaHaHaHa! Great shots!
Of coarse, we well know that snipe on the stump was stuffed.
On our hike tonight a Rufous-crowned Sparrow flew in front of me and landed about 8' away
and began foraging. He allowed me to get within 4' where we communed for about a minute!
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Chewybacca
Trad climber
Kelly Morgan, Whitefish MT
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Haha, you're on to me Reilly. It's actually a cardboard cut-out.
Thanks for the confirmation.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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nice shots Chewy!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Damn, I need to get out more. Oh well, I'm camping at Margaritaville tonight with Mr. Battey, climbing, birds and reptiles......and beers.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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A few from this AM from Taos, NM.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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We went a pelagic birding trip out of Fort Brag a couple of weeks ago. Finally getting around to processing photos after a computer crash that required replacement of the motherboard. Whew!
For the most part there were the usual suspects. Pink-footed Shearwaters (and Sooties) were in major molt.
A few Northern Fulmars and Sabine’s Gulls appeared.
Lots of Jaegers, mostly Pomarine, but a couple of Parasitic were around.
There were more than 50 Black-footed Albatrosses around the boat at one point.
Chumming is still permitted here and a scrum ensued.
A couple of rarities appeared.
The biggest rarities were 3 Murphy's Petrels. I only got a UFO-quality photo, but one did come close behind the boat. These were the first Pterodroma or "Gadfly" petrels I have seen off California.
On the way back there were many By-the-Wind-Sailors (Velella vlella) on the water.
Red-throated Phalaropes were feeding on them.
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