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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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OOH, OOH, Albatrosses! Very cool.
A few from Margaritaville. There were many Rock Wrens out there.
Say's Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
Scott's Oriole
Coachwhip (?)
And we climbed as well!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, ... chewybacca... love those bird shots!!!
and wow, the bob = night heron... saw that special one at facebook...
and dave = neat little birds above cactus... so sweet and tiny...
and thanks to all the other birders for sharing...
say, this one little babe, was sitting on my porch... was letting me get close enough...
not afraid, yet, was it:
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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A couple of weeks ago I was looking for swallow nests under a highway bridge and stumbled upon this Barn Owl with two owlets. No camera, so I took some digiscope shots with my phone.
A couple of days ago we were checking on some Golden Eagle nests in an East Bay park, and spotted a nest on a cliff band on the way out. There were 3 Prairie Falcon chicks and an adult flew in briefly. It turned out that Doug Bell, the park district wildlife manager and raptor guru was not far away and had his banding kit with him. We met up with him and went to the nest area to see the feasibility of banding these fairly old chicks. Doug rapped in from above while we waited below in case one the chicks decided to fly. Fortunately, all three hunkered in thee back of the cavity. Doug bagged them and came down to get them measured and banded. Here I am holding one of the chicks while another is being processed.
Back in the nest:
They will probably be flying in a day or two.
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10b4me
Social climber
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cool pictures, Tony.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Fabulous stuff everyone. This thread really is the best Supertopo has to offer: Great people, great photos, and great appreciation of the outdoors.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Hadn't looked at this thread in a while, mostly 'cause I can't keep up with all the great stuff getting added every day. Here's my contribution, a redstart from Tahoe City this morning. Maybe my fourth for Tahoe, but always nice to see, and especially for our Tahoe Big Year competition. Collectively, we're at 220 species as of today, not too bad for just Tahoe and Truckee.
PS - kudos on the Murphy's, Tony!!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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What Crimpie and the Complimenters (pop band?) said! I love the snake photo, and they're almost birds, right?
Tony, I'm going to use the Laysan photo for my desktop. My last photo below is for you. There is a pair of them hanging around, but I haven't seen a nest.
I've been trying to get more birds on the wing, but not terribly successfully.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Wow, great stuff,yo!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Three new routes in the San Luis Valley on what is going to be one of the best sport crags in the area...also some great birding.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Hard to tell for sure from that photo Bob, but maybe a Pacific Slope from the head/body size and color. Was it a smallish bird?
Some recent birds from Santa Cruz and the Pinns. Click on them for a larger version.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Thanks Mike, pretty small, maybe six inches. I'm thinking Willow Flycatcher. Also...great photos.
Another one from yesterday.
Swainson's Hawk
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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More San Luis Valley birds.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Love that wren shot, Bob! But I woulda cloned out that stalk near the bill cause I'm a cheater. ;-)
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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I took a road trip north, stopped at Tangle Lakes on the Denali Highway, not in the National Park. Up to Fairbanks and the Arctic Circle. I saw a lot of birds, got photos of a few. Three life birds: Willow Ptarmagain, Hammond's Flycatcher and Long-tailed Jaeger, no photos of those. I heard Arctic Warblers, but could never get one in my binos.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Jun 10, 2015 - 01:49pm PT
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Haven't had a chance to check in for a couple of weeks, no data service on the captain :-). Great new images and stories all!! Tony - awesome you got to help with Falcon banding!!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Jun 11, 2015 - 09:24am PT
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Did you say "Captain?"
2015 OC #287
Tricolored Blackbird
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jun 11, 2015 - 12:58pm PT
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Very nice Cyndie! I love the warbler (Black-poll). I'm going to be up in Fairbanks in late July and I hope the birds are still around. Isn't the Denali Highway neat!? At least whenever I was on it >24+ years ago, it had a really remote feel. We saw Jaegers up there, but I wasn't much of a birder then and don't recall what kind. The loop from Paxson Lake up to Delta Junction->Fairbanks is awesome for a climber due to its views of Debora, Hess and Hayes(whichever you can see).
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Jun 11, 2015 - 03:57pm PT
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While in Yosemite 10 days ago a pair of Black-headed Grosbeaks came around our campsite during lunch and came right down to grab chunks of bread off our PBJ sandwiches! They hopped right on our hands, grabbed some crumbs and took off - super cool. Sorry for the blurry P&S photo, but I thought it was worth sharing :-)
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