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Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Jul 15, 2015 - 08:54pm PT
^^ Awesome!
StahlBro

Trad climber
San Diego, CA
Jul 15, 2015 - 10:06pm PT
Thanks Crimpie!
dee ee

Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
Jul 17, 2015 - 09:48am PT
Wow Rob! I know that owls have 14 vertebrae in their neck (as opposed to 7 for us) to allow looking backwards but that's crazy.
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Jul 17, 2015 - 10:43am PT
Great shots Mike and Rob.

Canyon Wren Las Vegas NWR.



StahlBro

Trad climber
San Diego, CA
Jul 17, 2015 - 02:57pm PT
I know Dave. They can rotate their heads about 270 degrees, but I have never seen that tilt thing before. Debbie took those.
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Jul 17, 2015 - 03:03pm PT
To all of you : You guys rock ! I Love the skill, the passion shows - I love the passion !
Your pictures-who's pictures make me drool, and wish for more skill with a camera, Only because I lurk here., all the time at all times, of day and night. . .
Thank you.!
Edge

Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
Jul 17, 2015 - 07:06pm PT


Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Jul 17, 2015 - 07:31pm PT
Adorable!!
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Jul 20, 2015 - 09:24am PT
Gray Catbird and American Goldfinch at Fred Baca Park in Taos, NM

BrassNuts

Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
Jul 20, 2015 - 12:37pm PT
Cool hummer tricks Edge :-) A last batch from Josh/Morongo area back in April...

Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Jul 22, 2015 - 05:53am PT



little Z

Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
Jul 22, 2015 - 08:24am PT
Bob, you have really been killin' it lately. Thanks so much for the beautiful shares.
10b4me

Social climber
Jul 22, 2015 - 03:46pm PT
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Jul 24, 2015 - 10:01am PT
Thanks Jim, hope to see you in October.

Dickcissel and Western Kingbird from my hike today.


shady

Trad climber
hasbeen
Jul 24, 2015 - 11:00pm PT
I love this thread, but due to my lack of skill as a photographer I've been unable to contribute. I hope you won't mind if I use my lack of skill as a writer to bring you some of my bird related experiences.
Most of these come from MTB trips in and around Fruita Colorado, and most involve peregrine falcons.
I'm sitting on my tail gate in an area called Rabbit valley eating breakfast, watching a flock of mountain bluebirds.
As they flit around they make a delightful little , single note, "feeer" sound. All is calm until one makes an uncharacteristic sound, that for lack of a better description sounded like "quack!", and all hell breaks loose. They explode in a roar of little wings as they all race for the cover of some juniper trees. At that same instance there is a sharp sound, like someone tearing denim, followed by a muffled thump as a peregrine throws open it's wings, not more than 30 ft in front of me.
The image ingrained in my memory of this moment is magnificent. With that thump the falcon appeared as if by magic, and everything went into slow motion. The falcon with one leg straining to grab a bluebird that was just able to stay out of reach.
Shortly after the Peregrine returned to normal flight it gave two, exaggerated, muscular, thrusting
wing beats that seemed to say, "damn-it!"
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Jul 25, 2015 - 09:56am PT
Two from today.




Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Jul 26, 2015 - 12:07pm PT
Great stuff Shady! I hope you contribute more. I view this as a thread about birds and not an only-good-bird-photos thread. There is evidence of that as I have a few here...so post up! We should get out birding one of these days.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jul 26, 2015 - 12:56pm PT
Bob, is that last one titled "Unrequited"?

Shady, nice story.
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Jul 26, 2015 - 01:10pm PT
That's funny Reilly...:-)


Here are few from today walk near Las Vegas NWR, northern NM.






Mike Bolte

Trad climber
Planet Earth
Jul 26, 2015 - 03:27pm PT
Bob is on a roll here, nice shots.

All from around Santa Cruz this weekend. Click them for larger versions

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