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Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Sep 18, 2015 - 06:06pm PT
Little Z, Common Poorwill make sense in this area, the wings color would lean towards them, the tail seems long for a Common.

Even when I think I know I don't know. Love birding. :-)


Saw this beauty this morning.



Watch him go after a Swainson's.

Tony, I'll be in SF the first week of October, you have free time?


Tony

Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
Sep 18, 2015 - 07:02pm PT
I'll have to defer to little z on the C. Poorwill. I have never seen any "goatsucker" other than popping up off a road or flying around in low light. Thanks for the tip on using the Howell-Webb book. Is it also helpful for some other species?

Bob,

I'll be meeting a CO friend in the Eastern Sierra for a climbing-birding trip. Woo-hoo! I'll be returning Oct.5. Will you still be around after Oct. 6? It could be great for migrants, and with all the weirdness offshore, we might be able to do some pelagic birding from land.
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Sep 19, 2015 - 05:48pm PT
Tony, I arrive on the 5th, let's get together on the 7th or 8th?

A few from this morning.






These guys were going at it...

cyndiebransford

climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Sep 20, 2015 - 01:22am PT
Common Loon at Lower Ohlmer Lake
Bull Moose in our driveway
and the first snow in the mountains
my favorite season of the year.
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Sep 20, 2015 - 08:52am PT
Belted Kingfisher and I think a young Common Yellowthroat on the walk this AM.



Mike Bolte

Trad climber
Planet Earth
Sep 20, 2015 - 09:28am PT
I like those merlins and that "goatsucker of some type" is a great shot.

Little z - the tody flycatcher is a nice shot. Sharp, good colors, good composition. Some of the others look great for documentation of what you saw or good for an ID, but don't quite have the same crispness as the tody. If you are shooting with a lot of magnification, it is easy to get a bit of camera motion blurring, especially with a slower zoom lens. You can push ISO up to some extent and decrease exposure time to help with that.


10b4me

Social climber
Sep 20, 2015 - 01:23pm PT
climbski2

Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
Sep 20, 2015 - 04:40pm PT
Pics from last week


little Z

Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
Sep 22, 2015 - 10:18am PT
Mike - thanks for the tips. I am a complete camera-photo novice and am so excited to have a (relatively) decent camera, that I'm just pointing and shooting. I need to read the camera manual and play around some more. I do have a monopod, which helps cut down on the shakes, but pretty much every shot posted here has been with the zoom jacked up pretty high (from my last post the hawk and the owl), or if closer, it has been in low light with an active bird (the xenops, tanager, wren). The tyrannulet and the tody-fly were real close (10 ft) and in great light, but only the tody came out crisp (dumb luck). The lens focus keeps giving me problems - a lot of times it won't pick up on the bird, even if it is in center frame, and chooses to focus on the background or some twig or leaf at the edge of the frame. Anyways, love seeing the great stuff you post.

Bob - yes, Com. Yellowthroat. That "Prairie" Merlin is stunning.

Cyndie - I miss loons. Careful with the bull Moose, he looks scary (reminds me of those paintings I used to see as a kid on the covers of Outdoor Life, or Field and Stream of some huge moose charging an unsuspecting angler).

Climbski2, where were you? (ain't no White-cheeked Pintails in Reno or Alaska)?

from a trip through the rice fields. All shot from the driver's seat of my car.








Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Sep 24, 2015 - 10:07am PT
A few from the last few days.


Ferruginous Hawk, Yellow-headed Blackbirds and American Kestrel.






dee ee

Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
Sep 25, 2015 - 12:04pm PT
Wow, great stuff on this page!!

I went on our Fall Pelagic trip last Saturday and it turned out to be an exceptional trip. We didn't have the numbers that Tony had but the variety was incredible. I got 3 lifers which were Arctic Tern, Long-tailed Jaeger and the long awaited RED-FOOTED BOOBY!

I say "long awaited" because since July we have had 3 RFBO show up in OC but they were all sick and died within a day or so of showing up. It was both sad and frustrating. Our bird was the 4th OC record and the only one or the 4 that was healthy. The only bad thing was that he had fishing line wrapped around or stuck in his bill. He struggled with it while we watched even turning completely upside down in the water while trying to lose it. We rallied to try and catch him with a net but just couldn't get the boat close enough. He was able to fly without any problems (trailing 20 or 30 feet of line) so all we could do was hope he would work it out.

There were a number of other species like Craveri's Murrelets, both Pomarine and Parasitic Jaegers, Red-necked and Red Phalaropes, Pink-footed Shearwater, hundreds of Black-vented Shearwaters, Black Storm-Petrels, Cassin's Auklets, an exceptional number of Common Terns (125)(not common here) and even a Barn Swallow, a hummingbird and a flock of 26 White-Faced Ibis miles out. One likely Least Storm-Petrel which we didn't count, just too far away.

We also had a Manx Shearwater which was only the 2nd or 3rd (?) for OC. On one of my first Pelagic trips ever 3 years ago we had the first ever Manx in OC.

No whales (a first) but we did see 3 Hammerhead Sharks.

As usual I got a few so-so pics.

Red-footed Booby



You can see the line trailing.

Arctic Tern



Long-tailed Jaeger (juvenile)


Craveri's Murrelets


Pink-footed Shearwater



Pomarine Jaeger




Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Sep 25, 2015 - 12:08pm PT
Nice trip! Weird about the ibises out there! WTF?
dee ee

Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
Sep 25, 2015 - 12:12pm PT
I know! That was weird.


Yesterday I got my 4th lifer of the week, an American Oystercatcher down on the 40th street jetty in Newport Beach. It was my 3rd try for him.

It's been a good week!



Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Sep 25, 2015 - 12:26pm PT
Luv them guys!



Speaking of weird, I saw a female N Harrier flying up the S Fork of Bishop Creek
at 9100' last week. I guess she was headed to South Lk but it seemed weird
to see her flying through the pine trees.
Mike Bolte

Trad climber
Planet Earth
Sep 25, 2015 - 12:33pm PT
Shot a couple of these (Black) yesterday!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mjbolte/21506754979/in/dateposted-public/

10b4me

Social climber
Sep 25, 2015 - 02:17pm PT
Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Sep 25, 2015 - 07:53pm PT
Some photos of my favorite birds! Thanks to BN for these (and lots of other) photos!




Mike Bolte

Trad climber
Planet Earth
Sep 25, 2015 - 09:00pm PT
From today, click them for larger versions

Tony

Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
Sep 26, 2015 - 12:08pm PT
Dave,
You're on quite a roll. Red-footed Booby! What's your OC total? We need to join one of the Socal pelagics. We are going out of Ft. Bragg tomorrow. We'll maybe, since the forecast is for 25-30 knots with 12 foot swells. We may not be able to go out very far, if at all. It should be good flying conditions for any rarities such as Hawaiian Petrel, ST Albatross, etc.

Callie, those look like some well-cared for, happy parrots. What a commitment.
Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Sep 26, 2015 - 01:14pm PT
^^Thanks. I try hard to spoil them with 5-star accommodations. :)
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