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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Dec 22, 2015 - 01:54pm PT
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Did the Paiute Ponds (Edwards Air Force Base) LA county Xmas Bird Count again with Todd Battey on Saturday. Year 3 for me. Highlights include Leconte's Thrasher and Eastern Phoebe (seen below) also Snow Geese and Greater White Fronted and 3 Mojave desert variety Great Horned Owls (which have ears like a Long Eared Owl and fooled one of Riverside County's top birders who shall remain nameless).
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired Climber
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Dec 26, 2015 - 04:22pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 29, 2015 - 12:45pm PT
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Thought I had a passable handle on boids, until Saturday at the Huntington
Gardens when I got bamboozled to the max!
HELP!
my eye was caught by a flash of yellow and I said "Oh, just a Yellow-
rumped." Then I put the glasses on it and it was no Yellow-rumped. It
was a good 1-1/2" larger. Mostly brown above. The bright yellow that
caught my eye was more extensive than the yellow patch on the shoulder
of a Yellow-rumped. Heavily streaked on the sides of the breast and belly.
Then there was the orangish/rust throat and the same right down the center
of the breast as well as a touch on the forehead. Sort of an oriole's beak,
or a short honeycreeper's. Bright yellow on the sides of the rump. It
was foraging like a honeycreeper on flowers on cacti, probing down into
the flowers. I don't get too excited about escapees but I do like to know
what they are. 😉
I've emailed a couple of the local hardmen but I guess they think I'm trolling
as neither has answered. :-/
I'm thinking this is some sort of Indian or SE Asian boid, not two of my
strongest areas.
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john hansen
climber
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Dec 29, 2015 - 01:25pm PT
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Saw these at a local golf course here on the Big Island, Hawaii.
Pacific Golden Plover
Female Northern Shovler
Not sure about this one. Some kind of escapee I would think,, he looks a little rough.
Wondering if any one knows what type of duck this is?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 29, 2015 - 02:09pm PT
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It looks a Smew hybrid.
So the 'expert' I emailed about my mystery boid replied:
"Your bird is probably an oriole."
My reply:
"I'm not a n00b. If it is an oriole it isn't a N American oriole."
smarmy punter.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Dec 29, 2015 - 03:42pm PT
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Reilly - doesn't sound like an oriole. Streaking on the plumage isn't an oriole thing, although there are other streaky Icterids in the world. Thought about all those species of Australian honeyeaters I've been studying, but none match up to your description (none from Papua NG either).
John - looks like a Radjah Shelduck, which is an Australian bird.
CR year list is still stuck on 732. Weather has been bad over on the Caribbean side of the country. Wife and I both suffered through colds over Christmas thanks to our last Caribbean adventure. Tried for some new shorebirds (Snowy Plover, Am. Golden Plover, Wandering Tattler) or waders (Reddish Egret) over in the Guilf of Nicoya but dipped on everything. This isn't a desparate attempt on my part. Just as happy to hang out here at home with the family. We made a batch of tamales yesterday. Went and saw Star Wars too. Can't beleive what Noah Strycker has done, he just went over 6000 species for the year. Oh youth!
http://www.audubon.org/features/birding-without-borders
anyways, happy new year to all.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 29, 2015 - 03:48pm PT
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^^^^ Got two of dem in southern Arizona last year! WOOT!
A few days after I got my pair of Beryllines! DOUBLE WOOT!
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Dec 29, 2015 - 06:07pm PT
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Damn Z...732, that is super impressive!
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john hansen
climber
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Dec 29, 2015 - 08:35pm PT
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A lot of birds in this video
It is a bit long , but has lots of great photo's from Costa Rica .
You can skip past the first Green Day song if you want to , but you may miss those first few pictures of some really cool birds.
I want to go to Costa Rica and stay at these places.
A fifteen year old kid and his dad.
I thought they filmed this really well.
Then there is the other young guy who got six thousand birds
this year.
That is a big year.
Thanks for the info on the shelduck Z.
This was probably how you were some years ago..
It's a cool movie, lots and lots of bird photos , and good info on the best places to stay in Costa Rica . Enjoy.
I am already planning my trip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saDAOB8-KFs
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Dec 31, 2015 - 06:38am PT
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A cool picture of an eagles talon's:
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Dec 31, 2015 - 03:09pm PT
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I don't think I'd get that close to those talons
without a very heavy glove, Charlie!!!!
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john hansen
climber
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I have been hearing and seeing this hawk flying around the last few weeks.
Finally saw him land in a tree about 100 yards from my front deck, and got a few long range shots.. So a little grainy , but...
A cool way to start the new year. Hope he sticks around.
Hawaiian Hawk or I'o, related to Sharp Shinned Hawk.
Catching some sun
Original of above photo before cropping. 12 megapixel camera.
400 mm lens at full power.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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"I'm going in, cover me!"
Eurasian Green-winged Teal in Pico Rivera. I know, not AOU approved, yet.
Not a matter of if.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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I know y'all have been on tenterhooks. After an exhaustive glassing and
scoping of the hundreds of duckies present I was all set to leave when I
espied a solitary wee ducky way in the back totally apart from the masses
of Mallards, Pintails, et al. He was hunkered down facing me with 'is 'ead
stuck in 'is bum but I could see 'is breast and 'e were a teal! BINGO!
Then I saw the tell-tale vertical white stripe on 'is side and I realized
I'd been 'ad by a n00b! The only bloody teal amongst 'unnerds of ducks and
'e thought 'e 'ad found a bloody Eurasian Green-winged? The fulminating punter!
To wit, the eBird reporter who sent me on my merry chase had 'is 'ead up 'is 'ooter.
(sorry, we've been watching too much "Foyles's War")
The good news is I did see two Peregrines do a low-level strafing run, to no effect,
and two American Pipits. Oh, and a Mockingbird who mocked me.
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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Went birding in Homer today. This is a partial list, long-tailed ducks, harlequin ducks, a female redhead, goldeneyes, black, surf and white-winged scoters, horned and red-necked grebes, common loons, short-tailed shearwater, bald eagles, black-legged kittiwakes, red-faced cormorants, female king eider, steller's eiders, mergansers, rock sandpipers, common murre, murrelet species, juncos, white-crowned sparrow, song sparrow, black-capped and boreal chickadees. It was a good day and I got two life birds.
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john hansen
climber
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Really nice photo's Cyndie.
I am surprised that so many birds winter that far north.
Is this an El Nino strange weather thing or all these birds normal up there at this time of year?
The Whales are late here in Hawaii this year, wonder where they are?
Some one must be tracking them.
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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John these are fairly common birds for Homer, Alaska. The Redhead was unusual and the golden-crowned and white-crowned sparrows usually aren't around in winter. We have had a very mild winter. No snow in Homer at all. Very little snow on the Kenai, we had 10 days of temps in the low 40's and rain. It is clear and colder now, 18 degrees tonight.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 14, 2016 - 10:47pm PT
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From back in November/December
Seattle: Song, C. Waxwing, S. Towhee.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 14, 2016 - 10:57pm PT
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Nice light today.
Weakness for Wrens:
And other birds.
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