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Larry Nelson

Social climber
Feb 8, 2016 - 02:10am PT
Here's a pretty good You Tube of the Birds of Paradise
They only exist on the island of New Guinea.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Delhi Dog

climber
Good Question...
Feb 8, 2016 - 04:29am PT
^^ what a coincidence I was just watching that ealier today (or last night depending on where you are).

Those BoP are amazing. Would love to get there someday...
BrassNuts

Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
Feb 9, 2016 - 04:36pm PT
Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Feb 9, 2016 - 04:45pm PT
GABBIE!!?!?!?!??!
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Feb 9, 2016 - 05:56pm PT
A few from a short trip to Organ Pipes NM and Sonoyta, Mexico.






little Z

Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
Feb 9, 2016 - 08:35pm PT
YEA! Bob's back!

Darwin, those Chickadees are pretty cool. Probably is just a local genetic mutation. Liked your Valentine's Day swans too.

Brassnuts, your Red-crowned Verdin was creepy. Caused some short circuits in my brain at first glance.

Escoptea, nice teal shot, thanks.

Love those Bird's of Paradise, but If I go to Papua NG I want to see this guy...the Vulturine Parrot



more Guanacaste raptors

Great Black-Hawk


Gray Hawk


Paerl Kite, smaller than a Kestrel


Crane Hawk

john hansen

climber
Feb 9, 2016 - 09:11pm PT
The Vulturine Parrot....

If that does not prove adaptation I don't know what would.

Take an opportunity, if you can get it.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Feb 9, 2016 - 09:29pm PT
BN, I'd have a talk with yer ortho surgeon, I think he connected yer
rotator cuff to yer phunny bone! HarHarHarHar! Excellently done, sir!

zMan, that's fer reelz? No way! I'm gonna bust yer chops if I find out
you're having us on!

edit: Holy cow, it is fer reel! Talk about a boid made by committee!
McHale's Navy

Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
Feb 9, 2016 - 10:48pm PT
Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Feb 9, 2016 - 11:50pm PT
That is one unfortunate looking parrot vulturine - It looks like a cross between an African Gray (one with additional pigment) and a vulture! That is one, uh, gnarly bill! Are you funnin' us?

This page has some extra fun on it!
Tony

Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
Feb 9, 2016 - 11:59pm PT
Yes, welcome back Bob. Just stay away from the other threads.

Those Costa Rica birds are killing me, little z. I just have to make it down there. Maybe next year.

Not much in the way of unusual birds around here, but we have just been taking in the wildlife spectacle(s) of herring runs. The spawning events this year have been much more widespread and sustained than in previosu years. Right now they seem to be occurring over about 7 miles of the Richmond shoreline. Wherever I've gone there are thousands of gulls, cormorants and /or ducks. Brown Pelicans are present in large numbers, relocating to were they can dive for herring. Barking Sea Lions and quiet Harbor Seals are all over, too.

I counted over 100 pelicans in a small cove bear our home. They often dive just offshore, and you here splashes feom all angles.

Unfortunately, this one got entangled with fishing gear. I can't see why people don't refrain from casting when there are pelicans and cormorants diving all around.
BrassNuts

Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
Feb 10, 2016 - 08:33am PT
Mas aves de Mexico :-)
matty

Trad climber
under the sea
Feb 10, 2016 - 09:14am PT
Superb Dave! Really like the first one with the berry.
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Feb 10, 2016 - 03:28pm PT

That one's a pretty funny lookin' bird, BN. . .

hee hee hee. . .

But that Magpie jay is something else!
Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Feb 10, 2016 - 09:18pm PT
More AZ birds, Bewick's Wren and Canvasback.


Delhi Dog

climber
Good Question...
Feb 10, 2016 - 09:22pm PT
Wow, great photos on this page!
Thanks for sharing folks!!
Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Feb 11, 2016 - 06:52am PT
I love the Magpie Jays! When we headed south, I didn't think we'd actually get to see them, but we saw several. Great sights as they flew over and played in trees where we were.
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Feb 11, 2016 - 08:35am PT
Just because we never post please don't think that we don't care.
I'm sure many of us check in on a regular basis, thank you all for your excellent
Input it remains one of the best threads...... Whatever it is about
The combined Climbing back grounds that represent here is amazing,
so few people seem to know that!
Who started climbing 1st? What year ?
Did anyone of you start climbing before 1960?

,
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Feb 11, 2016 - 08:39am PT
Did anyone of you start climbing before 1960?

Yer kinda nosy, arentchya?

Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Feb 11, 2016 - 08:44am PT
Remember, it isn't pretty for a lot of our feathered friends -

Pakistan's secretive Houbara bustard hunting industry

They're a shy, rare bird breed, the size of a chicken - and hunting them is officially banned in Pakistan.
But it is no holds barred when Arab royals begin their Houbara bustard hunting trips. Arab
princes and their wealthy friends like to hunt Houbara bustards both as a sport and because

the meat is considered an aphrodisiac.

The birds migrate in the thousands from Central Asia to Pakistan every winter - giving the
Pakistani elite a chance to engage in "soft diplomacy".Despite the hunting ban, the
government issues between 25 and 35 special permits annually to wealthy sheikhs, allowing
them to hunt the bird in its winter habitat. The hunts are secretive, but controversial.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35524916
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