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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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I wish you all could see the grin on my face, but much better just look at those^ photos again. hmog
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Nice exotics Z, very cool. A few more from Puerto Vallarta area back in January to keep up the 'central' America theme...
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Wow nice Z and (as usual) brass!
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Nice shot Delhi
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Little Z El Jaguar is a really cool place was there maybe eight years ago, Jinotega is a really nice town with very friendly people.
Great photos above.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Zman, was that guan begging or just being neighborly?
I communed with a friendly Hutton's Vireo yesterday. I was transcendant.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Hey BN, did the macaw march????
hee hee hee. . .
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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The macaw kept shouting orders at us. He was verbally aggressive. :)
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neverwas
Mountain climber
ak
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Unexpected sighting from a bike tour the other day...
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Nice, Dehli!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Great photos Delhi...Common Black Hawk, Page Springs AZ this lovely morning.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Bob, beauteous shot of the Blackie!
Delhi, them's some major beauts, too! Love me the framing!
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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bitchin' birds Delhi, all new.
Bob, looks like you're making the most of your stay in AZ. That's great that you made it to El Jaguar. Did Georges tell you all his stories about being a cook for a Sandanista batallón during the revolution?
Here's a Common Black-Hawk from Costa Rica. They used to call ones like this from the Pacific coast the "Mangrove Black-Hawk". Now they've been lumped again, that's why this bird looks so sad.
and a Costa Rica-Panama highland endemic, the Volcano Junco. It's perched on a bush with fresh leaves, not flowers.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Thanks Reilly, they are really stunning raptors.
Great shot on that hummer Steve.
Little Z, yes enjoying my stay/work time here in AZ, thought I was going to retire but no go at this point, maybe in the next year. Hope to be down your way in the next year, go to Honduras...amazing birding and cheap.
Here are a few more from today hike around Page Springs, really looking forward to migration time.
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otisdog
Big Wall climber
Sierra Madre & McGee Creek, Ca.
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Had a Northern Flicker grubbing around my front yard yesterday after the rain. Super wary. Very pretty bird, though.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Fab article from LA Times:
In the Everglades, birds nest near alligators for safety. But what's in it for the gators?
By Sean Greene•Contact Reporter
March 3, 2016, 5:00 AM
Birds choose the safest trees to build their nests. In the Florida Everglades, that means living directly above alligator-infested water.
If that sounds like a perilous choice, consider this: Egrets, heron and other long-legged wading birds of the Florida swamps have more reasons to fear raccoons and possums, who invade nests and eat the birds’ eggs.
That’s where the gators come in.
The presence of the fearsome reptiles scares away nest-raiding mammals. Without that deterrent, the birds would have no other defense against the furry predators.
But this doesn’t necessarily mean the enemy of one's enemy is a friend. The birds make sure to build their nests about five feet above the water, where the gators can’t jump up and eat them.
“I kind of liken it to less of a bodyguard and more of keeping a psychopath in your yard to keep out the cat burglars,” said ecologist Lucas Nell, who studied the bird-crocodilian relationship while earning his master's degree at the University of Florida.
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^^^LOL!
rest of the article:
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-alligator-bird-alliance-everglades-20160303-story.html
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Birding is exhausting, back near Gilbert, AZ and the Salt River, really good time to be here. The flowers are also blooming.
Looking forward to climbing tomorrow so I can relax. :-)
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Bob, thanks for posting up so regularly. It keeps the "Birds" thread close at hand, and I think it's motivating to all. And your photos are primo.
Cool article Reilly. Nest predation is a huge selective force in birds. It drives them to do crazy things.
Here's a Tropical Mockingbird to keep your N. Mocker company
When in Nicaragua we got to visit the southern-most extension of natural pine forests in Central America. This place was only about 15 km NW of the El Jaguar cloud forest. Felt like being back in Arizona.
Some familiar birds also reach the southern limit of their breeding range here:
Greater Pewee
Red Crossbill
Eastern Bluebird
plus N.Flicker, Hammond's Flycatcher, Plumbeous Vireo, Grace's and Olive Warblers, Painted Redstart, and Chipping Sparrow all end in the pines of N. Nicaragua.
Got a few new species in the pines as well
Lesser Roadrunner
Black-headed Siskin
White-eared Hummingbird (I never went to see it in AZ!)
and a few surprises of birds I know from Costa Rica but that one normally does not associate with pine-oak, like this Elegant Euphonia which is a cloud forest bird in CR.
apologies for the low quality images.
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