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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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A couple great photos from the Audubon photo contest:
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Love the double notched bill, wow.
And Bob, the Cardinal torpedo is so RAD!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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A few from northern Chihuahua, Mexico.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Love the Cardinal shot! Just saw a bunch back in PA.
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john hansen
climber
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I would caption that Cardinal photo..
"Here I come to save the day!!"
Here are some from the last few days. All from the Colusa NWR. All the geese and ducks are gone except for a few mallards.
Western Kingbird
Cinnamon Teal
And a Great Horned Owl. The first one I have seen in over 27 years. I saw him fly from a big tree and swoop up into another one. Tried to grab my camera at the last second, and lost him. Looked for about five minutes then moved ahead a bit where I could finally see it.
I used to stalk one in the woods behind my house.
Been kind of overcast and rainy the last few days
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Some more birds from south of border.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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very nice birds Bob. See plenty of Harris's Hawks and Yellow Warblers down here, but nary a Vermilion Flycatcher nor true shrike (though we have antshrikes, and shrike-vireos, and shrike-tanagers). Get to see Loggerhead Shrikes when I'm back in Nevada, but it´s been years since I've been dazzled by a Vermilion.
Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch, showing off his wedgey tail
Golden-naped Woodpecker showing of his golden nape
Black-banded Woodcreeper showing off his...? no idea why it's called a Black-banded Woodcreeper. Should be called the Hard-as-fuk-to-see Woodcreeper. Only the third time I've laid eyes on one in 28 years down here, though I've heard it a few other times without ever being able to see the bird.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Hey, Z, are there any endemics there that you've not seen?
Prolly a very short list.
OK, back to planning my Buff-collared Nightjar, or as you probably know it
down there the Préstame un cuchillo, expedition.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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OK, avert yer eyes if yer knott a sucker for sappy stories...
[Click to View YouTube Video]
And this just hit our Wierd Sh!t editor's desk...
Dude was pecking at the white spackle. :-(
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Reilly, ha, ha. I actually still go out owling every now and then, but only when and where there are no people around.
Some recent night sights
Vermiculated Screech-Owl
Common Potoo
and a baby White-tailed Nightjar that had its mother sitting on top of it a few seconds before we took this photo
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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May 7th, thirteen birders from the Soldotna/Kenai area traveled to Homer to go on a three hour charter with Bay Excursions. After our time on Katchemak Bay, we birded the spit, Beluga Lake, the airport wetlands and some of us stopped at Anchor Point on our way home. It was sunny, breezy and 51 degrees.
Here is a list of the 62 species we saw:
surf scoter
wandering tattler
pelagic cormorant
common loon
white-winged scoter
bald eagle
song sparrow
harlequin duck
red-necked phalaropes
long-tailed duck
marbled murrelet
common murres
northwestern crow
stellar jay
glaucous-winged gull
black-legged kittiwakes
surfbird
black turnstone
yellow billed loon
black oystercatcher
horned grebe
tufted puffin
rudy turnstone
savannah sparrow
fox sparrow
golden-crowned sparrow
orange-crowned sparrow
northern pintail
american wigeon
wilson's snipe
dark-eyed junco
semipalmated plover
semipalmated sandpiper
dunlin
mallard
sandhill crane
northern shoveler
trumpeter swan
green-winged teal
greater yellowlegs
lesser yellowlegs
ruby-crowned kinglet
varied thrush
red-necked grebe
boreal chickadee
black-capped chickadee
american robin
hermit thrush
common raven
pacific wren
greater scaup
lesser scaup
canada goose
merlin
herring gull
black scoter
rock dove
yellow-rumped warbler
common merganser
snow goose
mew gull
black-billed magpie
It was a great day to bird.
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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I forgot to put both species of dowitchers on our list for Katchemak Bay.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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A few from Taos, NM today.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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zuma beach local wanted to surf my board!
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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May 10, 2016 - 09:56am PT
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