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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Aug 17, 2017 - 02:29pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 19, 2017 - 12:44pm PT
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Saw a immature N Wheatear at our campsite a 5200' above John Day, OR! We were 300 yds from our camp and I didn't have my camera!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Aug 22, 2017 - 10:58pm PT
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Don't see this guy much in Taos, NM.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Aug 26, 2017 - 07:34am PT
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Bump for the birds.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Aug 26, 2017 - 01:28pm PT
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More birds for a Saturday afternoon.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 26, 2017 - 01:41pm PT
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Bob, good one of the waterthrush!
The vireo was building a nest recently?
Nice shooting yous guys! I'm so pissed I didn't take my camera when I saw the Wheatear!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Aug 26, 2017 - 08:36pm PT
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Mr. DV.
AWESOME!!!!!
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Aug 26, 2017 - 10:40pm PT
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^^^
As usual.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Aug 27, 2017 - 07:52am PT
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Hey wait a minute, those birds are made of aluminum! ;-)
Reilly - vireo was building nest in Portal last week of March.
Steve & Tony - thanks, glad you enjoy the pics :-) Here's another round from Portal.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Aug 27, 2017 - 09:33am PT
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Thanks, Reilly. Great photos ^^^^
A few more from this morning hike in Taos, NM Seems like the birds are really starting to move.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 27, 2017 - 10:29am PT
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I'm in Quilcene, WA at a friend's. He took this after the Saw-whet flew through his open door, clipped a wing, and crashed into the back of Michael's head! Then it went and sat on his model F-105!
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Aug 27, 2017 - 02:52pm PT
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Reilly,
I was at my cousin's place in Sequim on Thursday, now hanging with my bro in Seattle until Sept 5. My burner phone for this visit: 206-390-2948. Call me or text if you've got any free time and want to bird.
Cooper's Hawk
White-crowned Sparrow
ferry dock Double-crested Cormorants
Barred Owl, Fort Wordon SP
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Aug 28, 2017 - 03:06pm PT
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Great photos Little Z ^^^
A few from Penitente Canyon in southern Colorado. Working on a new guide to the area. Sweet place for birding and close to Monte Vista NWR.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Aug 29, 2017 - 09:45am PT
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Aug 29, 2017 - 10:45am PT
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That's a big bird Dave.
A few from this morning in Taos, NM.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 31, 2017 - 10:14am PT
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WTF? Did I just see an immature Ash-throated Flycatcher way up here in the Okenogan? It was quite drab overall but what else could it have been?
edit: I've decided it was a drab Say's in low light. :-(
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Reilly - when you get back to Seattle, don't forget to take a look at the Swallow-tailed Gull. Only the 3rd record for the US. Breeds on the Galapagos Islands. Amazingly beautiful bird, but pretty whacky finding it this far north!
here's a crummy photo of the Seattle bird at the un-glamorous Wells Point asphalt plant pier. As the species is nocturnal (they feed primarily on squid) it spends most of the day snoozing.
Here's a better photo of a bird seen in Costa Rica. I'd seen it before at the much more glamorous Cocos Island (where it's also a rarity, but not a mega-rarity)
Even whackier, of course, were all the birders drawn to a mega-rarity like this. I talked to birders who had come from all over the US (including Bill Kaempfer from CU in Boulder - he was already nearby in Portland, and so drove up for the day to see the gull). Imagine what it costs to book a last minute flight to Seattle from New Jersey on Labor Day weekend?
the hordes, flowing towards the gull
part of the satisfied masses watching the gull
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Here is a pair in the Galapagos (Genovesa I.) apparently bare parts color gets more intense during breeding.
With freshly hatched chick. Nice eggs, too.
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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I instinctively chose to try the catch and release.
The cormorant gave me a fight in both air and water but the line held and I was able to reel it in.
I managed to unhook and release it unharmed while taking a few blood drawing nips from it's bill myself.
Thanks for that, Tad.
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