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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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T Hocking,
Kudos to you for making that choice and effort. Abandoned fishing gear is a horrible scourge for aquatic birds such as cormorants, pelicans and Ospreys.
Having handled a number of cormorants, I know what you refer to as nips were likely not so minor. They seem to instinctive know to dig in and rake.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Yes, what Tony and 10b4me said wrt THocking. I don't know firsthand, but Cormorants seem like quite substantial birds. Tony, in this type of situation is it pretty obvious that catch an release is the correct tactic? Certainly in hindsight.
Anyway, littleZ passed through Seattle last week. It's always a pleasure going out birding with him, but it always makes me feel like an bit of amateur (ok I am). No attitude from littleZ, he just has the most amazing pair of ears that I can imagine, and well, he's a pro. During the winter the entire Skagit gets pretty packed with people viewing geese, swans and the occasional Gyrflacon, but we had "Talking Field No.3" (out by Fir Island Rd's turn to the north) to ourselves. The shore birds were starting to come through, and boy oh boy am I rusty identifying them. When in doubt, photograph.
Here are both Yellowlegs attempting to illustrate bill relative to head size (littleZ's idea for the photo, he might have a better one)
Here are both Yellow-legs with some Peeps flying by.
LittleZ and Tony had to call my attention to the Swallow-tailed Gull in my own backyard. I got there in the morning before the hordes showed up.
Finally; Z's self-timed photo of two wild and crazy guys.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Green Heron in erie red light from the fires.
Montlake Fill, Seattle 2017-09-06
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Swallow-tailed Gull? Are you kidding me?
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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Sep 10, 2017 - 12:24pm PT
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Sep 10, 2017 - 04:34pm PT
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.”
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 10, 2017 - 04:49pm PT
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Reilly; as of today, it's still in the greater Edmonds area.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 10, 2017 - 05:02pm PT
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Oooo, Darwin, don't tempt me, I'm only in Wyoming!
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Sep 10, 2017 - 07:37pm PT
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great caption on that raven. reminds me that our local game slaying braggart had to face the music for blowing holes in the game warden's decoy buck. he's the goober that returned my van to me with the spare tire droopin' like a saggy diaper after stripping the retractor gear with his impact wrench. shouldn't have prepaid, or bet on a successful tire rotation. you still cousins with vinnie? geez hooblie ... thread drift much?
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Sep 12, 2017 - 02:01pm PT
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Two for Tuesday bird bump.
2 Prothonotary Warblers
2 Cedar Waxwings
2 Blackburnian Warblers
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Sep 12, 2017 - 06:20pm PT
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This is my friend Chris who I used to snowboard with every possible chance and skate with in the summer. Now when we have a free day we go to poop ponds with old people and scan thousands of sandpipers looking for slightly different sandpipers.
If our 17 year-old selves could see what birding has done to us :) But we love it!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Sep 12, 2017 - 07:45pm PT
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Awesome, BN! (I didn't look here before I emailed you)!
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Sep 17, 2017 - 07:18pm PT
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I'm not above playing the toucan card (in this case the Aracari card)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 17, 2017 - 07:39pm PT
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Toucan tango, too, n'est ce pas?
There's (or was) a Curlew Sandpiper at Pt Roberts, WA!
Ray don't care though...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 18, 2017 - 05:52pm PT
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HELP! I need beta for my Big Tour de Tejas next spring!
I know BN be holdin', at the least.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 26, 2017 - 05:28pm PT
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What happened? Did I say something wrong?
^^^He, and his partners in crime, THE PARROTS, are robbing me blind of MY pecans! The parrots are impossible to shoot.
You'd think I was aiming a cannon at them when in actuality it is a Nikon.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Sep 26, 2017 - 09:52pm PT
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Just back from Fort Bragg for a pelagic trip. It was a bit slow for the first portion with some of the usual suspects for fall.
Lots of Jaegers
Eventually a number of Black-footed Albatrosses showed up.
Then a Laysan Albatross
Plus another;
The star of the show was a Hawaiian Petrel, a lifer for us.
Pterodroma petrels are hard to come by on day trips. Apparently, there some numbers further offshore that can be seen from cruise ships. Birders have begun to take the re-positioning trips to get further out.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 30, 2017 - 11:45am PT
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Nice shots, Tony! Some good scores there, too!
Dontchya hate it when you put yer shoes on the wrong feet after a hard night?
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clifff
Mountain climber
golden, rollin hills of California
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Sep 30, 2017 - 03:47pm PT
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Andean Condor Regularly visits Man who saved it's life as a Baby.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Sep 30, 2017 - 08:11pm PT
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The Andean Condor video is delightful. My wife visited a captive breeding facility in Venezuela, and was charmed by the affectionate demeanor of the resident Condor.
I had to look that up, Reilly. Imperial Shag near Tierra del Fuego?
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