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BrassNuts
Trad climber
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Nov 20, 2017 - 02:43pm PT
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Ok, let's get some bird pics on here ;-) I still have a bunch of shots from Spring that I haven't shared, so happy spring! Here are a few TX water birds to start.
TT - thanks, the Varied Thrush was certainly a treat around here!
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Nov 21, 2017 - 09:15am PT
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Dave,
I just saw all those birds yesterday at Chomes, all except the Avocets.
Laughing Falcon, hanging out next to its nest cavity in the trunk of a broken Ceiba tree
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john hansen
climber
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Nov 21, 2017 - 08:33pm PT
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Yesterday I was working in my garage when something fell from a tree and I heard the sound. I looked over and it was an Hawiian Hawk that I think got a cat.
I went into my house as fast as I could and grabbed my 80 400 lens.
Back in the garage , hawk still on the ground holding its prey,,, battery dead.
Inside for my other battery, 20 seconds later, the bird was gone.
I should have just watched the show,,
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 26, 2017 - 10:00am PT
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Those Laughing Falcons are on my short list, well, bucket list.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Nov 26, 2017 - 10:35am PT
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Reilly, those don't look like worms to me. Bird poop comprises three components, and from what I gather, that's not an atypical-looking parrot blend (depending on diet), with long, tubular solid waste. The "worms" are the actual feces.
A timely post with Christmas right around the corner: http://parrotjewelry.com/tropicaltreasures.html
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 27, 2017 - 10:47pm PT
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Seattle had a much appreciated break in the rain today, and I used it to bicycle from my house out to Shilshole.
Shilshole is the mouth of the Lake Washington, Union Bay and Sammamish River drainage
into Puget Sound. It's just past Ballard's Hiram M. Chittenden locks.
It's also my closest and safest bike to the Sound and saltwater birds. I mostly follow the Burke-Gillman bike trail
and pretty much don't have to share the road with cars to get there, and all are happy for that.
Historical Side-note:
The size of this drainage is the result of the Montlake Cut being completed in 1909.
The diverted water originally flowed south out of Lake Washington through the Black/Cedar River into the Duwamish River.
The diversion likely put the end to a couple of Coast Salish villages
located near current-day Renton by ending the Salmon runs that came up through those southern outflows.
https://kcts9.org/sites/default/files/unit7_reading_blackriverdisappears.pdf
Anyway today was nice!
I got good views of the normal suspects
I also saw two Seattle hike-or-bike lifers for me.
And this weird puppy
and to help with ID
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 28, 2017 - 08:41am PT
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Some mutant Thick-billed Murre is my guess. The bill looks good tor it as does the plumage pattern - extending up the throat to a point. It looks like it swam onto some oil to me.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sorry, I missed the above reply. My in-the-field guess was Rhinoceros Auklet, and that's what a "local expert" came up with using my photo. I think the color of the lower bill and the vestige of the "horn" are the key points. I'm still confused by the pale breast. The pair of them looked healthy out in the water. I think the oil look is an artifact of my photo.
OK, gulls are difficult so I'll label this one. A Glaucous Gull showed up at Carkeek park and has been pretty big news here. The bike ride up there is a relatively level 20mi RT. It wasn't raining today (pea soup fog in the AM, though) and so biking is how got there, and I get to add it to my local hike and bike list.
I am so not a gull expert, and I was worried about picking it out on the beach. No worries, it stood out from the other gulls like a sore thumb.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Yeah, Darwin, I missed the bill protuberance and the way the Rhino’s wings make it look like it has fins on its back, sorta. I guess I thought the bill was too long for a Rhino too.
PSA!
Eagle Optics is calling it quits at the end of the year! They’re giving good deals on the rest of their stock so shop early and often!
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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More spring birds for a cold December day.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 10, 2017 - 11:50am PT
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^^^^ Noice, as always!
This pretty much puts Taiwan off of my short list...
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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Dec 10, 2017 - 08:51pm PT
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Homer, Alaska
rainy, windy, 41 degrees
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Dec 11, 2017 - 04:15pm PT
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nice contributions everyone.
here are some shots from recent time in the field. It's all birds that sit still, shooting-fish-in-a-barrel stuff, not like producing amazing images of something difficult like Magnolia Warbler!
Roadside Hawk, actually on a roadside fence
Boat-billed Heron
American Oystercatcher
Double-striped Thick-knee, another shorebird, but of a different ilk
Anhinga, male in prime breeding form
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 11, 2017 - 04:29pm PT
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Boat-billed Heron, right up there on my bucket list with the Shoebill.
Would I be correct in thinking the Thick-knee doesn't migrate or only
does so vertically?
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Dec 11, 2017 - 04:34pm PT
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shooting-fish-in-a-barrel stuff, not like producing amazing images of something difficult like Magnolia -Warbler!
The understatement 'round here !
its killen' me
little z, omFg, those as all your shares have me asking for a new and better tool,
because I believe you - Shooting Fish In A Barrel
Oh Please !
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 12, 2017 - 05:41pm PT
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I love all the above from the common to sublime.
Our normal winter fare, but for unsually beautiful late afternoon light. No photoshopping to enhance the colors:
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Dec 18, 2017 - 03:29pm PT
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Random question: How long does it take for birds to start coming to feeders? I set up 6 a couple days ago and I'm impatient
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 18, 2017 - 03:32pm PT
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I'd wager that you forgot the blinking lights, right?
It's also winter, such as it is.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 19, 2017 - 05:45pm PT
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Looking at bird tours of Ecuador. Surely this is 'shopped', como no?
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