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Darwin
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Seattle, WA
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Jan 27, 2018 - 09:51am PT
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We didn't see hide nor hair of them, until we got up to the ridge.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 27, 2018 - 11:43am PT
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I got on top and all I saw was a phukking drone. Luckily for the operator I couldn’t locate him. It flew down towards me but when I picked up some rocks it sped off.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jan 27, 2018 - 02:26pm PT
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Thanks little z. Yes, just north of Jumbo Rocks.
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john hansen
climber
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Jan 28, 2018 - 10:26am PT
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Is this a Pine Sisken?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 28, 2018 - 10:29am PT
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female Yellow-rumped Warbler, aka Audubon’s Warbler.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 28, 2018 - 10:46am PT
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^^^^^^. Yes, too big. Besides, unless one is deaf the answer would have been quite apparent. :-)
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Jan 29, 2018 - 04:04am PT
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Walleye and Reilly, steppin' up to the plate, and knockin' it out with the ids.
Amazing shot of that pelicano Walt.
Dar - congrats on your new birds, that Condor should count as two. It's on my bucket list. I can only hope to get as good a show as you all got.
Got the White-crowned Sparrow tick for my Costa Rica list. That's three new ones in only a month after going a year + without anything. The bird has molted into adult plumage now. I thought it was a new species for Central America too, but turns out one was reported from a key off of Belize about a month before this one showed up here in Costa Rica.
White-crowned Sparrow
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 29, 2018 - 08:28am PT
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Z, please, that was a bunt single, and only because the pitcher’s throw to first went into right field.
Pretty funny getting excited about White-crowned Sparrows. But then I got pretty excited
seeing a Least Grebe up here. 😜
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Jan 29, 2018 - 01:21pm PT
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Dingus,
That sounds like it was Snow Geese with Dark Morphs(aka Blue Geese), and/or Greater White-fronted Geese mixed in. Pretty common sight in the Central Valley this time of year:
Beautiful photos Walleye.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jan 29, 2018 - 04:39pm PT
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Nice stuff, Walleye!
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sween345
climber
back east
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In two weeks time I'll have been retired for six months, so I guess I'll start posting up.
Be forewarned though that I'm a triple threat. It's all autofocus with the camera for now, my identification skills don't extend much further than what I see in my backyard, and my last nonskill is navigating the computer to construct these postings, but hey, I'm retired and all of you can grow with me.
First up is.........THEEEEEEEE CRUSHER!
He doesn't look like much, but he's tenacious.
I had foot surgery in November and that's when the Crusher and I became friends. He would show up around 8 AM and 4 PM and I'd toss out some bread crumbs for him. Then the Starlings showed up (hereafter referred to as The Horde) Well the Crusher it seems has a particular dislike for the Horde and he shows it. He has no qualms about dropping down in the middle of 20 of them and clearing a 3 foot circle. Then he'll pick out individuals to accost. The catch is he never goes after anybody else. Cardinals, Blue Jays, Sparrows, Chickadees, and Mourning Doves can dine without a worry.
Me and The Crusher. 8AM and 4PM
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sween345
climber
back east
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Here's Lumpkins. She's sitting on top of the bird feeder waiting for Momma Redbird to feed her.
Maybe that's just what they're both used to.
Several days later though it was apparent that Mother felt she had fulfilled her maternal duties and Lumpkins would have to pick up her own food as she walked right past it. She looked as if she was going to cry.
I only saw Lumpkins one more time in the two months since that picture and it seems she has taken Mothers lesson and has moved on to fend for herself.
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sween345
climber
back east
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Little Brother showed up one day looking like the proverbial cat had dragged him home. Guess he didn't check the mirror before leaving the nest.
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sween345
climber
back east
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I had been running a vegan establishment until this guy arrived.
At least he stayed in the sunlight so I could get a good shot.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Dingus,
Here's a video from Staten Island at dusk. Not far from Isleton. Poor video quality, but I recorded it for the sound of geese, swans, cranes flying in for the night. Pretty magical.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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A friend sent La Femme a pic a friend had sent her from Florida. The pic might have been taken with an Etch-A-Sketch but it appears to be a curlew with a dark reddish body like a Black-tailed Godwit. I’m stumped. The pic is hardly worth posting but the bill is definitely Eurasian Curlew length.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Reilly - can't do much with your bird, sorry.
Tony was obviously correct in identifying DMTs flock of high flyers as Snow Goose, rather than White Pelican. I was asleep at the wheel on that one.
Amazing shots Walter. Hope you'll post up more often here on the Birds thread.
Had a chance to help a friend with his banding study. It's been some time since I've had to work with birds in the hand. I need glasses now. Could have taken a lot more photos, but one always gets a little stressed out worrying about the welfare of the birds, so we concentrated on doing the banding.
My friend is a dead ringer for a young Ron Fawcett. He's actually a climber too, but had to look up who Ron Fawcett was. How old do I feel?
Ron Fawcett (not), and Emerald Toucanet.
We have to put a rubber band on the toucans in order for one person to process them. Otherwise its a two person job and slows things down. They are real artists with their sharp, serrated bills and can shred your hands. Although it couldn't grab me with its bill, this one was happy to hammer on me like a woodpecker.
Worm-eating Warbler, a favorite of mine since way back.
We work mostly with small songbirds, but bigger things occasionally get in the nets. This Double-toothed Kite was just under the 200 gram limit of our scale and would have maxed out the scale if we had to weigh it in a bag, but like most raptors, if you lay them gently on their back they will usually sit there mesmerized. So we put it on the scale and sure enough it just laid there for about 2 minutes before finally blasting off.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Feb 11, 2018 - 11:05pm PT
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Here's a webcam of Sandhill Cranes in Cochise County, AZ. It's dark now when I'm posting, but has their wonderful sound. It should be spectacular when they fly out in the AM.
Sandhill Cranes
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Feb 15, 2018 - 09:04pm PT
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Love this thread! Nice sandhill find, DMT.
If you guys were real birders you would buy a car with special birding features
Also, life bird this morning! (iPhone pic)
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