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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Feb 15, 2018 - 11:45pm PT
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limpingcrab,
White-throated sparrow, I presume. Eastern US birders might scoff at a common bird for them, but I suspect they would be thrilled at a Golden-crowned Sparrow.
Scanning through a huge group of Surf Scoters and Scaup, I saw this Long-tailed Duck. Pretty rare around these parts (SF Bay). Sorry for the poor quality. This is a frame grab from digi-scoped video.
There was also a Black Scoter.
I just purchased a new Subaru. Hope it has the eBird app.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 16, 2018 - 08:14am PT
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Would that make it a Scoteru? I’m kinda pissed off - put money down on a new Volvo to pick
up in Sweden in late May to hit the Arctic nesting and now they’re telling me I can’t get it
until late July! Why bother now?
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Feb 16, 2018 - 08:44am PT
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LBB (Little brown bird) in Sabino Canyon by Tucson.
Mexican Jay aka Grey chested Jay, in Chiricahua National Monument.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Feb 16, 2018 - 09:16am PT
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thanks for checkin' in Fritz with two fine birds from the birding Mecca that is southern Arizona. Your LBB is a Hermit Thrush.
some recent stuff from southwestern Costa Rica down near the Panama border
Osprey, on vacation
Laughing Falcon, looks like it has a ding in its bill?
Savannah Hawk, with ruffled feathers
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Fiery-billed Aracari, cleaning up fallen banana bits below a feeder
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Feb 16, 2018 - 04:07pm PT
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I haven't looked at SuperTopo too much in the past couple of years, but every now and then I'll check in. Pretty fun to see the Birds thread still going strong!!
Little Z's kite picture surprised me. I had no idea you could weigh small raptors like that. I usually get a couple of accipiters each fall, and any Coops usually max out the scale, so I'll have to try it. I weigh hummers the same way:
Sharpies can usually still go in can:
This female Coop was definitely too big (and too angry and fidgety) for any cans nor a Pesola scale in a bag:
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Feb 16, 2018 - 07:16pm PT
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little z,
Your Osprey photo got me thinking that I should ask you to keep an eye out for an Osprey with a blue band on its left leg with the letters Z,R. We banded that one last year, and it should have migrated in the fall. I know it's a longshot, but who knows. We don't have any information on where our Osprey population migrates, but the ones nesting in Oregon and BC migrate to Central America and southern Mexico. We were only able to band the two nestlings from one nest. Sadly, one of the died after apparently flying into something and shattering its keel and shoulder. We hope to get more banded this season, and maybe even get transmitters on a few.
I'm sure you are connected with other Neotropical birders, so maybe you could let others know.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Feb 20, 2018 - 06:54pm PT
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Some not yet posted spring 2017 boids to usher in spring 2018 :-)
P.S. I'll be in Tucson/Madera/Portal AZ area the first two weeks of April on a multi-activity trip, get in touch if you might be in the area and are keen on climbing or birding :-)
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Feb 20, 2018 - 07:42pm PT
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It's 5 degrees outside, BN. . . spring ain't sprung yet!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 21, 2018 - 03:31pm PT
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BN, drop me a line if yer of a mind for guerrilla camping at Guadalupe Cyn. I am pretty sure I can find the tree with the Berylline Hummers’ nest. I am also up for a death march in that canyon just east of the one west of Nogales where the Five-striped Sparrows nest. We could also camp there and try for Buff-collared Nightjars. 😈
snekker49 at gmail dot com
ps
Guadalupe Cyn is also fairly reliable N Beardless Tyrannulet
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Feb 21, 2018 - 05:31pm PT
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nothing spells spring like wood warblers in breeding plumage, thanks for the visual warming spell BN
Tony - yes, long shot getting a look at a bird band without having the bird in the hand, but it happens. I spotted a banded Wilson's Plover last year and was able to take a photo that showed the band number. The really cool part was that I went on-line to find out who might be banding this species and found that some intelligent person had created a gmail account named "wipl.banded@gmail.com" that is shared by all banders of Wilson's Plovers. I sent an email with the photo and details and heard back the next day from the original bander who had banded the bird the year before at a nesting colony in Galveston, Texas. You all might see if there is a similar gmail thing going on for banded ospreys
banded Wilson's Plover from Texas basking on a Costa Rican salt pan
Willoughby - thanks for checking in, and sharing some of your banding experiences and photos.
Today we caught the ultimate in-hand photo op bird - a Northern Royal Flycathcer. A really bizzaro critter. Aside from the stunning plumage, it also rocks it's head slowly from side to side, usually with mouth wide open in a funky, mesmerizing display.
bird in net, it was a recapture so already has a leg band
getting weighed while wrapped tightly in a bird bag "burrito"
full frontal
in the sun
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Feb 21, 2018 - 07:40pm PT
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Holy moly I'm back! It's been a year or so since I've been able to sign on. Glad to see this awesome bird thread going strong. Love the birds everyone!
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Feb 25, 2018 - 10:41pm PT
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Yesterday I spotted FOUR Long-tailed Ducks in a huge Surf Scoter group. One, and then two had been reported. In recent days. I saw two the first time I went. This time I was able to see two different pairs. They do occur about every winter somewhere around SF Bay, but I don't remember anything like this number in one place.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Feb 26, 2018 - 12:11am PT
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yeah I've been having issues too not being able to post to threads
wonder if this will go through
edit:
it worked!
now I wonder for how long...
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 26, 2018 - 07:57am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Wish I could rub my head on my ass!
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john hansen
climber
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A couple hours ago I heard a strange sound out on the deck. I looked out the french doors and there were a bunch of feathers.
I figured a dove had hit the glass but then I saw this.
I used to put bird seed out on the porch rail, but the doves would come in and eat it all.
They still check it out sometimes. I think that's where the dove got hit.
The hawk is an I'o, or Hawaiian Hawk, related to Sharp Shinned Hawk.
They are fairly common here on the Hamakua coast but there are only about 2000 left, all on Hawaii island.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Sh#t got my new D500 and have not been able to post to ST.
Once we figure out the problem I have some images I'd like to share. In the meantime, this thread continues to kick azz.
edit
why did it work this time...?
weird, seems this is the only thread I can post to
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Posting this photo taken by Jeremy Black. The yellow cardinal (red cardinal with a genetic mutation) was photographed in Shelby County, AL. I saw the pic and story on a local news web page. It is now on the National Geographic website.
From reading one article I learned that songbirds like the cardinal consume the more abundant yellow pigments found in the cartenoids of their diet and biochemically convert the yellow to red and other bright colors in other birds (Auburn University biology professor Geoffrey Hill). This one in a million cardinal has the genetic mutation that won't allow the conversion.
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