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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Feb 18, 2012 - 11:54pm PT
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How could you NOT be into these things?
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Feb 19, 2012 - 10:42am PT
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Agreed Slater. And when you get to know their personalities, they are even more beautiful. :) Nothing better.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 19, 2012 - 02:21pm PT
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And when you get to know their personalities, they are even more beautiful.
If a tad scary at times...
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Feb 19, 2012 - 05:04pm PT
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Boids!
I love that picture
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Feb 19, 2012 - 05:30pm PT
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Did two new routes on the great basalt along the Rio Grande today and spotted this beautiful Canyon Towhee.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Feb 19, 2012 - 08:40pm PT
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He just wants a kiss Reilly. :)
Makes me think of Stalker. RIP sweet guy!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 20, 2012 - 01:42am PT
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Crimps, I'll take your word on Stalker, but he's one strange parrot!
My 'friend' was named 'Dirty Harry' - you didn't kiss and make up with him!
Bob - great shot!
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Feb 20, 2012 - 09:09am PT
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Went out again to Sultanpur (our local bird paradise)on Sunday.
We always have our eyes open for one of our favorites-Sarus Cranes.
These guys gave a big trumpet then flew up and out of the high grass and over our heads.
I scrambled for my camera and just managed to fired off a few, though mostly I just watched this amazing couple take to the air.
cheers
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Feb 20, 2012 - 01:26pm PT
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This guy is cranking a very hard move.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Feb 20, 2012 - 06:27pm PT
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Rad Flicker shot!
I got a lesser goldfinch at my feeder this morning and I almost had a heart attack. It was like eating Raisen Bran for breakfast instead of just Bran.
Man am I easy to please or what?!
Here are some I saw at Oso Flaco today...
NEED HELP WITH SPARROW...
and what is this?
Crimper... Honk honk!
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 20, 2012 - 06:29pm PT
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I am voting immature Savannah sparrow based on the breast pattern
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Feb 20, 2012 - 06:31pm PT
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Sparrows are hard. I go with Song Sparrow though.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Feb 20, 2012 - 06:38pm PT
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Slater, that's what makes birding so great, there's always something new around the corner. Just you wait 'til you get a male Lawrence's Goldfinch.
Song Sparrow
Washed out Audubon's Warbler (AKA western Yellow-rumped Warbler). Prob. a female that hatched last year.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Feb 20, 2012 - 06:39pm PT
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I love to hate sparrows.
They're everywhere but so hard to figure out.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Feb 20, 2012 - 08:08pm PT
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I find it ironic that the two most ubiquitous birds (sparrows and gulls) are the hardest to ID.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Feb 20, 2012 - 08:22pm PT
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Thanks guys. Funny how after you name it I look at my guidebook and then think... of course it's a song sparrow. That happens more often than not.
I just ordered a CANON 2X TELECONVERTER III for my Canon IS 70-200mm L lens!
400mm here I come!!! Hope to be posting better pictures soon!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Feb 21, 2012 - 08:19pm PT
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Spotted Towhee in the backyard today...cool little birds.
Common Merganser in the Rio Grande yesterday.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Feb 22, 2012 - 01:33am PT
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This past weekend we made a visit to Seattle, where our intrepid WA birding guide, Darwin, howed us around to see some local rarities. On Saturday we drove south to Ocean Shores to see some of the Snowy Owls hanging around during this big irruption. We braved rain, high winds and blowing sand, but were rewarded with great views of 6-7 Snowies. They were in a variety of plumages. I suspect they were all juveniles, certainly no adult males.
We got see one fly.
There had been the even rarer McKay's Bunting at the same location a week earlier, but it hadn't been seen for several days, so, given the conditions, we didn't make much of an attempt and headed back into the blowing sand. There were numerous White-winged Scoters offshore and Darwin saw a likely Black-legged Kitiwake.
The next day we went to a closer spot to look for some Common Redpolls. We managed to see them pretty quickly. The light was pretty bad, but I took some record photos, since they were lifers.
The Song Sparrows are quite different from the ones around here, with a lot of rufous tones. The song was also very different, barely recognizable. I guess it could have been a first-year male, still working on it.
On the last day we took a serene walk around Darwin's favorite local landfill, the Union Bay Nature Area. We had close looks at several pairs of Wood Ducks.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Feb 22, 2012 - 10:54am PT
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Saw lots of pintails on Sunday Andy.
cheers
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 22, 2012 - 11:02am PT
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Slater, if you want my advice send the 2x tele back and save up for a
Sigma 150-500. You prolly paid about $450 for the teleconverter and for
$600 more you could have way more lens with optical stabilisation! My $.02.
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