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heading slowly NNW
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Jan 13, 2012 - 08:12pm PT
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Doesn't a Rough-legged have a more fully trousered look to the gams?
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jan 13, 2012 - 08:25pm PT
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Snow geese and lot's of them.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Jan 14, 2012 - 01:23pm PT
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Reilly,
We saw this leucistic Gentoo Penguin at on the Antarctic Peninsula in 2001. This is a scan which has been highly cropped. It's so much easier now in these digital times!
We also saw this leucistic or "blond" Fur Seal. These are not nearly so rare, about 1%.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Jan 14, 2012 - 03:49pm PT
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There are some really outstanding shots here on this thread!
Here are a few from last week:
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Jan 14, 2012 - 04:10pm PT
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Mike,
Are you in Hawaii, too? Those White-eyes are tough to get, in spite of being everywhere on Kauai. Nice shots.
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steveA
Trad climber
bedford,massachusetts
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Jan 14, 2012 - 04:13pm PT
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This is a cool thread. It's cold up here in N.H.
Sorry I can't post pictures, but the birds are really enjoying the huge bird feeder I built. I built it to last--it even has a shingled roof with drip edge.
The crows have a hard time feeding in it, buy they do manage.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Jan 14, 2012 - 04:37pm PT
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Hi Tony - was over on the Big Island this week, back in CA now.
I took a zillion shots of the white eyes, only had about 3 good ones
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jan 14, 2012 - 04:43pm PT
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Nice shots Mike...the smaller the bird the harder the shot. Chase this little guy all around the front yard trying to get a good shot.
Black Capped Chickadee.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Jan 14, 2012 - 10:09pm PT
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Here is a brown creeper flinging sycamore bark...
Small and very busy.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Jan 14, 2012 - 11:44pm PT
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Bob D'A - That recent hawk is a Ferruginous also.
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cyndiebransford
climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
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Jan 15, 2012 - 12:21am PT
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Near Deming, New Mexico
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Jan 15, 2012 - 03:31am PT
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Cyndie,
I'll have a go at the mystery birds:
Rock Wren, one of my favorites
Say's Phoebe
American Robin, perhaps a female of the drab variety. Note the broken eye ring.
There are a couple of photos that didn't display.
It looks like a pretty good time in New Mexico.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Jan 15, 2012 - 05:30am PT
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So many great pictures of birds. Since I have no pictures to contribute. Here is a film: Le Peuple Migrateur (Winged Migration)
[Click to View YouTube Video]
00.15.00 Birds in the mountains taking off just before an avalanche
00.18.00 Dancing cranes
00.30.50 A wall of ice thundering into the sea
00.55.00 Cranes in Bulgaria
01.02.00 The end of a bird with a broken wing
01.09.00 Parrots
The film is a wonder.
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cyndiebransford
climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
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Jan 15, 2012 - 09:30pm PT
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I saw the movie Winged Migration at the bird festival in Kenai, Alaska last year. It was excellent!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jan 15, 2012 - 10:48pm PT
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Sometime you just get lucky...these two beauties were hanging in a cottonwood near the Rio Grande near Pilar, NM.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Jan 15, 2012 - 11:53pm PT
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very sharp shots Bob.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 16, 2012 - 01:05am PT
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Very luvvy duvvy! Oh, and a very nice shot as well! :-)
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Jan 16, 2012 - 08:23pm PT
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Any ideas on these two???
Fun but cold day out at Oso Flaco Lake.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Jan 16, 2012 - 08:51pm PT
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too weird - just a couple of hours ago I saw a new bird for me, got one poor shot and finally identified it just a little while ago as Bewick's Wren!
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