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BLD
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Jan 17, 2012 - 06:34pm PT
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BLD
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Jan 17, 2012 - 06:48pm PT
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scuffy b
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heading slowly NNW
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Jan 17, 2012 - 07:29pm PT
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Juvenile Kite?
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cyndiebransford
climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
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Jan 17, 2012 - 11:52pm PT
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Around Tucson, Arizona
I could use some help with a few of these if anyone would like to chime in.
Thank you in advance.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jan 17, 2012 - 11:54pm PT
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European Starling
House Sparrow (male; in reality a weaver finch, but we call them House Sparrows here)
Northern Mockingbird
Really enjoy all your photos and reading about your birding trips!
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Jan 18, 2012 - 03:55am PT
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It took all my patience, but I finally got a good look at this rare visitor to Berkeley today.
scuffy,
Arrowhead is defintely the most reliable place for me to see rails, usually Clappers. I think you mean Damon Slough?
There some extreme high tides there on Fri, Sat, Sun. With the stormy weather, this could be a great chance for rail viewing. The same conditions a couple of years ago resulted in a Yellow Rail sighting. I missed it by a day, but there were about 50 Clappers and 25 Soras visible at one time. We also saw a Clapper Rail, which was hunkered in its high tide spot, grab a Virginia Rail walking by by the neck and shake it around violently. I hadn't imagined that they were up to something like that.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jan 18, 2012 - 09:18am PT
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Nice shot Tony. Love her bulky bill.
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scuffy b
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heading slowly NNW
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Jan 18, 2012 - 11:27am PT
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Tony, I probably do mean Damon Slough.
We started out at the boardwalk and spent much of our time there.
That is where we saw the rail, and where I had seen rails in years past.
It was on the little island until it flew across to our side and disappeared.
I think previously I had only seen Clapper Rails there. I had not visited
the place in several years.
After we crossed the bridge and were walking north, we looked back to see
the arrival of perhaps 20 birders. At one point they were grouped together,
looking at something close to them, with at least ten spotting
scopes not being used.
I was tickled to see the topo map of the Arroyo Viejo and Lion Creek
watershed. I was able to point out the houses where I grew up!
Is that a juvenile Kite further up the page?
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jan 18, 2012 - 12:13pm PT
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Snowy Owl in the Boulder area! Word is he is at Barr Lake. Hope to see him Saturday!
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Jan 18, 2012 - 09:50pm PT
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Hope you see the owl Crimp...and get photos;)
What a great thread, it's really gone crazy this last year.
The "Birds" thread Original Post was on - Jun 11, 2007. In the first year there were 208 posts. June 2008- December 2008 had 63 total posts and a second year ended early because after that there were no posts for over 2 years until December 30 2010. In the year of 2011 there were 1439 posts! And so far 2012 has 110 posts.
There were almost exactly 4 posts per day last year. This year is averaging just over 6. So keep posing up everyone and thanks for posting up everyone. Love your shots.
Here is a video of a hawk flying through various shaped holes:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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scaredycat
Trad climber
Berkeley,CA
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Jan 18, 2012 - 10:19pm PT
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Re Gosahawk: We are not worthy.
BLD: I loved the first Kite photo.
What Tony says about seeing Rails in the Bay Area.
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BLD
climber
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Jan 18, 2012 - 11:22pm PT
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Awesome video of the goshawk!
What kind of bird is this:
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cyndiebransford
climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
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Jan 18, 2012 - 11:27pm PT
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BLD that is a Yellow-rumped Warbler. I saw one today in Tucson.
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BLD
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Jan 19, 2012 - 12:24am PT
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Cool thanks!
What about this one?
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Jan 19, 2012 - 12:32am PT
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BLD,
That looks like a nestling emerging from one of their wonderful nests. Nice shot!
If you know the spot where you took the photo, you should try to see if the nest remnant is still around on the tree or ground. It is fascinating to look at the construction.
Crimpie and BrassNuts,
Good luck on the owl hunting. I'm hoping for photos.
Dar,
How about checking it out on the way to your flight?
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BLD
climber
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Jan 19, 2012 - 12:47am PT
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Tony,
I did check out the nest after the bird left. It seemed empty. I was careful not to disturb the nest and never touched it. I showed a friend this pic and he was saying that it was the wrong bird for this nest. I looked it up and couldn't find anything that would clearly say different. Awesome construction though...
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cyndiebransford
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31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
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Jan 19, 2012 - 01:50am PT
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I saw lots of birds today at the Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ. I also went to the Agua Caliente Regional Park and saw a few. I wanted to share some photos. The hummingbirds were in an aviary.
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MH2
climber
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Jan 20, 2012 - 12:59pm PT
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The other day I was directing my camera at a colorful summer holdover
when I heard a WUF WUF WUF overhead. I looked up at an eagle just above the trees with a large something in its grip. I didn't get a good look let alone a picture, but the next day I heard on the radio that a nearby resident had photographed what was probably the same bird.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bc/photos/134/#igImgId_28149
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scuffy b
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heading slowly NNW
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Jan 20, 2012 - 04:28pm PT
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Red Berry Mite!
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SuperTopo on the Web
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Let us know!