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Slater

Trad climber

Central Coast

Mar 4, 2012 - 12:48am PT

DMT butt cheeks bouncing... not a good thing. We like tight buns.

ANYWAY...

nice turkeys! I dig how they walk in a line chasing the bouncing butt cheeks in front of them!

Hey, I got my first spotted towhee (my 8 year old identified it before I even knew what it was... thought it was a dark eyed junco. He was like... I KNOW it's a spotted towhee... there is one in my BOOK!

stud

Got a crappy picture of it... but would love to see a better one! Pretty little bird!

I showed you mine, now show me yours!

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Mar 4, 2012 - 01:00am PT

Dingus, ya coulda stopped by and helped sand drywall! BwaHaHaHa!

Yeah, those parrots are cute and interesting although they make my fall
Saturday mornings hell. HELL I TELL YOU! They descend en masse at the
very crack to noisily strip my beloved pecan tree. I couldn't tell you
the last time I even managed to scavenge one off the ground. I know the
squirrels hate 'em too. More to the point I wonder what effect they are
having upon the endemics. It would seem their niche is their own but that
can't be as we all know nature abhors a vacuum and they can't have
occupied an existing vacuum.

Slater

Trad climber

Central Coast

Mar 4, 2012 - 01:04am PT

Used my 2x teleconverter but my Canon 60d doesn't have the AF micro-adjuster which sucks so they're a bit soft. DAMN YOU CANON! So now I just need to pony up $1500 for the 7D in a couple years and I'll get some use out of it...

OH WELL

This is one cool lookin' little bird!

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Mar 4, 2012 - 01:11am PT

Aw, Slater, I was about to congrat you on the nice sharp Towhee! :-)

Are you sure it isn't degradation caused by the teleconverter? Most Nikon
shooters I know never go beyond the 1.7. Maybe you missed my advice to
skip the tele and get the Sigma 150-500. That is a really sharp lens for
the money.

Jerry Dodrill

climber

Sebastopol

Mar 4, 2012 - 06:18pm PT

Anyone know what kind of bird this little guy is? Song Sparrow?

Slater

Trad climber

Central Coast

Mar 4, 2012 - 10:15pm PT

They say with the micro-adjuster it'll open up a new world! so I just need a better camera. It is the 2x Canon III so it's better than the II.

Had fun today...

spring must be in the air - lots of couples hanging out!

what is this thing?!?!

Looks like his face is dirty!

I was stoked on my Meadow Lark. I barely did any photoshop, just did like 2 bumps on contrast. These things are gorgeous!

Slater

Trad climber

Central Coast

Mar 5, 2012 - 12:10am PT

JD- Song Sparrow is a good guess.

small image so I can't tell for sure but I think you got it right.

matty

Trad climber

under the sea

Mar 5, 2012 - 07:59pm PT

Nice shots Slater, enjoy the hummingbird mucho.

Here's a few more from Salton Sea of a Glossy Ibis. The light was really working against me and this was the best I could do =(

matty

Trad climber

under the sea

Mar 5, 2012 - 08:00pm PT

Oops forgot the shots

matty

Trad climber

under the sea

Mar 6, 2012 - 09:25am PT

Like that eKat!

I'm not in any great area to see birds near my house and I'm not outside very much and I don't walk anywhere. Plus any birds around here are already on the Big Year taco list so I'll keep posting on this thread. Enjoy-

Morning Avocets

Gary

climber

"My god - it's full of stars!"

Mar 6, 2012 - 10:33am PT

Slater, that's a spotted towhee. We had one in our backyard in Sierra Madre last weekend.

DMT, those are Mexican Green Parrots. We're at the northern edge of their range. There are colonies in Long Beach and Orange as well. Probably others.

They are noisy as hell. They land in the plum tree, take one bite out of a plum, and toss it to the ground. Take one bite out of another plum, and toss it on the ground, etc, etc, etc. I don't mind sharing, but damn they could leave us a couple of plums. Hey, we talked the squirrel into leaving us a few figs. Why can't the parrots share.

And yes, the front range of the San Gabriels is terrific hiking in the winter. There are many great loop hikes in the Sierra Madre-Arcadia-Monrovia area.

Slater

Trad climber

Central Coast

Mar 6, 2012 - 01:09pm PT

Hey, I got my first spotted towhee (my 8 year old identified it before I even knew what it was... thought it was a dark eyed junco. He was like... I KNOW it's a spotted towhee... there is one in my BOOK!

stud

Got a crappy picture of it... but would love to see a better one! Pretty little bird!

yeah I know but what's the one with the black birth-mark on its face!???

cyndiebransford

climber

31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska

Mar 6, 2012 - 08:22pm PT

I posted these Snow Buntings on the Big Year site, but I thought some people may not have seen them.

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Mar 6, 2012 - 08:55pm PT

Cyndie, good job nabbing those McKays! I saw the first McKays, three IIRC,
ever seen in the Lower 48 near Hoquiam, WA in '76 I think. They were also
in a larger herd of regular Snow Buntings. I've some really poor pictures
although good enough for ID. It was tough hand-holding a 600mm in a freaking gale!

Crimpergirl

Sport climber

Boulder, Colorado!

Mar 6, 2012 - 09:32pm PT

There is no real name of Mexican Green Parrot.

I'm intrigued. Are they Mexican Redheads (aka Green Cheeks)? Or Cherry Headed conures? Or Lilac Crowned Amazons?

For sure they are not Mexican Green Parrots.

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Mar 6, 2012 - 09:41pm PT

Crimps, they're Mexican Mean Parrots aka Reilly's Pecan Tree Thieves!
The squirrels want me to buy a pellet gun. As to their real name I don't
really bother as they don't 'count' in my book. They're definitely green though.

Crimpergirl

Sport climber

Boulder, Colorado!

Mar 6, 2012 - 10:36pm PT

Haha! Mexican Mean Parrots.

Sure they are not of the sub-species Los Zetas Parrots? Gulf Parrots? The Medillin Parrots are out of Columbia so it couldn't be them. Haha. Made myself laugh. :)

I would LOVE to see a photo of them so I could ID them. I love to think that some relatives of my own birds are thriving in the wild. This opposed to their habitat having been totally decimated.

edit: if you don't mind, describe them carefully and I'll see if I can figure it out. :)