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Mike Bolte

Trad climber

Planet Earth

Mar 10, 2012 - 01:52pm PT

these Brant's cormorants are starting to nest down on west cliff drive in Santa Cruz. They blue throats show up during the breeding season.

Bob D'A

Trad climber

Taos, NM

Mar 10, 2012 - 02:30pm PT

Tony

Trad climber

Pt. Richmond, CA

Mar 10, 2012 - 03:43pm PT

Bob and Mike,

Nice shots. I'm struck how many of the same species Bob saw in Honduras that are the same ones we saw in Belize.

Tony

Trad climber

Pt. Richmond, CA

Mar 10, 2012 - 03:46pm PT

Dingus,

Just the other day we were watching a mixed flock of Lincoln's Sparrows, L. Goldfinches, Juncos and others also feeding a such a tree, just taking the bases of the flowers, with the petals fluttering to the ground. I guess that is where all the nutrients are.

Bob D'A

Trad climber

Taos, NM

Mar 10, 2012 - 05:00pm PT

Thanks Tony...Honduras is pretty amazing for birding. I might try to set up group for a birding trip next year...chance to see 300 plus species.

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

Mar 10, 2012 - 05:12pm PT

Bob, good shootin'! You gotta suck it up and go to Colombia - over 1/4 of
the species on the whole planet! I am so still kicking myself for not going
there in the 70's with my ex's bro-in-law who was an ornithologist down there.

Bob D'A

Trad climber

Taos, NM

Mar 10, 2012 - 05:17pm PT

Thanks Reilly...been birding in Ecuador but Columbia is on my hit list.

Look at this beauty.

I can put in names if people would prefer.

Slater

Trad climber

Central Coast

Mar 10, 2012 - 07:37pm PT

more more more

Bob D'A

Trad climber

Taos, NM

Mar 10, 2012 - 11:58pm PT

Willoughby

Social climber

Truckee, CA

Mar 11, 2012 - 12:47am PT

I'll take a swing at Bob's birds. Great shots by the way!! I've never been to the neotropics, but I'm getting ready to go to Costa Rica next month, so I've been studying up. A few of these are just WILD guesses or shotgun approaches:

1. Collared Aracari
2. Keel-billed Toucan
3. Rufous phase of Mountain Pygmy-Owl, or maybe Ferruginous, or maybe who knows? The taxonomy of Central American Glaucidium seems to be in a constant state of flux.
4. Elegant Trogon
5. Western-Cassin's-Tropical Kingbirds/Speckled-Rufous Mourner-Piha/Great Kiskadee/Smoky Brown Woodpecker
6. Blue-crowned Motmot
7. Ringed Kingfisher (female)
8. Sungrebe
9. Red-crowned Woodpecker
10. Completely stumped!! I'm really curious about this one now.
11. Another Keel-billed Toucan
12. I think there's some funny depth going on here that's messing with apparent size, but Blue-gray Tanager/Shining Honeycreeper/maybe one of the rufousy flycatchers I mentioned in 5?/female Summer Tanager?
13. Great Kiskadee
14. Acorn Woodpeckers
15. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
16. Rufous-naped Wren

Bob D'A

Trad climber

Taos, NM

Mar 11, 2012 - 10:40am PT

Really impressive Willouby...Golden fronted Woodpecker and ferruginous pigmy owl.

I think a Zone tail Hawk below. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Zone-tailed_Hawk/id/ac

You are going to have a great time in CR..been there about five or six times. Where are going?

Here is another beauty.

The Trogon was a real prize for me...really beautiful bird.

Bob D'A

Trad climber

Taos, NM

Mar 11, 2012 - 01:29pm PT

Here is an easy one...so beautiful. Copan Ruins, Honduras.

KaiPL

Mountain climber

Boulder, Colorado

Mar 11, 2012 - 02:24pm PT

There's a whole bird thread on another climbing site, here:

http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php?topic=10790.0

Bob D'A

Trad climber

Taos, NM

Mar 11, 2012 - 02:26pm PT

Here is a toughie...

Willoughby

Social climber

Truckee, CA

Mar 11, 2012 - 02:28pm PT

That's not a Zone-tailed Hawk for a variety of reasons, primary of which is the yellow eye. Even juv. Zone-tails have a dark brown iris. Also, the barring on the tail is too even for an adult and too spread out for a youngster. Also, it's just too warm in color..

The more I look at it, I think it's just a Roadside Hawk. Everything fits, it's just that you can't see any of the underparts so it seems like an all-dark bird.

I'm going to spend 2-3 days each at Rara Avis, La Selva, and the Monteverde areas, and then spend a week surfing in Malpais. I'm sure I'll spend a day a Cabo Blanco while I'm over there too. This trip is a long time coming, and I am psyched!!

PS - female Baltimore Oriole
Gray-necked Wood-Rail

Bob D'A

Trad climber

Taos, NM

Mar 11, 2012 - 02:57pm PT

Willoughby...you are on fire...thanks for looking.

Have great trip...been to all those areas...Malpalis is really beautiful.

Mike Bolte

Trad climber

Planet Earth

Mar 11, 2012 - 03:03pm PT

those little green herons are also common in south florida

Bob D'A

Trad climber

Taos, NM

Mar 11, 2012 - 03:06pm PT

Ivory-billed Woodcreeper, Copan Ruins, Honduras.

I spend an afternoon at the Ruins birding...what a great spot to watch for birds. The Macaws really are impressive as they fly around the ruins. Quite a site to see.