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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Mar 19, 2012 - 01:09am PT
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Great Gray ... crane flat! Talk to the YI peeps and maybe they'll steer you in the proper direction! They see them there.
(how do you see an owl in the dark?)
And man... I gotta say... seeing a flock of birds feeding on a berry bush this morning made me do a 180 degree turn on a freeway on ramp (no joke!) all I was thinking was... If those are Waxwings and I keep going i'm gonna regret it as soon as I get on the freeway!
so I flip a 180 and park off to the side in a small lot and get out. Sure enough...
100s in the tree hanging on for dear life in the huge gusts of post rain/storm wind.
If I hadn't of seen them all fly up there I would not have even known they were there.. they looked like leaves from a distance! no wonder I hadn't seen them yet!
I had my 4 yr old and 8 yr old on top of my Toyota 4x4 with binocs...
Life is too short to NOT flip a 180 on an on ramp!!!!!!!
flip more 180s!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Mar 19, 2012 - 01:33am PT
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Great stuff Slater. Slater wrote: Bring 'em out! I got 8 new ones today! I made a list of 34 new spring birds that should be showing up and knocked 4 off the list.
I knocked off four new FA routes in the Rio Grande Gorge in the last week, bringing my total to over sixty for year and that is with having open heart surgery last April...does that count for anything? :-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 19, 2012 - 01:33am PT
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HaHaHa! Robo Birder! I almost did the same thing on a freeway near Deming,
NM when I thought I saw a Caracara on a light pole on the other side and I
was doing 75! The median was impossible to U turn through and by the time
I got to the next exit and back it was gone! Grrrrrr!
I just went through my life list - you got me goin' bra! It is 475 and I've
not been to the South, Florida, or Texas. Gotta go down and make Riley show
me a Chachalaca and about 20 others one of these days. I was surprised to
see my note about seeing a Thick-billed Parrot in the Chiricahuas in '88!
I totally forgot about that. :-/ I also got a Brambling in Seattle! I
wish I could have gone up to see that Falcated Teal this winter but I was
too busy working on The Money Pit. I know, it is a lame excuse.
So I flew 6000 miles to see a Caracara.
The dood definitely knows how to strike a pose! I think Warren Zevon was
talkin' about him when he sang, "And his hair was perfect!"
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 19, 2012 - 11:01am PT
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The Violet Green Swallows showed up about two weeks ago at the Union Bay Landfill. These are also new on my Supertopo Big Year list (oops wrong thread).
How many of you see "Domestic Mallards"? There is one female hanging with a male wild Mallard in a decidedly non-domesticated environment. They always surprise me when I first see them.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Mar 19, 2012 - 12:05pm PT
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Great photos! I have not been in a great bird haven lately (New York City) and haven't had time to look at the taco much. Hope now. Got home late Saturday with my souvenir cold/crud from NY. Boo. Hope to get back on here more. We head out for some birding soon. Maybe we can get some fun photos up!
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Mar 19, 2012 - 10:07pm PT
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Darwin,
I just saw a domestic mallard and a true male yesterday and my son and I were going beserk thinking we had something new on our hands. But nope... just a white spotted funky looking mallard.
The swallows are cool birds. I was stoked to get mine sitting still! I think the rain storm helped.
Sorry you had to see yours at a landfill! Doesn't sound very fun.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 19, 2012 - 10:09pm PT
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Slater, don't feel too sorry for Darwin, you'd never know it was a landfill once.
Bob, we're going to AZ the third week of May - Primetime! Unfortunately,
it isn't all birding - gotta go to a stoopid wedding in Las Cruces. You
would think the nephew would at least take the opportunity of a lifetime to
get hitched a few miles up the road in Truth or Consequences, wouldn't you?
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Mar 19, 2012 - 10:46pm PT
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Mar 19, 2012 - 10:51pm PT
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bird food
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 19, 2012 - 11:37pm PT
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I'm glad to hear that others have gotten even temporarily excited by Domestic Mallards, and what Reily said: the Union Bay Landfill (ok it's really ... Natural Wildlife Area) isn't a reason to feel sorry for me. If you want to feel sorry for me, there has been the whatever number straight days of rain and complete lack of natural climbing rock within Seattle, and the sorry fact that I just don't have the ganas or, currently, a good enough shoulder to do Mountaineering.
Slater, on the Central Coast, do you surf?
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Lokesh
Mountain climber
Big Bear California
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Mar 20, 2012 - 02:02am PT
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Mar 21, 2012 - 01:13am PT
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Slater, on the Central Coast, do you surf?
Darwin, do Birds fly?
come on down, the water's fine! (click on the larger version for a size check... see the two dudes out back?!)
The crowds can be a bit much though...
OK back to the birds!
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Mar 21, 2012 - 09:42am PT
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We'll just miss you Reilly. We'll be in So AZ the first week of April.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Mar 21, 2012 - 01:46pm PT
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The cranes are back in the San Luis Valley, Colorado.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Mar 21, 2012 - 01:49pm PT
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Mar 21, 2012 - 01:57pm PT
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Cool Frumy. Do you know what it is called?
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Mar 21, 2012 - 03:00pm PT
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Monte Vista NWR, southern Colorado.
Redwing Blackbird.
Killdeer.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Mar 21, 2012 - 03:10pm PT
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White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata). Pretty sure it's not actually a bird.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Mar 21, 2012 - 03:43pm PT
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Red Tail Hawk...Monte Vista NWR, southern Colorado.
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