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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Apr 15, 2012 - 10:39pm PT
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The word 'ethereal' comes to mind. Pretty!
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Apr 15, 2012 - 10:52pm PT
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Cool shots. I like the last hummer shot MB, unusual "pose"...
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Apr 15, 2012 - 11:09pm PT
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yeah Mike, look a those wings!
Cyndie, stay warm up there and enjoy the show!
More birds coming your way soon!
They're flying from my backyard to your tundra!
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Apr 15, 2012 - 11:17pm PT
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Yup BN - I can't remember ever seeing one feed this way. It was doing the usual hover-and-feed thing, then for just a second grabbed the branch. Got lucky to catch it with a shot.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Apr 16, 2012 - 12:38am PT
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Cool shot Mike...
Great Horned Owl, near Penitente Canyon, southern Colorado.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Apr 16, 2012 - 12:56am PT
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Apr 16, 2012 - 05:50pm PT
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Crimp/Brass/whomever else - Don't think I'll be able to make it to the gordon party. Have to catch ya next time.
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Apr 16, 2012 - 07:03pm PT
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Solongs as wees postings ups owls...mays wells continues;)
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Gary
climber
"My god - it's full of stars!"
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Apr 16, 2012 - 09:19pm PT
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Really great photos!
Slater, we had our first black-hooded grosbeak in the yard Sunday. Cool bird.
Also, another first, a cowbird. Not so sure I'm thrilled about that, but what the hell, they got to make a living, too.
I do wonder where the Cooper's Hawk went to, though. Plenty of doves hanging around.
And a cool story about a school that switched to native plants and the birds that followed:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bird-school-20120416,0,1384226.story
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Apr 17, 2012 - 12:04pm PT
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Dooodes yous guys are getting really cool shots of owls!
I've only seen two, great horned owls, at night.
What do I gotta do to see an owl in the day time!?
OK so let's play MOST WANTED! - Name your 2 most wanted birds...
MY TWO MOST WANTED BIRDS!!!!
1. Barn Owl
2. Green Heron
(I'm listing two I should be able to get but can't so far, after multiple attempts)
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Apr 17, 2012 - 12:18pm PT
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Just for slater:
knocked off both those at the salton sea a few months ago. My top two off the top of my head since I dont keep a list yet:
snowy owl
Another type of Ibis (I've only got a glossy so far)
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Apr 17, 2012 - 02:01pm PT
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Curse you Matty!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 17, 2012 - 02:13pm PT
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Newt Gingrich was bitten by a penguin at the Saint Louis Zoo on Friday during a private tour, zoo officials said.
The candidate was on the tour before giving a speech to the National Rifle Association convention when "he was nipped on the finger" by a Magellanic penguin, Susan Gallagher, the zoo's public relations director, told Reuters on Monday. A Band-Aid, she added, "took care of the injury."
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/newt-gingrich-bitten-penguin-zoo-place-where-loves-154916520.html
Now I can state that you have to be a real azzhole to get bit by a
Magellanic. Those guys are so mellow they make Wavy Gravy look agro.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Apr 17, 2012 - 04:02pm PT
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oh please please don't turn this thread into a political thread...
it's my last refuge.
Boids only please
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cyndiebransford
climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
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Apr 17, 2012 - 08:59pm PT
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My two most wanted in Alaska are:
Black Oystercatcher and a Yellow-billed Loon
These guys are around my area but I just can't seem to be in the right place at the right time to see them.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Apr 17, 2012 - 09:50pm PT
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I just got my first black oystercatcher about a week ago in Cambria/San Simeon area. Cool ocean bird with color.
I was also impressed with the stilts. Good luck!
My mentor with over 900 birds said he didn't have a Glaucous Gull yet so I am kinda stoked on that one! Thanks guys!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 17, 2012 - 11:00pm PT
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I've been posting my photo(s) (only a Barred Owl recently) on the big year thread. RE bitterns, which I've never seen in my life!; our local birding hotline pointed me towards the following link. I'm not sure where the photographer took the shot, but I think it was somewhere here up in the PNW.
http://www.pbase.com/jvhigbee/image/142725300
Cool photo of the Barn Owl.
RE Magellanic Penguins and aggression: I sympathize with Reilly's statement. A Magellanic's idea of jumping bad is to slowly extend its head towards you while rotating it(the head) a 1/4 turn.
Cyndie: Are there Harlequins near you?
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Apr 18, 2012 - 01:52pm PT
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come on guys, you're slowing down!
Anyone getting out? Post up some pics!
I'm getting the new Canon Powershot sx260 (500mm point and shoot).
While the quality won't be bitchin' I'm hoping it'll help me ID birds, and save me from toting all that big heavy glass around.
I have the 70-200mm L series lens but hope this gets me closer to ID stuff.
I'll probably carry it EVERYWHERE since that'll be an option. #200 here I come! There are around 450 in my county so I'm shooting for the half-way point my first year!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Apr 18, 2012 - 09:15pm PT
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Slater, I'm camera-less....waiting for my new Olympus OMD5 and Canon 7d with 100-400mm lens.
The Sony A77 (great camera) just didn't fit my hand right.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Apr 18, 2012 - 09:42pm PT
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Ooooh the 100-400 is NICE!
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