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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Here are pics of a few small guys I spotted this weekend in SoCal... maybe more later as time allows.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Nice Reilly. Great Horned it is!
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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So I've had the benefit of having seen the last three photos numerous times in the last 24 hours, but it doesn't matter. They are still awesome.
Radical - I understand your feelings about the woodpecker. Birds have always done that to me. They crush me. These pictures are awesome everyone.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Old photo
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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StahlBro, are you sure? See the bird? I've seen the exact same sorta thing when a grouse plops down into the snow, and it looks to me like your alleged owl walked off out of the top of the frame. Or maybe, it walked into the frame, and then lifted off. Here's a photo of a grouse track, where it took off.
Here are some White-tailed Ptarmigan from the Red Lake Peak (Carson Pass) area last week:
Reilly, I'm diggin' on the Argentinean bird pics. I was there towards the end of November 2009, and really loved the birds there.
Keas kinda give me the heebie-jeebies. Any parrot that has figured out how to kill sheep is not to be trusted.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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"Hey, it was dark when I got up and put 'em on!
They felt like they were on the right foot!"
(Rock Cormorant)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Alasdair,
I did enjoy and I tried posting some comments but since I don't exist
according to the confines of the profile choices I guess my comments didn't 'take'.
To wit, I prefer the Arg/Bol name for the Rufous-collared Sparrow: Chingolo. :-)
Your mystery coot shall likely remain so although it looks big enough to be a Giant.
Nice shot of the Puna Ibis!
The "some type of waterfowl" are more Crested Ducks.
The 'mystery hawk' looks a White-tailed.
One thing I noted down there is that the various caracaras are so bloody tame!
They strut around many places like blooming crows! Just try and get close
to one in the US southwest or Mexico!
Here's a crappy shot of three Chimangos on a light pole in Ushuaia...
A Crested at Tierra del Fuego NP...
Dood has it goin' on! I sooo need to change my look!
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Man, there are some really talented people here! Radical, BrassNuts hopped another plane early this morning and is skulking around the Boston area for a few days for work. Perhaps he'll get on and let you know about his equipment. All I know is Canon and big lens. :) Not helpful.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Willoughby,
I'm pretty sure it was rabbit tracks leading up to the wing prints. My bro took the picture and said there were great horned owls in the area. Our assumption was the owl nabbed a bunny based on the tracks and wing prints, but we have been wrong before :-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 10, 2011 - 06:38pm PT
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This boat looks close to overloaded to me!
(Black-necked Swans)
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Mar 10, 2011 - 06:52pm PT
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Took these at the Monte Vista NWR in the San Luis Valley yesterday.
The cranes are heading north.
Nailing a bird in flight handheld is a real pain in the ass.
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dipper
climber
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Mar 10, 2011 - 07:05pm PT
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Mar 12, 2011 - 05:37pm PT
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Great pics everyone! Keep this most excellent thread alive :-) Here are a few more from a recent SoCal trip...
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Mar 12, 2011 - 05:41pm PT
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Gotta disagree BrassNuts. They are all good photos!
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Mad
Social climber
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Mar 12, 2011 - 07:15pm PT
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AlasdairTurner
Trad climber
Seattle, wa
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Mar 12, 2011 - 07:45pm PT
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Hey Brassnuts, pretty sure that is a coopers and also a black phoebe.
Here is my black phoebe.
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The Alpine
Big Wall climber
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Mar 12, 2011 - 07:51pm PT
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Another Cooper's:
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Mar 12, 2011 - 07:52pm PT
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Man I'm glad My camera cost a lot.
I love these pictures & think I should give mine away cause it ain't the camera.
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Tony
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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Mar 12, 2011 - 08:28pm PT
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I was going to post some photos of South America birds as requested by Alasdair, but ran across this remarkable record:
Oldest Known wild bird returns to Midway Atoll to raise a chick
This Albatross is not only alive and well at the age of least 60, but is raising yet another chick. As I result I was prompted to dig up this not-so-high quality photo of a Laysan Albatross from the Western Pacific as we were approaching Yokohama Bay. There was a a Northern Royal Albatross that was known to be over 61 years of age before she was presumed to have died.
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