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AlasdairTurner
Trad climber
Seattle, wa
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Apr 30, 2011 - 12:19pm PT
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Yep that looks like a female red wing blackbird also.
Here is one I shot.
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john hansen
climber
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Apr 30, 2011 - 11:35pm PT
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These are really bad pictures, but they show the bills of these curlew's very well. They were taken at the top of the Bolinas lagoon near Stinson beach.
First a Bristle Thighed Curlew
there were some other Curlews hanging with this guy, but their bills were much longer..
Looking in the Peterson Guide to Western Birds this bill looks like a Far Eastern Curlew. The book says they are rare visitors to the Aleutians,,, but I can't find another bird where the bill matches. What do you think? the bill is way longer than the Bristle Thighed??
Any expert's care to chime in?
Edit: Whoop's,never mind,,, Long billed Curlew,,, still a good one, puts me over a hundred species for the trip.
Radical, is that a trogan? And what type of hummer is that?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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John,
I hate to harsh on yer stoke, or however it is said, but your 'Bristle-thighed Curlew is actually a Whimbrel.
The Bristle-thighed was once thought extinct and is still quite rare.
There are probably less than a dozen confirmed sightings on the west coast.
Riley,
That ain't no Toucan in your first shot. It looks almost a Shoe-billed or
Whalehead Stork of East Africa but it doesn't look large enough. Is it a
Boat-billed Heron of S. America?
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dipper
climber
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Here are a few shore birds
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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OAT - 45F, Wind - 10 Kts, gusting 15-20 = colder-than-a-loanshark's-heart!*1
Not exactly the habitat one normally thinks of for this bird*:
Salt lake in Torres del Paine NP
*1 - An hour later it was blowing 35-40 and gusting well over 50!
* - I guess all positions were filled in the choicer habitats further north.
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john hansen
climber
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Reilly,, I am laughing at myself,, what was I thinking? More like, what was I drinking..
Was looking at page 132 of the Peterson guide instead of 131,,long time since I've seen a curlew.
But you know,, two very rare birds, hanging in the same spot at the top of Bolinas Lagoon, 100yards from the road. It could happen,, LOL
Good thing you and Willoughby keep my over active imagination in check. Thanks
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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BrassNuts just came in to report a Northern Saw-whet Owl in the tree on our front porch! COOL! Trying to get photos but it's difficult given how dense the tree is. Very exciting!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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John, I've talked myself into seeing a few 'rarities' also :-)
However, I did see the first evah McKay's Snow Bunting in the lower 48!
That's #1 feather in my birding cap, so to speak. I got pics too.
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Tony
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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Here are a few more from Torres del Paine NP in Chile. There was also a lot of mammalian wildlife.
Riley, that Cactus Wren photo is fabulous.
We only saw the Torrent Duck on our last day, and we were cheating by having as our guide the author of the field guide for Patagonia.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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You can't just tease Reilly...post the photos! :)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Crimpy,
They're not good enough to post - it was rather tough hand-holding a 600mm
lying on my stomach hyperventilating in a near gale. Besides, they're slides
and I haven't bothered to scan them :-)
Tony, Thems some nice shots! I was pretty disappointed if the truth be known
with my month down there - not one friggin' owl let alone a Torrent Duck-
I couldn't believe I got skunked. They are getting rarer and rarer I guess. :-(
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john hansen
climber
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These are also not good enough to post but I will post them anyway.. I ain't proud.
These are the one's from the last two weeks that got a B- or so..
Anna's
Marsh wren
Phainopepla
Audubons Warbler
Western wood Pewee
Merganser
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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These are all amazing photos. Thanks so much for sharing them. This is the best thread here. :)
Here are some BrassNuts took this evening of the little owl out front. So cute!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Wow, those guys are too cute for school! Nicely shot!
OK, this guy isn't from Patagonia but he was one of my better sightings.
This is a Squirrel Cuckoo (I don't know why) seen at Iguazu. He is about
18" long!
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Excellent additions everybody, keep 'em coming... Best "OT" thread on the taco :-)
Here are a few from a recent road trip. Nothing exotic, but a few characters from the desert southwest...
Mystery guest in Zion - who's got the ID?
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Very cool! Love the Squirrel Cuckoo.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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I wondered that DMT, but the bird's bill seems so slender and pointy compared to the guides. And the whitish around his eye. But what the heck do I know?? :)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Brass,
It looks a Bell's Vireo to me although a bit odd to see one on the ground in the open.
The Plumbeous' and the ex-Solitary's (now Blue-headed) eyering is much
bolder and they have wing bars.
Note that I ammended the size of the Squirrel Cuckoo; I had a brain fade.
That's the kind of boid we love to see - big and purdy! Strangely, I had a
bit of a time ID'ing it. Both books I had with showed white spots beneath
the tail, which must have been hidden by it's being folded, and the breast
appeared more distinct than in either book. As with John Hansen's
'Bristle-thighed Curlew' sometimes we see more, and sometimes less, than
there is. After my return I was set straight by the guide I had originally
arranged to take me out at Iguazu - I know, an old guide being guided.
But his mum took ill just before I arrived so I didn't get my chance to
find a Harpy Eagle :-(
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Maybe we can get BN to post another photo. He thinks he got another shot of this bird (though it could be a different bird) in a tree/bush. He has a touch of rufous (sp?) on his head.
Reilly, do you see such thin bills on vireos? Not sure why I'm hung up on his bill.
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