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10b4me
Ice climber
Middle-of-Nowhere, Arizona
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Jul 14, 2013 - 07:00pm PT
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jul 14, 2013 - 08:22pm PT
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Matty, I was confused since your post didn't make it sound like Santa Clarita!
Hey y'all I think I've got a Wood Duck here but a little unusual?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 14, 2013 - 09:05pm PT
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Dee, it looks a fairly typical adult male eclipse plumage IMHO.
Thanks for yer email a few weeks ago. Have a great trip Down Under!
I'm off to check up on Matty and the UP boids Friday - Connecticut Warblers - Woo Hoo!
I've also some Laughing and Little Gulls lined up as regulars in Sheboygan!
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Jul 14, 2013 - 10:48pm PT
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Bob, nice singing shots! Very nice.
This was taken with a point and shoot out of a car window on the drive in to Bodie. STOKED! New lifer for me!
21 days until SE AZ!!!!!!!!!!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 14, 2013 - 11:05pm PT
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Slater, yer gonna...
ROAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As well as have a blast. :-)
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Jul 15, 2013 - 02:05am PT
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Peak season for diversity baby!
Every seasoned birder knows that!
Bird early, bird low...
then hit the mountains! Should be very comfortable way up there.
I've been practicing by going to Carizzo Plain in the summer and just buttering up and laying in the desert with steak on my stomach so I can attract that Caracara!
Probably get on some Mt. Lemon rock too!
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10b4me
Ice climber
Middle-of-Nowhere, Arizona
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Jul 15, 2013 - 02:24pm PT
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Jul 15, 2013 - 04:57pm PT
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Those Magpies are really pretty. Here is my contribution for the day, cool find on Youtube.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jul 15, 2013 - 06:29pm PT
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Claud, love the hummingbird vid!
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Jul 15, 2013 - 06:39pm PT
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Hummers are so cool. We had one checking out our new flowers in the yard last night. Love 'em!
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Jul 16, 2013 - 12:09am PT
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hOw's THAT for a tongue!?
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jul 16, 2013 - 12:11am PT
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A couple from my bouldering session this afternoon on Flagstaff near Boulder.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Jul 16, 2013 - 12:11am PT
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jul 16, 2013 - 12:19am PT
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Great photos Slater, really pretty.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Jul 16, 2013 - 12:30am PT
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So, I was taking a break hiking today, and chilling in the shade, when I hear an "Eee eee eeeeeee!" very close. I look around, and there is a peregrine falcon in a dead tree not 25 feet away. Just chilling, letting me know it is watching. This went on for like 5 minutes, and I first mimicked the sound, but eventually started talking to the bird:
"You seem to be watching me like a hawk, which would make sense in this situation given that you are, in fact, a hawk..." and so on for a while.
I eventually decided to keep moving on, it was a pretty cool encounter.
The bird was still in the snag as I kept ascending the trail.
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Jul 16, 2013 - 10:22am PT
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Bouldering and Birding sounds like a great combination Bob. Perhaps we can set up another bird watching meetup near a bouldering area next time and kill two birds with one stone, no pun intended :-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 16, 2013 - 10:48am PT
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Some of you know how I am prone to waxing enthusiastically about my backyard
Black Phoebe. I've long thought we had a special understanding. He is very
tame and lets me get very close. Last week he was even working the yard
while I was engaged in a home improvement project. I noticed he was using
one of my gazebo chairs as a perch.
This is the thanks I get?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 16, 2013 - 12:29pm PT
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Ha! Volume you say? So, kayaking up the west coast of Vancouver Island we
came across an intriguing sea cave. We sat outside it to make sure we weren't
gonna get punked by a rogue swell*. The entrance was about 20' x 20' but it
was waay dark in there. We slooowly paddled in listening intently
and letting our eyes adjust. We couldn't even see the back of it but we
could hear the waves sloshing back there. We went in about 75' and we could
see the back another 75' further. Then we noticed some strange shapes high
on the walls moving about. Doh, cormorant hood! They were not happy with
our visit but we kept moving verrrry slowly. I was ahead of Robert and with
about 50' to go they all decided to fly the coop! About a dozen of 'em
dropped off to within inches of the water and got up to speed, coming at us
like giant angry bees. Then the wing leader gave a secret signal to commence
their bombing run. Holy Sh!t! Or should I say, Wholly Sh!t! No wonder it took
'em so long to get up to flying speed - the winged devils were overloaded with
white napalm! Instinctively I put my paddle up vertically as a shield.
It also caused them to split to either side so neither Robert nor I suffered
one hit. But, man, it was a near-run thing! Scary!
*Or perhaps a swell rogue. Sorry ;-/
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Jul 16, 2013 - 05:20pm PT
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10b4me
Ice climber
Middle-of-Nowhere, Arizona
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Jul 16, 2013 - 09:31pm PT
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