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johntp
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May 17, 2011 - 09:32pm PT
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Anybody know who this little feller is? I took it just a few minutes ago. He had the most amazing song. Sorry for the poor quality but it was a one shot opportunity with a P&S.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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May 17, 2011 - 10:31pm PT
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JohnTP - my guess is a male summer tanager, but I'll let the experts call it...
Cool shots of Crossbills, Mr. W. They are very cool little guys. I've only seen some once up in the foothills here. I heard a bunch of seed crackling and looked over at some pinions to see a bunch of 'em chowing down! Incredible beak adaptation eh?
Here's a Black Headed Grosbeak that visited us a few times last week;
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john hansen
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May 17, 2011 - 10:41pm PT
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Johntp, I would say House Finch. The bill is too thick and short for a Tanager. Also, you can see the striping on it belly.
But like BN say,s I will wait for Willoghby or Reilly to chime in...
I have been wrong too many times.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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May 17, 2011 - 10:44pm PT
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Second vote for House Finch. You can see his side-striping.
Years ago (pre-9/11) I would walk the same route to the rock gym in DC. Everyday I would hear the most beautiful bird song from a tree across the street.
One day I took my binoculars, stopped and spent some time trying to ID the bird: House Finch. Just as I finish, I'm approached by big, mean security dudes wanting to know what I was doing, why, etc.
Crazy paranoia even pre-9/11. It was a recycling station - hardly a sensitive area.
edit: BN is in the living room wanting to retract his Tanager guess. :) He's going with House Finch as well. :)
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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May 18, 2011 - 12:15am PT
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Thanks John and Crimpie; house finch it was. I was sitting around with the front door open to let the breeze in and heard the most incredible bird singing on the porch. He was right outside the door. By the time I got the camera out he had flown further away. Just a really pretty song. You can listen to it here:
http://www.birdjam.com/birdsong.php?id=15
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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May 18, 2011 - 12:53am PT
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hey there say, pate... wow! i love your bird episodes here...
thanks for the wonderful pictures...:)
and to everyone:
very nice stuff...
at my old place, i saw woodpeckers and the tuftd titmouse bird, and ONCE a whole flock of redwing blackbirds (never saw them again) *was residental small neighborhood, up from the nearby lake...
also, saw ?sparrow type stuff?? and of course crows...
well now, here at THIS house...
there is the cowbirds--they have frequented this lawn, for years, since back when i first moved up here and even STAYED in this very house for a bit, with ex-son-in-law's family...
and there is the robins here, too...
and not sure what else, yet, though we HAVE long time past seen cardidnals here and i saw one, happily, the other day...
*old neighborhood has the mute white swans, very nearby, in a water way that leads to the lake...
well NOW--HERE IS MY SHARE:
so far, i got me a robin in my ol' fixed-up though crooked shed:
she is nesting now:
her nest is very big, compared to her, and i think (so it seems from some dead birds that i found) that she has had trouble with cowbirds putting eggs in her nest)--i read that many times the robin will rebuild OVER her nest, in those cases...
maybe some of you folks, here, have more info, too, to offer...
well, here is her nest, from full view--she recently refixed it, as well, as it was messed up for awhile:
:)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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May 18, 2011 - 01:00am PT
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hey there say, johntp.... what a neat bird shot! and willoughby, too...
well, all you all, :)
i hope to get more birds this summer, too...
my bird feeder has to be hung from a string or the squirrles get it, :O
it always works though, but here... i have not found the proper branch yet, all these, the squirrel can still walk out on...
but--i will not give up, :))
thanks for such fun, here...
nite all...
:)
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johntp
Trad climber
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May 18, 2011 - 09:18pm PT
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neebee-
Now that's a nest....
To try to keep the squirrels from getting to the bird feeder hung from a branch, poke a hole in an aluminum pie pan. Tie a knott in the cord a foot or two above the feeder and suspend the inverted pie pan from the knott. Check this site out:
http://www.birdfeeders.com/advice/protecting-birds/squirrels
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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May 18, 2011 - 10:42pm PT
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hey there say, johntp.... say, i've think i've seen pictures of something like that in a few garden mags....
i will go check this link out...
say, thanks a lot, my other idea just does not have the proper tree branches... i will do this....
thanks so very much!
god bless, say, hope you see a lot more of that neat bird, too!
:)
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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May 18, 2011 - 11:49pm PT
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Another from Union Bay Land Fill in Seattle. I think this common yellowthroat was just a little too far away to get the photo I wanted. They are pretty small.
I used a tripod.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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May 19, 2011 - 12:19am PT
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Nice catching a shot of a Yellowthroat! I have seen a few, but they never come out of the thickets for me... Very pretty bird.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 19, 2011 - 01:28am PT
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Neebee,
Your Robin has delusions of grandeur! Robins aren't 'sposed to live in eagles' nests!
You're an excellent landlady, keep up the good work! :-)
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Tony
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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May 19, 2011 - 03:01am PT
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We went out today to Kilauea Point. The best photo opportunities were with the Red-tailed Tropicbirds.
There were a number of other seabirds, including many nesting Red-footed Boobies.
Happiest to see, after the devastation on Midway from the Tsunami (>1000,000 Laysan and Black-footed chicks and over 2,000 adults lost) were a couple of Laysan Albatross with chicks.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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May 19, 2011 - 06:49am PT
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hey there say, reilly..... got a good start from you this morning, with a good laugh--as to the comment on the ol' robin, :))
here she is strutting the yard, too (though i was much farther away):
thanks for the share...
:)
edit: wow, tony, great shots!
:)
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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May 19, 2011 - 07:32pm PT
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Tony! Spendid. thanks. I may have to point Adlai to this thread. ;-)
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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May 19, 2011 - 07:53pm PT
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Love the contribution Neebee. And the new pelagic birds. Cool! Our backyard birds may soon become sea birds if the rain here doesn't stop.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 20, 2011 - 01:58am PT
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Riley,
That's waay beyond the pale - no fair using cute kids and tame parrots! LOL!
Here's a yound male Magellanic trying to look like dad.
After three weeks in Patagonia I still had not seen these guys and I was
getting a teensy bit pissy. Then, the last day, a half mile from the trail
head I see movement in a grove and it is a whole freaking flambly of 'em!
WooHoo! As with quite a few boids down there they were quite cooperative.
Not exactly hamming it up but not above giving me a few 'hero' poses.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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May 20, 2011 - 09:46am PT
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So spectacular!
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