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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jul 30, 2013 - 10:27pm PT
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11,000 feet.. wow...
That prosthetic beak... double wow!
That video Dingus shot of the Cooper's reminded me of that footage we caught of a juvenile Coopers hawk that managed to take down a mockingbird in our yard. After wolfing it down he got too stuffed to fly LOL....the hawk got pummeled by other angry mocking birds for several hours.
I'll get Erik to find it.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jul 30, 2013 - 10:40pm PT
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A few more Cali birds.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jul 30, 2013 - 10:53pm PT
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That one we filmed wasn't really fazed by people either. I was working in the garage about 10 feet away from that hawk for a couple of hours. I was hauling stuff around in the driveway and running tools.. he just stayed in his spot after he stuffed the remains of the mocking bird in one of the holes on the top of the wall, then settled in to digest.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jul 31, 2013 - 08:01pm PT
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I've been entertaining myself (i.e., avoiding work) by watching Disco the Parakeet on youtube. If you've not seen any of his many videos, treat yourself. He totally cracks me up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv_sthYqaZQ
Be sure to watch several. You'll crack up!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Hi bird thread friends.
My family and I are off to Australia (and Tasmania) tomorrow for 3 weeks. I hope to see many ultra-cool birds (and other cultural, historical, natural and unnatural, etc. stuff) on this trip. I will be birding from the moment I disembark from the plane. I will share photos at some point, probably during and definately after the trip.
The plan is...Melbourne for 2 days, fly to Tasmania for 5 days, back to Melbourne for 2 days (Little Penguin). Then, drive north into the desert and Lake Mungo Nat. Pk. for 5 days and back to Melbourne for 2 more. Then, fly north towards Sydney and into the Lamington Nat. Park (think Regent Bower Bird!)for 4 days, back to Sydney for 2 days and home.
I plan on catching up with early (north american) migration (bigtime) when I return!
Cheers and good birding.
DE
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dee, have a great trip. I take it you didn't get the Sand Plover?
I didn't do very well on my Midwestern trip, either.
Did see some happy Sandhills...
Only saw this one Ruffed Grouse. :-(
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Thanks Reilly, no, dang, no Sand Plover. I had a day I could have gone but he wasn't hangin'.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Great views of a golden eagle yesterday that had nabbed a ground squirrel. Click for larger version.
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shady
Trad climber
hasbeen
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Nice ones Mike.
Now that I see your Golden + littleZs ID of my Baldies, I should be able to make a more informed ID of both.
Thanks
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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One last shot before I go.
I had these Ibis this week in Barstow at the sewage pond right next to the Tees and Trees Golf Course. The real cool things were the 60+ Horned Larks on the course, too far for photos though.
I love Ibis, they remind me of dinosaurs.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Hahaha! I kept waiting for the attack.
"...night train to Wisconsin..."
Gaaser grazing not far from the hallowed frozen tundra of Lambeau Field (Green Bay, Wisconsin to you, Marlow)
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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No attack Reilly, it's just a pleasure to see goose-walk accompanied by endless boogie. Grass-walking geese has a zen-like quality as long as the scarecrow photographer stays at a distance... And this is not an ironic statement... lol...
Little Z
Yes, "Endeløs Gås" (Danish and also Norwegian) = "Endless Goose" (English)
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Off to SE AZ
see ya suckers!
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Endeløs gås
Marlow, "endless goose" ?
so boys, off to Australia and SE Az? this should be good. Don't forget us poor folk back home, and try to have some fun.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Slater, I'm goin' this fall! Not sure how gooda' time it is, maybe Oct.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Slater and Dee ee have a great trip...I leave for Copper Canyon, Mexico in late September, looking forward to some new birds.
A few from the last few days.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Black Vulture contemplating the oneness, or at least lunch...
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