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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Feb 28, 2012 - 10:31pm PT
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Manzanita man, dang... I feel like such a turd. i am so sorry......i didn't expect to hear that story about your brother, i thought you had a cold... ..Sincere condolences for loosing your brother.. )-:
ps...cool story about the baby barn owl..
Saludos...
nita..
edit: You changed the music...I Love Stacey Earle! and the song...The tears that she cries..
edit: If you want, you can put the video on the bird thread too.
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Prod
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2012 - 10:39pm PT
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Prod. are you going to keep the official counts for us?
I hope so, and I totally psyched Now!!
Got it covered.
Hey Prod
Why can't I drive down to the San Luis Valley to watch the cranes migrate
and get them on my list? ???????
You can ride a bike there, and it would count. Sounds like an awesome trip to me.
Prod.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Feb 28, 2012 - 11:15pm PT
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We could do this list that Prod wants (and will be great fun) AND we could start a new thread - the big big bird thread - and count ALL birds we see from March 1 for the year on it if there is demand. I just don't want the political posters here on the topo complaining about too many bird thread on supertopo. :)
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Feb 28, 2012 - 11:33pm PT
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Saw a golden eagle seconds before i got pulled over by a NHP north of Ely......Was going to share my sighting with the NHP but was affraid i'd get Tazed....NHP told me to turn my lights on...No ticket...Saw one more golden near Wells...
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 28, 2012 - 11:49pm PT
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"Don't taze me for birding bro!"
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Lokesh
Mountain climber
Big Bear California
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Feb 29, 2012 - 01:38am PT
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Ibis at Calusa NWR this morning
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 29, 2012 - 01:47am PT
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-Bird sitings must be seen while on foot or bike from your home.
Think globally, act locally - in action. Unlike so many other things we do, often semi-competitively, you don't have to travel anywhere or buy anything that you don't already, to participate.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Feb 29, 2012 - 07:39am PT
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I flew to DC yesterday morning (in a plane - haha). On the flight was a movie: The Big Year! As excellent as I'd hoped. I'll watch it again when I get home with BN.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Feb 29, 2012 - 09:03am PT
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Let's do Crimpie's BIG YEAR!!!!!!
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol
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Feb 29, 2012 - 10:47am PT
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Seems like the time period should end on November 22nd at Turkey Fest.
=-)
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 29, 2012 - 11:16am PT
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Prod; thanks for keeping the list!!!!!!!
Even with such a sweet and responsible crowd
it will probably be a lot of work.
You said
Darwin is in. Just don't get hit by a car while you are looking through binos, I couldn't take the irony with your name and all.
You hit the nail right on the head. I'm still working on rehab from my first major surgery back in October that resulted from a mountain bike crash while on an approach to a climb in the N. Cascades. This is after climbing and biking since the 60s.
What I can't count.
It's funny I was staying at home taking care of a sick cat
the day after the Supertopo big year got brought up and mistook the starting date.
So, I made a point of noting down all the feeder birds.
It was a good day at the feeder and hasn't been repeated since.
don't count: too early
Mon Feb 27 09:31:47 PST 2012, feeder
Oregon Junco,
House Finch,
Yellow Rump (pale 1st year)
Black Capped Chickadee
Bewicks Wren
Starling
Bush Tits
Pine Siskins
Northern Flicker
I swear that's 75% of the backyard birds that
I get over the course of the year, and there
have been almost zilch since then.
These were at the feeder not out in the yard,
so that explains the lack of ubiquitous Robins and Crows.
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Prod
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 29, 2012 - 07:11pm PT
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1 more day bump.
Prod.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Feb 29, 2012 - 11:27pm PT
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Looks like y'all are going all rules'n'regulations here. Cutoff dates. Distance from home. Official this. Official that. Like a f*#king golf match or something.
But wait a minute... If this is turning into a contest with official rules and referees, and sh#t, then I claim the right to a handicap. (And no smartass comments from Tami about my handicaps are needed here.)
It's like this: If one of you hardcore birders (Dr. F, or Crimpie or whomever) was a hardcore golfer, and you challenged someone to a golf match, within two seconds you'd be discussing handicap, right? So for someone like Dr. F (who says he's almost certain to score 114) to compete against me (who goes down to the farmer's market to score a chicken once in a while) on any fair basis requires that I be given a handicap of... oh, I reckon somewhere around 113.
Y'all down with that?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Uh, hate to break it to ya bra but yer handicap has to be demonstrated or
otherwise verified. You can submit a statement from Tami, or a reliable
witness, as to your various handicapable detriments including, but not
limited to, deafness, blindness, dumbness, dumbazzness, indifference, dyslexia,
and inability to play well with others. Other suitable detrimants will also
be considered if verified.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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I'm still out of town, but I can envision 1,000s of birds at my back porch feeder starting to show up RIGHT NOW!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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I wanna see Tami's bird!!!!! (no, don't give me the bird)!
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Prod
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 1, 2012 - 09:25am PT
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Hey Ghost,
You were/ are a golfer? So then you know...
The first liar always loses.
And he beat me on the first tee.
All in all I'd say the rules and regs are more so just guide lines. It's not like there is a lot at steak here. Unless of course you LIE or BREAK a RULE, then you'll be stuck living with the fact that you are a cheater.
1 fricking bird at the feeder this morning! Had to take a pic as I'll have to figure out what it is later.
Cheers, and good luck!
Prod.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Okay, 06:27 on 1 March. Still too dark to see anything except the silhouettes of the trees in the yard, but I can hear the first bird chirping.
Game on, and one for me!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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I might not have been able to see that first bird chirping this morning, but there's enough light now to identify this guy:
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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I woke up to heavy rain, foiling my plan to get off to a running start. So far only five species viewed from the balcony. Of course Western Scrub-jay was #1 as the resident pair came for their daily peanuts.
Edit: I think Dr. F is sandbagging us and expects to get 200+
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