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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 22, 2016 - 09:40pm PT
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Little Z: wasn't that the one or two years ago?! Sounds like a good bike ride, and boy would it be worth it. I didn't think it was still there, which would be a little suspicious.
I love all your all (edit) photos, every last one of them,
Darwin
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jul 23, 2016 - 10:49am PT
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Rufous Hummingbird, Taos, NM.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Jul 23, 2016 - 03:28pm PT
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Dar - yes, the Skykomish Crested Caracara was last year only. It was there for about 3 weeks in late June-early July. A once in a lifetime deal, probably. There's actually another Washington state record from 1998 from out on the tip of the Olympic Pen. Aren't birds crazy?
Thanks for the good words. I'll be visiting my brother in a few weeks. Let's get out for some birding.
Lesser Ground-Cuckoo, not on the ground. They're usually also in a horizontal rather than vertical pose.
Rusty Sparrow, staying partially hidden, as they like to do.
Crested Bobwhite, the "Spot-bellied" subspecies, which may become a full species one of these years. Bull's Horn Accacia tree in the background. The horn-like thorns are hollow and nasty little stinging ants live in them.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jul 23, 2016 - 03:39pm PT
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Gorgeous. Really like that cuckoo.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Jul 23, 2016 - 04:26pm PT
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Cool new birds all! Another dose from Panama :-)
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jul 25, 2016 - 06:37am PT
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A few from the last couple days. Nice photos BN.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 26, 2016 - 09:50am PT
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"Dude, you about done with yer lobster?"
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 27, 2016 - 11:43am PT
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Just scored Piping Plover, Fish Crow, and Laughing Gull! Woot! Of some interest
the plover, of which only 6000 exist*, was already in its winter plumage unless it was a
juvenile. Also saw a Great Horned Owl get flushed from one tree to another 50 yds away
where it was beseiged by 50 Red-winged Blackbirds, Song Sparrows,Mockingbirds,
and a Robin. Poor thing.
*And that only merits 'Near Threatened' status? Really?
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jul 27, 2016 - 07:26pm PT
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Really has been fun to watch to these owlets grow.
Today in Taos, NM.
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Gary
Social climber
Where in the hell is Major Kong?
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Jul 28, 2016 - 06:51am PT
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We've been asking around, and we think that the late, great Bald Eagle house finch had leucism. Whatya know?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucism
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Jul 28, 2016 - 07:15am PT
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I haven't checked in here in a while. Great photos, all! Here's a few from recent weeks.
This Chestnut-sided Warbler has been seen for a couple of weeks in the same patch of willows in South Lake Tahoe, and likely has spent most of the summer there:
Groggy Saw-whet, not happy to be roused in the middle of the day:
The male bluebird in my yard this year was a total stud. Check out this monster Jerusalem Cricket it brought in. These are from the night before fledge day. The cricket had a good clamp on the bird's bill, and in trying to get it to let go, they dropped it. After a brief tussle in the grass below, he flew off to get a better handle on the thing and finally made a successful delivery.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Jul 28, 2016 - 01:01pm PT
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"My" Hooded Oriole. He and she visit daily.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jul 30, 2016 - 09:22am PT
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Rufous Hummingbird and Black Phoebe, Taos, NM today.
Great photos Willoughby.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Jul 30, 2016 - 01:26pm PT
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Love the shot of the WEBL looking down as the J. Cricket falls!
I have been going through the archives for "best of DE's birds."
Here is a Yellow Crowned Night Heron (juvenile) from a couple years ago at Bolsa Chica
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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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Jul 30, 2016 - 10:42pm PT
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dang Willoughby, those bluebird shots are super-duper!
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jul 31, 2016 - 06:46am PT
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That woodcreeper (we saw a few of them) was so incredibly striking, and larger than the ones here in the US. So so beautiful.
LOVE the bluebird shots! I would be afraid to give such a huge beetle to the baby.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jul 31, 2016 - 08:40am PT
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Great photo Dave E of the Heron.
Here is mine for the day.
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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Jul 31, 2016 - 03:38pm PT
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Not great shots, taken through the window.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jul 31, 2016 - 03:54pm PT
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Bob- been trying to figure out why your Black Crowned Night Heron looks different to me. His bill seems pointier/slimmmer than I'd expect, and there is no darkness between the eye and bill. Is it a young one? Does that darkness come in time, or is this guy just a bit different?
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