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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 15, 2016 - 09:08pm PT
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hey there say... whewww... oh my guys, and gals...
wow!
such wonderful WONDERFUL birds...
i sure hope THIS one is okay...
i found it in my yard, my side yard, :O
at first, i wrongly thought it was a swallow, but corrected myself,
come morning... (had put into the fenced little garden, for the night)...
had AGAIN WRONGLY thought it was a fallen 'new young adult' etc...
it could not walk much... kind of scooted...
wellllllllllll... i checked more, on the birds, as daylight shed more light, and i learned it was:
a swift... a chimney swift...
and that IF THEY ARE GROUNDED... they cannot 'get launched' :O
and--they will die... :O
it did not seem to be hurt, so i 'threw it up the air' and, it at first,
was not 'set up' high enough by me' ...
did it once more, higher and FLEW off...
sure hope it did not fall, or, land on ground again, :O
i could not see ... it made it down the little alley road, across the street and gained more highness, and went near a tree area... across the street, at the plant nursery...
http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/s/swift/grounded.aspx
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Aug 15, 2016 - 10:56pm PT
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Chimney Swift?
We are talking Michigan!
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Aug 17, 2016 - 08:09am PT
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Hump day Panama bird bump.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Aug 17, 2016 - 12:31pm PT
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Great photos above^^^^
Two from today.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Aug 19, 2016 - 08:39am PT
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Wilson's Warbler, young Black-crowned Night Heron and female Western Tanager in Taos, NM.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 19, 2016 - 08:50pm PT
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How many cigognes can you see?
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Aug 20, 2016 - 02:18pm PT
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FIRST EVER BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD IN ORANGE COUNTY!!!!
Ryan Winkleman found this bird in Wilderness Glen Park in Mission Viejo yesterday.
I spent 3 hours trying to get a good photo but alas... He wouldn't perch in the sun.
Stoked!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Aug 21, 2016 - 07:11pm PT
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Nashville Warbler along the Rio Chama near Abiquiu, NM?
Experts please let me know.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 22, 2016 - 09:41pm PT
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Great score, Dee ee!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Aug 23, 2016 - 04:18pm PT
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American Goldfinch.
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Aug 23, 2016 - 07:43pm PT
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Last weekend we spent a day tooling around Vashon and Maury Island while visiting Seattle for a retirement gala for Darwin’s Laurel. Yvonne lived there for a year as a young kid, and wanted to see if we could locate her home. No success there, but we also did some birding. It was pretty slow, but we did manage to see some Purple Martins around their nest boxes.
Heavily cropped photos:
There were lots of Osprey flying around.
The highlight was a juvenile Rhinoceros Auklet diving for fish that turned out to be Sandeels (aka Sand Lances).
Small groups of the fish were roiling the surface to escape to the benefit of one of those Puget-type gull (GWGU x WEGU).
A Mew Gull flew in and quickly got a bill full.
[EDIT] I forgot to mention that the second PUMA photo is of a female leaving nest with a fecal sack!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Aug 23, 2016 - 08:57pm PT
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Purple Martins? Ummmmm.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 24, 2016 - 09:59am PT
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The fish (edit Sandeels aka Sand Lances) in the gull photos are wild Tony. Ewwwww. Awesome Auklet and Auklet splash.
Tony also has some nice photos that he took from our local (Montlake Fill/Uniion Bay Nature Area) Osprey platform. The dude knows Osprey! The Osprey nestlings are spreading their wings, now and even "flew" up to the perch.
Little bit of a liftoff a week+ ago
up on the perch
I love the pattern that they have.
Dave; lake sammamish / marymoor park have really predictable and (too) accessible) Purple Martin nesting boxes. Here's one from my STBY search. They were difficult for me to photograph 'cause they're so contrasty.
after some photoshopping(w gimp)
Bizzaro art photo (bad)
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Aug 24, 2016 - 07:53pm PT
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I need to get up there and see some Purple Martins.
2 years ago there was a report of one seen in the OC but nobody believed the guy. I went up there to look anyway. The only birds I saw there were Northern Rough Winged Swallows. Easy to see how, in certain lighting, someone could make a mistake.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 26, 2016 - 07:47am PT
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^^^^ Only a dumb tit would mess with a Robin. Those dudes are the Jack Russell Terriers
of the boid woild!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 26, 2016 - 09:15pm PT
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Awesome trans-Atlantic reference Reilly.
Lots of action at the Osprey nest recently. Two "nestlings" now flying and Peregrin cruised by leading to many alarm calls and the nestlings flattening in the nest. I didn't get a photo of the Peregrin. From today:
Practice Landing
And same Martin photo from somewhere above but with no color/exposure correction:
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Aug 27, 2016 - 06:49am PT
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^^^ tony's least tern = major cool
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 27, 2016 - 01:08pm PT
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Bob, your 'American Goldfinch' looks more like a female Western Tanager to me.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Aug 28, 2016 - 09:36am PT
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Bob - correct on the Nashville Warbler.
Reilly - I think Bob's goldfinch looks funky because he caught it while it was gnashing seeds and so has its lower mandible pushed forward, but the pointy bill and little finchy feet fit for a goldfinch (tanager would have a more curved culmen, proportionately larger eye, and shorter, stouter legs)
love that Robin vs Tit photo
BN - wow, those are the photos I always imagine I'm taking when I see those birds. You so nailed them!
latest AOU taxonomic revision has created a few more species for us here in Costa Rica. This used to be a Gray-necked Wood-Rail, a name that has now been thrown into the taxonomic dustbin. It is now a Gray-cowled Wood-Rail from southern half of Costa Rica (roughly speaking). In the northern half we now have Rufous-naped Wood-Rail, not to be confused with the Rufous-necked Wood-Rail that lives in Pacific coast mangroves. Of course they all have unique vocalizations too that help separate them.
for reference, here's an old photo of the other species created by the split, the Rufous-naped Wood-Rail.
bonus taxa - A Jaguarundi on high ground in a flooded oil palm plantation. The Wood-Rail seemed to be enjoying the flood, the Jaguarundi not so much. It didn't hang around to let me try for a better photo, sorry.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Aug 28, 2016 - 06:40pm PT
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Great stuff Little Z.
Canyon Towhee
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