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cyndiebransford
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Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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Jul 16, 2018 - 10:41am PT
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Went down to Homer yesterday and did a little bird watching. There is an eagle that has built a nest on a pier very close to shore and had a successful hatch. You can get photos from eye level.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 16, 2018 - 10:52am PT
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It never fails. Had a rotten day birding yesterday so didn’t even take the camera out this morning. Yup, BIG MISTAKE! Had a Long-tailed Skua fall in love with me! Sat on a rock 75’ away for a couple of minutes! iPhone didn’t quite cut it...
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jul 16, 2018 - 11:02am PT
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wow reilly, i didn't lower the bar THAT far!
but like me, it's proof it happened.
i spent a half hour about forty yards from a perched vulture a few weeks back.
first day with new binos so i left the camera behind. i feel your pain.
i'm at peace now with an acquaintance picking my bones
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 16, 2018 - 11:07am PT
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HaHaAha! C’mon, you can sorta tell it’s a skua, can’t you?
Some little birdie or lemming sure likes this spot...
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jul 17, 2018 - 10:39am PT
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eye spyok, now we've got a problemget someone on that guydenied!no, no, no. not in my house
phainopepla for the win!!!
bonus bloopers:
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 18, 2018 - 01:30pm PT
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Well, I got my Ruff today.
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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Jul 18, 2018 - 11:15pm PT
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It was a beautiful evening for photographing birds.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 20, 2018 - 01:01am PT
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Nature is cruel. A Lofoten gannet...
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jul 20, 2018 - 08:25am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 21, 2018 - 06:46am PT
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Made a friend at lunch. She snatched blåskjell/moules from me fast enough to make a rattler blush!
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Jul 21, 2018 - 07:59am PT
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A few more from Magee Marsh in May :-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 23, 2018 - 05:49am PT
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^^^^^ Dood!
Finally saw some boids in Sweedin!
Went to Lake Tåkern yesterday- biggest reed beds in N Europe. Beautiful place!
Did score a Common Reed Bunting (female 🙁) and a Wood Warbler. Yay!
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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Jul 23, 2018 - 11:00am PT
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Another youngster at the feeders.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 25, 2018 - 05:29pm PT
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Well, got one half baked shot in Norway...
Actually, it was more like half frozen. We were further north than
Point Barrow, AK and it wasn't exactly baking. But it wasn't raining or
blowing so we lucked out.
We saw a good number of these guys too...
Sperm whale diving
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Jul 26, 2018 - 12:36pm PT
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sweet Fulmar shot Reilly
some odds and ends from Guanacaste. Just now noting that I took all of these photos while sitting in the front seat of my car. It's a good trick for getting close to birds. This was on a big rice farm where the birds are used to seeing farm trucks go past all day long, so they just sort of hanging out and watch you from the rice field, the canal, ditch, or dike, or from their perch in a tree.
Jabiru
Limpkin
Tricolored Munia
El Sargento, barking orders (Red-winged Blackbird)
well camo'd Double-striped Thick-Knee
Northern Jacana
Turkey Vulture, from resident Costa Rican population (they have those white carbuncles on their nape)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 29, 2018 - 02:06pm PT
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LittleZ, saw some of yer boids in Sweden! Who knew?
Fulmar landing...
Oh, yeah, saw about 80,000 of these guys. They were already losing their
bright white cheeks. :-(
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Jul 29, 2018 - 03:43pm PT
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that everythingz for
Is it ?
for
Am I brushing my teeth in the spring?
Should one be cowed by the brilliance of the others & their pictures?
NO . . .as in vertical pursuits,
So inspired
I will try to learn, to emulate the complex 'luck'
& virtuosity, that is displayed, in the simplicity of
a perfect photograph of a bird caught in flight . . .
V V V?
[!?]
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jul 29, 2018 - 05:16pm PT
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Jul 29, 2018 - 06:51pm PT
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Darwin and I bailed from a climbing outing to the Tahoe area due to word of heavy haze due to the fires. Plan B was to go look for the Parakeet Auklet that has been reported off Land's End in SF. Probably the same one was also there last year at this time. We struck out, and heard from someone on the trail that it hadn't been seen for a few days. Lots of Pigeon Guillemots on the rocks and in the water.
Cetaceans provided pretty good consolation. Darwin spotted what looked like a Pilot Whale, but we only got a brief glimpse, as it didn't fully surface. While trying to refind it, a group of Bottlenose Dolphins passed by. My camera was in my pack so I wasn't able to get photos while they were rather close. Here's a blurry one that shows the beak.
While going through the photos I saw a Pilot Whale almost out of the frame while I was shooting the dolphins. Didn't notice in real time.
While heading back to the car, a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk was flying from tree to tree. Perhaps it fledged from a nearby nest in the Presidio where there was a nestcam.
Ksolem, That raven looks like a fledgling with the red mouth. It was just requesting food from you.
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