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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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I saw a vulture the other day, and it saw me
King Vuture, trying to figure out if I was dead yet
EDIT: that's truly funny Reilly because I was next to a dead peccary that stank to high heaven
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Whoa! The true stinkeye!
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Republic, WA
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May 10, 2019 - 06:36am PT
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Being new to this area I see quite a few birds that I haven't ever seen. Just this week I started to see another unknown. It is a little bigger than a sparrow or finch and very orange on the head and breast and brownish wings. With binoculars I noticed a very curved bill, no wait, a crossbill. Cool, there is a clue. I think it is a Red Crossbil. Red? No, orange. It turns out there is quite a bit of variability in the species and they might even be different species. The jury is still out.
Quite a colorful little guy. He has a mate too. Sorry I don't have a camera for a pic. He deserves one. I can't just grab a shot off the web anymore.
cheers.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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May 10, 2019 - 09:13am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 10, 2019 - 09:18am PT
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Nice spot, Wayno. You should determine whether they have two white wing bars in which case you then have a White-winged Crossbill rather than the more common Red. The ‘red’
varies considerably as you’ve found.
DD, I’ll take yer word on the chick ID. 😉
Yer spoiled fer boids!
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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May 12, 2019 - 07:54pm PT
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Rilley, a parent was flying over us trying to lure us away which is when I spotted the chick. Happened again the next day along the river with a River Lapwing (I'll look for the photo)
All these were from an area in Gujarat called the Little Rann of Kutch that we visited back in the fall.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rann_of_Kutch
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 12, 2019 - 09:26pm PT
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DD, what a koinkydink! I was partying with some Indian friends last night and my friend’s brother, who I’d never met because he rarely comes here, promised to take me to the Western Ghats!
Birds and leopards! Oh, and he promised plenty of cobras near his house! 🤪
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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May 13, 2019 - 07:06am PT
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Wow DD! that Ruddy Kingfisher is a real looker.
I see that the Birds thread is back down below 10 k posts again what with all the bannings and photo purges.
got out on the briny this past weekend. Pretty quiet. We had a big storm blocking our desired path but oddly the water was almost glassy calm.
Capt. looking for the action
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
We were hoping to find the Yellow-fin Tuna and Spinner Dolphins that attract all the birds but no dice this time. It's a big ocean out there. We found them back in March, and it was great birding, and fishing.
Spinner Dolphins
Yellow-fin Tuna (yum, yum)
Nazca Booby
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 18, 2019 - 06:15am PT
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Wedge-tailed Shearwater!
Walk like an Egyptian!
The natives are friendly!
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Radical Rebirth
Trad climber
Texas
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May 18, 2019 - 08:16am PT
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Really wanted to post to this thread and missed it.,
I remember back in 2003 when I became a very serious birder. I started a bird thread on ST. I had no idea then that there were so many birder- climbers at that time
Started pretty serious photography last year again for a while. But now just doing it on big trips again. Added about 50 birds last year and I’m 9 birds away from 600 ABA.
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Radical Rebirth
Trad climber
Texas
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May 18, 2019 - 08:27am PT
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Green Eyed tree frog last December in CR.
My favorite animal sighting and photo of all time.
One out of 500 shots that grabbed just enough light to give some detail.
1st ABA record for Great Black Hawk . We found on SPI last year.
It hung around about an hour.
Male Lucifer’s in full display.
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Radical Rebirth
Trad climber
Texas
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May 18, 2019 - 09:11am PT
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Southern, Yellow Horn bill , Kruger, South Africa
Indri -Madagascar
Ruby -crowned Kinglet. South Texas
My most endemic , local and rare bird in southern Madagascar.
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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May 18, 2019 - 10:36am PT
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Rad, you've got an eye for
the boid!
Beautiful pics.
Oh, that green eyed frog has
red ones.🐸
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Radical Rebirth
Trad climber
Texas
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May 18, 2019 - 11:21am PT
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Oh ya, red eyed - only my favorite animal and messed that up.
🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, had a good run last year with the camera.
Learned a lot and was bird obsessed for spring migration.
Great year.,
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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May 18, 2019 - 01:49pm PT
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My favorite thread to lurk. Thanks to all those who have contributed.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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May 19, 2019 - 08:49am PT
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My last Birds post?
Yellow Rump from Montlake Fill
Tony and I went to Owens Lake and Alabama Hills for climbing and birding. Great time. The desert flowers were wonderful. Lots of butterflies. An un-photographed pair of Lazuli Bunting was perhaps my bird highlight, but that's always tough to pick.
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