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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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ID help please. CG and I saw this bird at Magee Marsh OH a couple of weeks ago. Thinking female warbler, but not confident on which species. Any players?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Female Tennessee. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it, at least until proven wrong! 😼
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
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Ahh, thanks Reilly. We only saw a few TN warblers overall, so they were a little off our radar this last morning. For some reason my mind was stuck on Orange-crowned but they are out of range in OH... Now for a quick Hooter pic to bring this thread very close to 10k posts of good stuff!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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^^^^^ WOW!
3 weeks until Temminck’s Stints! 🤪
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Photo stolen from BrassNuts
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Nice job, Callie! You got the digital ring (4 of them)!
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john hansen
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Proud to be 10000 and two,,,
My favorite thread. Thanks everyone for so many photos thru the years.
Took this today.
The ever elusive Melodious Laughing Thrush
There is a new bird expanding it's range on the Big Island in the last few months, Japanese Bush Warbler.
I hear them all the time but have not seen one yet. Very distinctive call.
And even more reclusive.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jun 10, 2018 - 09:01am PT
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Love the Thrush. Not only are they beautiful, but they have an excellent name!
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mynameismud
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backseat
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Jun 10, 2018 - 09:44am PT
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Hey BrassNuts,
If you do not mind what lens are you using?
Thanks
Mud
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 10, 2018 - 02:21pm PT
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Mud, pretty sure it’s a Holdupabank.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
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Jun 12, 2018 - 02:42pm PT
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Hi Mud, about 80% of the time I shoot with a Canon 600mm f/4L II, otherwise if I'm traveling and want to go smaller/lighter I use the Canon 100-400 f/4-5.6 L II with or without the 1.4x extender. I use a 7D Mk II body, which has a 1.6 crop factor :-)
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mynameismud
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backseat
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Jun 12, 2018 - 07:21pm PT
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Thanks
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jun 12, 2018 - 07:22pm PT
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We call it the bazooka but never call it that in the airport! :)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 14, 2018 - 10:47am PT
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Begger Ducks
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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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Jun 17, 2018 - 09:32pm PT
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
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Jun 20, 2018 - 07:47pm PT
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A few small and colorful boids from Magee Marsh last month :-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 20, 2018 - 08:45pm PT
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BN, thaz sum sick biz, brah. How do ya arrange for the soft light?
8 days and I’ll be on the Ruff leks! I know they won’t be struttin’ still but they should still be in their finery. Hey, hope springs eternal, don’t it?
BTW, didya know that:
A third type of male was first described in 2006; this is a permanent female mimic, the first such reported for a bird. About 1% of males are small, intermediate in size between males and females, and do not grow the elaborate breeding plumage of the territorial and satellite males, although they have much larger internal testes than the ruffed males. This cryptic male, or "faeder" (Old English "father") obtains access to mating territories together with the females, and "steals" matings when the females crouch to solicit copulation.[10] The faeder moults into the prenuptial male plumage with striped feathers, but does not go on to develop the ornamental feathers of the normal male. As described above, this stage is thought to show the original male breeding plumage, before other male types evolved. A faeder can be distinguished in the hand by its wing length, which is intermediate between those of displaying males and females.[37] Despite their feminine appearance, the faeders migrate with the larger 'normal' lekking males and spend the winter with them.[38]
The faeders are sometimes mounted by independent or satellite males, but are as often "on top" in homosexual mountings as the ruffed males, suggesting that their true identity is known by the other males. Females never mount males.[10] Females often seem to prefer mating with faeders to copulation with normal males, and normal males also copulate with faeders (and vice versa) relatively more often than with females. The homosexual copulations may attract females to the lek, like the presence of satellite males.[39] Wiki
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