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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jun 20, 2018 - 09:41pm PT
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These guys freak out my dog.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 21, 2018 - 12:49pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 22, 2018 - 08:39am PT
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Bermuda Pintail - St James Park, London
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 24, 2018 - 01:39pm PT
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Lemme know if I’m geekin’ ya out.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 28, 2018 - 12:06pm PT
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^^^^ Pretty cool!
Keep yer eyes out for Pernilla and Pippo! 🙁
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Driving through a town in Norge today right on the fjord and an Oystercatcher ran across the road in front of me! HaHaHa! Glad I was going slowly. Dunno what he was doing in the farmers field! Definitely no mussels there! 😜
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Reilly - it must have been looking for the Norwegian version of Rocky Mountain oysters.
Barn Owl, in mid-morning snooze mode
Striped Owl with a bedtime (05:30) snack, it's sort of hard to see, but it's clutching an Orange-chinned Parakeet!
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cyndiebransford
climber
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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Downy woodpecker feeding time.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Common Gull:
I wasn’t on the streets of Ålesund FIVE MINUTES and one of these guys crapped on my Black Diamond down sweater!!!!! 😡
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Heidi & I have gotten close enough to two Mountain Bluebirds this year to actually take ok photos of them. This one was near Sun Valley.
And this one flew up & posed near the top of Bath Rock at City of Rocks last week.
That's two more than for the last 10 years, even though they are Idaho's state bird.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Another Common Gull...they are common after all.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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some merced pigeon saw my outta state plates and called bank shot to the corner pocketafter i wiped my self off on a tree ... i reached for my keys, OMG! sorry nicely mowed lawnthen when i got to the coffee shop ... the disgust just kept unfoldingat starbucks down by the tracks, it's derelicts pay first, before the granting of restroom privileges
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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Jul 11, 2018 - 12:06pm PT
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jul 11, 2018 - 03:14pm PT
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Do any of you birder's out there know this one? Semi urban SoCal.
I got caught with the wrong lens on, but he's a cutie.
The Raven
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Jul 11, 2018 - 03:41pm PT
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Ksolem - your mystery bird is a Red-whiskered Bulbul. It's an introduced species from India and SE Asia that has become established in the LA area as well as at many other non-native locations around the world. Not as successful as European Starling or House Sparrow, but in the same league.
obligatory photo - A Spotted Rail poking around in the Duck Weed in a roadside ditch
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 12, 2018 - 07:54am PT
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^^^^ A turquouse bill? Seriously? Maybe for Mardi Gras!
Speaking of flamers, I got me some gud shots of a Common Redshank today, but not with this rig so you won’t see ‘em fer a while. Saw the pair of ‘em chasing gulls away from their nest. Gulls were 8 times bigger but that didn’t matter! 👍
Also got a Garden Warbler today - got lucky, they’re tough to see!
Was really happy to get a good look at a Sedge Warbler the other day from a blind. WOOT!
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crberg
Trad climber
Cave Creek, AZ
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Jul 12, 2018 - 06:17pm PT
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Some western screech owls on the north side of my shop and a dove sitting on her nest. Its an old milk crate I screwed to the wall, under a little awning covered by oleanders. The owls love that spot once summer rolles around here in phoenix. Up untill this season I thought it was an Owls only kind of place.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jul 15, 2018 - 03:12pm PT
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well i'm a little late to the party, given the range there are many here familiar with the phainopepla. had me kind of wound up and though i wrote up a damn fine description asking for help, before i pressed send, i went back to the apps one more time and "crested flycatcher" solved the puzzle. i won't wonder next time ... what a looker! i chose this guy's image as closest to what i saw:
Phainopeplas breed in two distinct habitats at different times of the year, an unusual pattern among North American passerines. Between February and April the species breeds in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and in the portion of the Sonoran Desert extending into California, called the Colorado Desert. As summer heat intensifies and berry supplies dwindle, Phainopeplas vacate the desert. In May, they arrive in the oak and sycamore canyons of Arizona and California, where they breed through July
next day edit: well, i'm trying
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