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#1 Doug Herr

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Posted 10 June 2012 - 11:50 PM

I recently visited the Sierra Nevada and managed a few photos of some species that previously had eluded my camera:

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Cassin's Finch

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Red Crossbill

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Pine Siskin

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Evening Grosbeak

All photos made in Sierra County California. My Photo Life List (all species photographed in the wild) is at http://www.wildlightphoto.com/pll/

#2 Parula

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 12:14 AM

wow nice pictures all of those would be lifers
Yard list 130
Bird lifers 251
Latest- Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Red-necked Phalarope, Yellow-throated Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Barred Owl
Butterfly lifers- 54
Latest- Spring Azure, Mourning Cloak, WIld Indigo Duskywing, Falcate Orangetip, Broad winged Skipper
Dragonfly and damselflies lifers- 12
Latest- Black Saddleback, Carolina Saddleback, Green Darner, Familiar Bluet, and Violet Dancer
2013 Va big year 176
Recent- Summer Tanager
Year list- 210

#3 guy_incognito

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 12:20 AM

Wow, you didn't just get first time pictures, but you got fantastic pictures as well. I am really jealous of the Red Crossbill and the Evening Grosbeak.
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Posted 11 June 2012 - 12:58 AM

Beautiful captures, Doug.

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 03:57 AM

I recently visited the Sierra Nevada and managed a few photos of some species that previously had eluded my camera:

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Cassin's Finch

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Red Crossbill

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Pine Siskin

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Evening Grosbeak

All photos made in Sierra County California. My Photo Life List (all species photographed in the wild) is at http://www.wildlightphoto.com/pll/


Great shots! So beautiful!

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 04:22 AM

Beautiful shots Doug! Here's my first oriole - snacking on a hornet or wasp/

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New for 2013 - Northern Goshawk

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 02:24 PM

Wow Doug!!!!!!!! AMAZING PHOTOS!!!!!!

How many photo lifers do you have?
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220

Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
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#8 Doug Herr

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 03:35 PM

How many photo lifers do you have?


267 on my website at http://www.wildlightphoto.com/pll and numerous others on film that I haven't scanned yet.

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 04:13 PM

I was asking cause I saw how many you had, and wanted to know the exact number. Do you only keep a life list of ones you've photographed?
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220

Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
http://www.flickr.co...s/89595711@N08/

#10 Parula

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 06:21 PM

great pictures doug i saw that under black headed grosbeak was a picture of a cassins finch
Yard list 130
Bird lifers 251
Latest- Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Red-necked Phalarope, Yellow-throated Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Barred Owl
Butterfly lifers- 54
Latest- Spring Azure, Mourning Cloak, WIld Indigo Duskywing, Falcate Orangetip, Broad winged Skipper
Dragonfly and damselflies lifers- 12
Latest- Black Saddleback, Carolina Saddleback, Green Darner, Familiar Bluet, and Violet Dancer
2013 Va big year 176
Recent- Summer Tanager
Year list- 210

#11 Doug Herr

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 10:24 PM

I was asking cause I saw how many you had, and wanted to know the exact number. Do you only keep a life list of ones you've photographed?


I'm not terribly formal about my life list, there have been too many lumps and splits since I started to keep track of them all. If I totaled them all my life list would be a few over 500 (or under, who knows for sure?). It's easier to keep notes and to refer to each sighting when I have a photo.

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 10:27 PM

great pictures doug i saw that under black headed grosbeak was a picture of a cassins finch


and the photos tend to keep me honest [or demonstrate a lack of it] ;)




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