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Started by ginspin16, Sep 13 2012 05:56 AM

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#1 ginspin16

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Posted 13 September 2012 - 05:56 AM

ok this first one i don't need an ID, i'm just posting it cause i'm so happy that i got it

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this one, some kind of flycatcher? 2 pics of the same bird

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not the same bird, but maybe the same kind except that it seems to have more of an eyering

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a different bird

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imm, chipping sparrow?

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and finally, is this a longbilled curlew and whimbrel together?

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Posted 13 September 2012 - 06:12 AM

Congrats on the caracara. I won't touch the flycatchers but I will confirm your Chipping Sparrow, curlew and Wimbrel.

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Posted 13 September 2012 - 12:57 PM

The second flycatcher looks like a Pacific-slope (based on range, otherwise you can't distinguish it from Cordilleran). The first one is a Myiarchus of some sort, looks awfully dark with no obvious rufous in the tail, possibly Dusky-capped?

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Posted 13 September 2012 - 02:17 PM

Was the Caracara in SD? Wow! Great photo.

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Posted 14 September 2012 - 05:24 AM

i have more pics of the first flycatcher, although they aren't any clearer...

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Posted 14 September 2012 - 08:06 AM

Uh! I went looking for that Caracara today. It's only about ten minutes south of where I work. No luck though. I talked to the security guard outside the B of A, asked him if he saw a hawk on the roof. He said "You mean the Mexican Eagle?" and I said YES! (I've heard Caracaras called that before by Mexican Nationals.) He said "yesterday it was there" as he pointed to the roof. Talk about right on the U.S. Mexico border, it's like 100 yards north of the fence. I might try again tomorrow, if I take a lunch break (about 10% chance of that happening.) I can't believe you saw that guy at 3pm, it's so stinkin busy there at that time.
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Posted 14 September 2012 - 04:38 PM

yea everyone was just going about their shopping and no one even seemed interestested in him even when they saw me aiming my camera at him. when i saw him, he was on the light post right in between bank of america and the achiote restaurant. he just sat there and stared at me while i took a bazillion pictures.

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Posted 14 September 2012 - 04:41 PM

WHAT!!!!!! CARACARA?!?!? I shall find him. . . As I am in SD right now. :D
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Posted 14 September 2012 - 05:04 PM

Hurry up.... scare him off before Jimbo gets there!!! :P

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Posted 14 September 2012 - 11:22 PM

Hurry up.... scare him off before Jimbo gets there!!! :P


:mellow: *snifle* I thought birders wanted more younger people to get into the hobby. . . I think I'll quit now. :P
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Posted 14 September 2012 - 11:37 PM

LOL.. You should've come to NJ... we've got one too! :D

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