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See you at sunrise...: May 2014
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See you at sunrise. First things first, at the end of the last post, I said I’d keep you posted once I identified this flower:. Turns out, it’s a Rock Jasmine. It seems to be pretty common; at least it’s distinct enough when I do see it. Anyway, I wasn’t guiding for most of today so I ventured out solo. First up, a female LONG-TAILED DUCK stretched her wings out on Weather Bureau Lake:. A check of the Polovina Wetlands yielded the ubiquitous RED-NECKED PHALAROPES:. Likewise, Lake Hill is aptly named:.
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See you at sunrise...: July 2014
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See you at sunrise. Don't touch the bumblebee's house! Finally, I have other things to blame for not getting a timely blog post written! Usually it’s just my indolence but this time I get to point to our internet problems (half the town lost their internet for a while) and the fact that I’ve actually been working. Yes, when one of these anchors offshore, better brace yourself:. Sometimes they speak English, sometimes they don’t. Oh yeah, puffins, here’s one:. Yes, I managed to snag another new ABA bird j...
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See you at sunrise...: January 2015
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See you at sunrise. As January comes to a close, I've been continuing to bird locally in Sacramento County. One such destination is the Blue Heron trail portion of Stone Lakes NWR. This spot is less than a 5 mile drive from where I live and it has the benefit of being rather quiet; no hoards of bikers zooming by like those up along the river. I ventured into the woods after that to continue to round off my checklist. GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS are one the most abundant species in thickets and brambles h...
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See you at sunrise...: The drive
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See you at sunrise. We recently up and moved out of California. We're headed to St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea in a few weeks but wanted to drive east first. This post, in essence, is 2000 miles of driving boiled down to a couple of photos. Another thing that became evident was that Ashley was having a good day spotting things! Yes indeed, she found her lifer snowcock from like a mile or two away! Driving farther down the canyon, Ash suddenly told me to back up. I did. She had spotted two CHUK...Fast ...
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Avian Review: June 2011
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Photo Quiz (& Answer). Forgive the deviation from the typical birdbook format; but, I wanted to share the below photos of a rather unique bird I encountered today (22 June 2011). This bird was photographed at Oak Flats Campground. N33307500 W111.050830 Elevation 3913 feet). In Pinal County, Arizona, USA. I will post the answer on July 2nd (see below). And, the answer. Is a Vermilion Flycatcher. 11 Photos of Quiz Bird. Links to this post. Thursday, June 16, 2011. Islands noted in...
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Avian Review: Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey
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Sunday, May 25, 2014. Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey. Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey. Wright, Rick and Brian E. Small. 2014, 368pp, ISBN: 9781935622420. As a note, three other state-dedicated, sister-books are due out this year. They are for Colorado, Florida, and Massachusetts. - (written by Jack at Avian Review with sample pages, May 2014). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). See the affiliated website (. With over 4,200 bird books and 6,500 sample pages. Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey.
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Avian Review: Woodpeckers of the World
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Sunday, July 6, 2014. Woodpeckers of the World. Woodpeckers of the World: A Photographic Guide. 2014, 528pp, ISBN: 9781408147153. Each of the 239 species receives between one-half and a full page of text. The topics given for most birds include the following: Identification, Vocalizations, Drumming, Status, Habitat, Range, Taxonomy, Similar Species (for some birds), and Food and Foraging. The longer sections tend to be Identification, Vocalizations, and Taxonomy. The Identification section might be more ...
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Avian Review: Field Guide to Birds of Colorado
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Monday, June 9, 2014. Field Guide to Birds of Colorado. Field Guide to Birds of Colorado. Floyd, Ted and Brian E. Small. 2014, 320pp, ISBN: 9781935622437. Flexcover; an attractive photo guide to 298 (90%) of the species routinely seen in. Colorado; half of the birds are shown with 2-3 good photos; photos show the adult. Breeding plumages of the male and female for the more common species and the male for some of the less common; one paragraph of material for each of the more common. The book does not con...
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Avian Review: May 2014
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Sunday, May 25, 2014. Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey. Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey. Wright, Rick and Brian E. Small. 2014, 368pp, ISBN: 9781935622420. As a note, three other state-dedicated, sister-books are due out this year. They are for Colorado, Florida, and Massachusetts. - (written by Jack at Avian Review with sample pages, May 2014). Links to this post. Friday, May 16, 2014. North Atlantic Seabirds (Storm-petrels). Storm-petrels and Bulwer's Petrel. 2011, 212pp, ISBN: 9780956886705.
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Avian Review: March 2014
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Rare Birds of North America. Rare Birds of North America. Howell, Steve N.G. Ian Lewington, and Will Russell. 2014, 428pp, ISBN: 9780691117966. Also available as a digital download from. This relatively large book (10x7x1.5 inches) is an exceptional, first-of-its-kind resource for a niche of birding not well covered. There are a four things that define the scope of this book…. It is an identification guide but definitely not a field guide due to the book's size and weight; and, t...