tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37405053417348061592024-03-20T08:38:35.213-07:00My Bird List.....is a casual approach that includes birds in captivity....dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698908430678064953noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740505341734806159.post-17243451960636336162015-04-12T15:14:00.000-07:002015-04-18T15:20:37.647-07:00Knight's Ferry Buzzard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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(yes, I know it's a Turkey Vulture, but us 'poisen oakers' call them buzzards)</div>
<br />dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698908430678064953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740505341734806159.post-51131498820219765752015-03-30T06:36:00.000-07:002015-04-01T06:37:12.491-07:00Hill Country CardinalCloudy day at the LBJ ranch.<br />
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dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698908430678064953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740505341734806159.post-204326309084174632015-03-25T06:52:00.000-07:002015-04-01T06:53:03.646-07:00Wildflower Center Great Horned OwlThis is the fifth year Mama Owl has raised her family at the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center.<br />
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<br />dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698908430678064953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740505341734806159.post-4134687987814788972014-10-18T10:16:00.000-07:002014-11-18T10:18:00.188-08:00Great Horned Owl At Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, in the rocks above my campsite.<br />
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dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698908430678064953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740505341734806159.post-65206960699113956702014-02-12T08:13:00.000-08:002014-02-15T08:18:12.614-08:00Pileated Woodpecker in YosemiteOften heard, but seldom seen, a Pileated Woodpecker in Sierra Nevada Mountains, California.<br />
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<br />dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698908430678064953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740505341734806159.post-83373948366012648332014-01-15T15:56:00.000-08:002014-02-06T15:59:26.451-08:00Another Roadrunner!This silly bird was on TOP of Enchanted Rock. <br />
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<br />dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698908430678064953noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740505341734806159.post-68995414875701844532013-10-28T07:21:00.000-07:002013-11-27T07:26:06.378-08:00RoadrunnerRoadrunner in Heritage Garden area of Albuquerque Bontanical Gardens.<br />
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<br />dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698908430678064953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740505341734806159.post-69262175565677870532013-01-25T08:06:00.000-08:002013-01-27T11:38:56.137-08:00Juvenile Bald EagleThis young eagle on a dead limb in the very top of an oak tree was watching the boat launch from Eagle Point Day Use when I arrived back to my car and was still there an hour later when I finally headed for the barn.<br />
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(Note: According to Democrat, there are many more eagles than normal at Melones this year. Mainly concentrated at the Camp 9 bridge where salmon are spawning.)<br />
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Added this great sketch Super Nephew G did from my pic this morning! Thanks for sharing G!<br />
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I got a good look at the underneath of her wings while she was in flight over the lake. So challenging to get this kind of shot!</div>
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She landed in a tree along the path just past the Lodge....</div>
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Hopping from branch to branch for several minutes......</div>
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Until a couple walking down the trail caught her attention and she lifted off to fly back up to the trail to Garfield Point......</div>
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<br />dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698908430678064953noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740505341734806159.post-16361045130179561262012-09-25T09:33:00.000-07:002012-12-03T09:45:39.310-08:00Klamath Basin Wildlife RefugeMy annual summer trip to Oregon was late this year and I hoped it would offer an opportunity to see the beginnings of the winter migration. No such luck, while I did make several stops, it was hot and the sky was smokey with very little water in the refuges. (Now, beginning of Dec, they are starting to post many pics on FB of the migration).<br />
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Too hot but still a nice walk around the Marsh Trail. Saw this one bird (need to identify) and few water types.</div>
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At the Lower Klamath the viewing platforms were infested with wasps! Even if there had been any birds I couldn't get near them!</div>
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The driving loop at Tule Lake will no doubt be wonderful in winter. This bird blind is near the beginning before leaving the highway for the levee roads.</div>
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<br />dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698908430678064953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740505341734806159.post-45617659094869029832012-09-24T09:47:00.000-07:002012-12-03T09:53:08.582-08:00Sacramento Wildlife RefugeThe water had not been turned back into the refuge and it was HOT. I stopped for a quick look at the Visitor's Center. There is a nice trail for a future visit. No birds today though.<br />
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They had a full house with three chicks!</div>
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The parents are busy fishing non-stop as the chicks grow feathers very quickly.</div>
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It was only a few days before the biggest chick was gone; leaving two in the nest.</div>
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The evening I took this last set of pics it was windy and getting pretty late. The family was clearly waiting for dinner! But in the mean time they tested their wings. It was really cool how they lift off on the wind, but never leave the safety of the nest.</div>
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They were still waiting, sort of patiently, for dinner when I head back to my camp in Acorn at sunset.</div>
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<br />dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698908430678064953noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740505341734806159.post-32746186678285986502012-06-23T15:36:00.000-07:002012-12-04T14:53:58.196-08:00Lupine Osprey at MelonesThere are two osprey nests (that I know about) at the Tuttletown Rec Area on Melones Reservoir. One is near the Lupine Day Use area; the other at the Manzanita Campground.<br />
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Judging by it's size the Lupine nest is several years old. It is build on a dedicated pole next to a regular power pole that holds two transformers. I'm guess the nest was relocated from the transformer pole at some point.<br />
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There wasn't much activity in the beginning. I didn't know if any chicks were hatched or not at this point. The adults often sat on the nest together but seldom left at the same time. </div>
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After a couple weeks the activity increased and I often saw the adults coming and going but still no chicks.</div>
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Several small birds built nests in the lower portion of the osprey nest. The funny thing was that they were always tormenting the ospreys. I think this is a King Bird diving on one of the adult osprey. (Check out the stick in her talons.)</div>
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Finally, one chick popped up over the edge of the nest!</div>
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By this time there is lots of activity: feeding the chick, working on the nest and protecting the chick from attack.</div>
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And an (almost) vertical take off....</div>
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The one chick in this nest was several days (maybe a week) behind the development of the chicks in the Manzanita nest so I was really excited to see her testing her wings yesterday. </div>
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<br />dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698908430678064953noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740505341734806159.post-77377873218945277492012-06-20T20:57:00.000-07:002012-12-03T17:27:24.505-08:00Kingfisher at PondWalking out to the gate this evening I saw this Kingfisher diving into the pond. He (bits of red on chest) perched in the top of the dead tree for several minutes.<br />
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<br />dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698908430678064953noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740505341734806159.post-30631954968857781142012-06-17T21:13:00.002-07:002012-06-17T21:13:56.918-07:00My Bird ListI'm starting a new blog for my bird list and bird photographs. Keeping a digital record (journal) works wells for me. No notebooks or albums to haul back and forth between California and Texas! A digital bird list will fall neatly into my all ready established habits of blogging my travels and my daily work outs.<br />
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The address of this blog www.montainpassbirds.blogspot.com is a take off of the nearest (now extinct) town to me here in California. Grandma Stella went to school in Mountain Pass while living in Montezuma and always fed birds while living here on the ranch. It all comes together for me!<br />
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Finally, I'll be posting back dated blogs of birds I either have pics of or have seen over the past year or so. It won't take long to catch up with those. Then I'll be off on a new journey of discovery and adventure! (Yes, Pai, I'm a 'girl' Hobbit!).<br />
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<br />dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698908430678064953noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740505341734806159.post-40764201531684505822011-08-10T06:28:00.000-07:002014-03-07T06:29:02.133-08:00White Pelicans at Hot CreekSouth of Bishop, CA. Long shot with my little Canon.<br />
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