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I think it was for one of my photos, actually. It’s a tough call from the evidence here, I think. I spent a fair amount of time comparing the two birds on allaboutbirds.org, and could be convinced either way.
4 years agoThe water made such an interesting background, alright. I took five or six photos of this guy, and all had a different quality.
4 years agoBill is so long and thin, I think it is a curlew.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Long-billed_Curlew/overview
If only I could remember half the stuff I look up... Sigh. I remember that I looked up the long-billed curlew for someone else sometime back, but here I am re-inventing the wheel so to speak.
"...distinguishing flycatchers is over my head." That's a good one.
4 years agoBut, seriously, Scott, you get such great closeup shots of animals. We are constantly seeing amazing birds off in the distance and I invariably say something like, "If I was Scott I'd come away with a photo where the eyeball is sharp." We very much enjoy your bird shots.
4 years agoOk, so you took a photo of a painting in your place. But it's still a great photo!
4 years agoWow - quite a flashy fella!
Another lucky sighting.
Maybe Bill will know?
4 years agoI don’t like them either, especially when the bike’s carrying a load. Also, they’re often a problem with disc brakes. This one is at least spaced adequately though, and it was a smooth crossing. If there’d been any chop I probably would have just held the bike myself.
4 years agoYou’re the third vote for that idea, Suzanne. Maybe we should pool resources and CycleBlaze could invest in a time share. You can have August.
4 years agoIt’s actually not bad, because the freeway is sunk so deep in the canyon. Fortunately, a later attempt to double up by adding a second tier to the freeway was beaten back, or it really would be a problem.
On the other hand, the park is directly beneath the flight pattern for the airport, whisch is only about three miles away. The planes seem close enough to touch when they fly over.
Yup, that’s the vision. Plus bungee jumping for the more adventurous.
4 years agoThese are the handsomest birds. I considered including more than one shot, because you can’t see all his best features at the same time. At another angle his neck has a magenta sheen (you can barely see a hint at I here) and his beak has a white stripe down the center.
4 years agoIt is peaceful, isn’t it? It would look great on a seasons greetings card. A shame we don’t know what the guy’s name is.
4 years ago
Oh, thanks for publicly mocking my poor grammar, my friend. I should have said “are over my head”, of course. I was probably confused because the bird was intransitive.
4 years ago