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30 Dec.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/cq7ha7FRqfucRpTb8
Not sure the link works, but here is the shot... Full 12x plus full digital zoom.
I’ll bet you’ve seen them though - it’s the dominant cormorant species here, and probably where you are too. I think I’ve seen them in the past myself and misidentified them as double crested.
10 months agoIt’s a pretty nice route, alright. Now that I’ve found it, I’m thinking I might take a run out there for a late breakfast at Coyote Pause Cafe someday. We stopped there briefly on a break after Gates Pass a year or so ago and it looked worth a longer visit.
10 months agoI never heard of that variety of cormorant before. Thanks for the information and picture!
10 months agoReally? You saw bluebirds up there recently? I thought they all went south for the winter.
10 months agoOoh. That sounds like a comment Mr Suchanek might make. Mean.
10 months agoIt’s a great birding area, alright. Over 300 species have been reported seen at Sweetwater, and over a hundred have been reported on eBird since the first of the year.
And I’m sure I’ll see some new ones this year and miss some I saw last year; that’s birding. Already I’ve seen four this year (including the next day’s report) that I didn’t see last year, including two lifetime firsts.
That's good!
10 months agoTucson seems to be in a pretty privileged position. These sever cold fronts seem to taper off north of here. We’ll be affected, but it would be worse if we were a hundred miles further north.
10 months agoYou might be in for an even colder snap than you think judging by the ten day forecast I've seen. Maybe it won't go as far down as where you are though.
10 months agoIt will be interesting to see how many new species you record this year compared to last and if there are species you saw last year that you didn't see this year.
So many different kinds of birds down there.
Delicious, I've heard. Not the bread.
10 months agoYou getting "highs in the low fifties and the lows at or near freezing" would be great for me! Been mid to upper 30s in the afternoon heat here... Can't complain, it is still about 5 degrees or more above average.
Birds have not been cooperative lately here in Dayton, OH. Sparrows, a few house finches, robins that think they don't need to head south yet, frequent our yard. At the park there are plenty of mallards, a few blue herons and way too many Canada geese! I did see a pair of bluebirds there about a week ago. One downy woodpecker along the bike path last week. Pigeons stay around bridges where they huddle on the underside of the beams at night, and some kind of raptors are leaving white splotches on the bike path. Southern AZ is a birdwatching wonderland! I remember my semester of Ornithology spring of '69 at ASU. I just wish I could remember a fraction of what I studied.
Looking forward to seeing what else you spot! Thanks for the great pictures!
Glad you liked Irvington. I think it's the best option for a loop over Gates Pass. Looking forward to riding that way in the next couple weeks.
10 months ago
My guess is that this position enhances their auditory experience.
10 months agoThey might go home and tell the ducklings, "This morning we were sunning ourselves right next to what sounded like a 31ft high waterfall! You ducklings need to check this place out!'