Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Hitting a Big Speed-Bump!

As written in the title I have hit a speed-bump in my blogging. Luckily I have finally gotten past the bump, but I am now catching up on my past birding posts. So I am putting my highlight photos from January and late December (out of my patch)  in this post.
 
On December 23rd I did a Christmas Bird Count with Mr. Troy Corman at Tres Rios. Out of the many highlights, I photographed these two awesome birds.
 
Chestnut-sided Warbler--Lifer!

White-throated Sparrow --one of two
 
On New Years Day I had an awesome morning of birding at Lake Pleasant with Mr. John Kafel. I got three lifers that morning, they were Common Loon, Black Scoter (2), and a White-winged Scoter.
 
I wonder which one's the White-winged?

Male Black Scoter--note the orange is starting to appear on the bill

Female left, male right

White-winged Scoter

 
My next amazing day of birding was on the 21st when Mr. Tommy Debardeleben and I joined forces to bird at the world renowned Thrasher Spot  as well as the Arlington area and my Patch. Here are some of the photos from the trip.
 
Bell's Sparrow--note that the maler is darker than its face
 
Sagebrush Sparrow--note that its maler is the same color as its face
 
 
LeConte's Thrasher

 

 
Bendire's Thrasher
 
Crissal Thrasher
 
 Sage Thrasher
 
 On January 31st I was supposed to lead a birdwalk to the Arlington and Buckeye areas, but due to a possibility of rain that day no one wanted to come. That all changed when I got an E-mail from Mr. Gordon Karre, that he would still like to do the walk, and so would Ms. Susan Fishburn, Ms. Babs Buck, and Ms. Barbara Meding. Once I got this E-mail I was pumped! So on the 31st I went birding with some fun people and had a fun time. Although the lighting wasn't good I was able to snap a couple of decent shots.
 
Burrowing Owl
 
Peregrine Falcon
 
You can expect some more old posts in the near future, but hopefully I will be caught up soon. 


4 comments:

  1. You have the best and most legitimate reason for not posting in awhile--all those great birds you've been finding! Keep up the good work!

    Great BUOW shot and thanks for the easy tip on separating Bell's and Sagebrush Sparrows.

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    1. Thanks Mr. Josh! My blog actually wasn't letting me post photos on it, and like you pointed out, I was seeing a lot of nice birds.

      After a bit of experience with Sage Sparrows it can be quite easy telling them apart.

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  2. Nice work!!! Pretty fun bird hunts over the past several weeks. I would love to see those longspurs you have been counting around your area! I have yet to see both of those. Hope you're having a good week.

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    1. Thanks Mr. Chris! Unfortunately the longspurs aren't here anymore, sorry :( But if I find them next winter I will make sure you are one of the first people that I tell. You have a great week too!!!

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