tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post1694803326084073261..comments2023-10-31T05:14:06.482-07:00Comments on Bourbon, Bastards, and Birds.: Woods Lake and Carson Pass: A High Elevation MegapostSeagull Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-52043506081761240032018-10-18T21:35:24.582-07:002018-10-18T21:35:24.582-07:00Stump-effers....that nickname is new to me and abs...Stump-effers....that nickname is new to me and absolutely glorious. I suspected this was indeed a stump-effing creature but did not know how they were classified - "horntail" is new to me as well...helpful but not hilarious. Thanks for the Orthilia confirmation.<br /><br />Yeah we were just out of reach of thick smoke, it worked out really well, bummed to miss out on going to Mono two years in a row though.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-75041283917862680612018-10-17T07:47:23.476-07:002018-10-17T07:47:23.476-07:00A lovely assemblage. Jen has it right - that's...A lovely assemblage. Jen has it right - that's Orthilia secunda, one-sided wintergreen. The little yellow monkey is Mimulus primuloides, primrose monkeyflower (but the Mimulus taxonomy is about to change dramatically). Your waspy thingy is one of the parasitics, a Horntail, that sticks its long ovipositor through wood to lay eggs in other insects nests. You may have heard of them - some are called "stump-effers."<br /><br />I was in Mono County that week. You chose wisely. It sucked awful. Dense smoke and thunderstorms with daily road closures.randomtruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01941027847362672057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-90231663407675950222018-10-14T12:39:37.214-07:002018-10-14T12:39:37.214-07:00guhhhhhhhh uuugghhhhhhhhhguhhhhhhhh uuugghhhhhhhhhSeagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-62440781606718226652018-10-12T13:52:50.004-07:002018-10-12T13:52:50.004-07:00I do remember a time when it was one of the few bi...I do remember a time when it was one of the few birds I had on you. Thank god for mexi-chats. Jen Sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932953314258705622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-28650381878969363182018-10-11T11:47:43.311-07:002018-10-11T11:47:43.311-07:00One-sided wintergreen. That sounds like a fancy ki...One-sided wintergreen. That sounds like a fancy kind of gum. This is gum?<br /><br />Prior to this siege of grosbeaks I had only seen them once before, I think it was actually right after I met you. Thank you for this insight into 2010JEN.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-57021849410671132262018-10-11T08:17:46.293-07:002018-10-11T08:17:46.293-07:00Oh hell yeah, this is a great post. Worth the IG ...Oh hell yeah, this is a great post. Worth the IG post clickbait. I had no idea little elephant's head was a thing and that is very exciting. That flower after the Lewis's monkeyflower looks like a wintergreen, kind of like one-sided but I'm not sure. Lastly, amazing grosbeak photos! The only ones I've seen were in 2010 and I called them things like white-winged crossbill and western tanager. Sigh. Jen Sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932953314258705622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-30813238454618767592018-10-10T13:34:02.608-07:002018-10-10T13:34:02.608-07:00Thanks ROFO, apreesh. Didn't get the underwing...Thanks ROFO, apreesh. Didn't get the underwing of the copper.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-84022131058087157882018-10-10T10:41:46.369-07:002018-10-10T10:41:46.369-07:00Dude!! Nice Sierra Arctic Blue (if that is what it...Dude!! Nice Sierra Arctic Blue (if that is what it is still called)! Only in the high elevations of the Sierra Nevada and southern Oregon. The copper is either a Lilac-bordered or a Purplish Cooper but am underwing shot would help. I think probably a Lilac-bordered, though....Rob Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00057243877284859139noreply@blogger.com