tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post7182616771574435469..comments2023-10-31T05:14:06.482-07:00Comments on Bourbon, Bastards, and Birds.: Crazy-looking MexicanSeagull Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-61616171757342240132012-04-06T18:33:24.629-07:002012-04-06T18:33:24.629-07:00Thanks for the info Nick...I did give that sod far...Thanks for the info Nick...I did give that sod farm a scan, good to know we have access. Looking forward to more birding in the TRV!Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-51116351347735488202012-04-06T05:35:05.766-07:002012-04-06T05:35:05.766-07:00Not that it is difficult to see a roadrunner or an...Not that it is difficult to see a roadrunner or anything, but if you cross Dairy Mart road and drive around the sod farm, you are pretty much guaranteed a cooperative roadrunner. That valley is a weird place to bird; Magpie jas, cardinals, seedeaters (which I have never seen). You aren't really sure what part of the world you are in with all of the established escapees running around.<br />NickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-74468360545027164692012-04-04T18:44:42.401-07:002012-04-04T18:44:42.401-07:00Good peeing...that's why I'm here!Good peeing...that's why I'm here!Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-15143937517629538662012-04-04T18:39:12.091-07:002012-04-04T18:39:12.091-07:00Yes on both accounts...I haven't heard any Ame...Yes on both accounts...I haven't heard any Americans use the word, but its big across the pond I guess. Apparently the seedeaters here are not the same subspecies as the Texas birds, and (at least the females) are considerably different looking.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-58947867816032969582012-04-04T15:48:49.907-07:002012-04-04T15:48:49.907-07:00good god, i'm so behind on this blog thing. i ...good god, i'm so behind on this blog thing. i need to step it up. Your house finch comments made me pee a little bit. thank you. (a good pee)Johnny Nutcasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08429848435564779353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-9736872340810320122012-04-04T11:17:13.200-07:002012-04-04T11:17:13.200-07:00Cool photos. I'm out of touch with some of th...Cool photos. I'm out of touch with some of the lingo - "plastic bird" equals feral "non-countable" population of escapees? In South Texas, there is a native population though, right?Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16410931608759550932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-84256351976863762802012-04-03T19:16:33.030-07:002012-04-03T19:16:33.030-07:00I have much to learn about where people look at bi...I have much to learn about where people look at birds around here...hopefully I'll get out a bunch before the field season gets too intense.<br /><br />No local roadrunner yet, but it will happen!Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-12850253745174716482012-04-03T19:14:00.240-07:002012-04-03T19:14:00.240-07:00Tepidly feathered...sad, but true.
Dan at TPAD pu...Tepidly feathered...sad, but true.<br /><br />Dan at TPAD put up a far superior PHAI picture right before me. I hang my head in shame.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-53406462409920071702012-04-03T10:25:45.552-07:002012-04-03T10:25:45.552-07:00Looks like you're getting around a meeting the...Looks like you're getting around a meeting the locals. that Seedeater looks and sounds to be about as dull and tepid dishwater, but hey that'd be a 'lifer' down here. <br /><br />Phainopeplas are awesome bro. Probs totes my fav flycatcher kinda bird ya know man? Solid.Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-31519677890565138692012-04-03T09:20:27.984-07:002012-04-03T09:20:27.984-07:00I have a friend who started as a young herpetology...I have a friend who started as a young herpetology enthusiast and then became *gasp* an ENTOMOLOGIST! yikes. =) And now he's a professor/researcher in Hawaii. Doesn't THAT suck.<br /><br />NICE bird-age, wow. That seed eater is FREAKY. Don't think I even knew they existed. So nice to hear familiar great-birding-place-names of SD. =) I LOVE TJ slough and that huge and deserted beach. Have you seen a roadrunner there, yet? They also have v. cool snakes and plants.<br /><br />ANYhow, I'll probably visit SD end o' month and you are giving me a good list of places to visit whilst there. Happy monitoring!biobabblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15081382623906668057noreply@blogger.com