tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post1266228800406513285..comments2023-10-31T05:14:06.482-07:00Comments on Bourbon, Bastards, and Birds.: A Pygmy Horned-Owl, Blossoming Blossoms, the Halloween Thrush.Seagull Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-15344347009521589512015-04-07T16:54:10.588-07:002015-04-07T16:54:10.588-07:00Holy cow, I've NEVER seen lighting doing that ...Holy cow, I've NEVER seen lighting doing that to a phainopepla before. Can they POSSIBLY be that GORGEOUS? Jeeze. They were already super stylish... also, at Del Valle?!? V. strange. V. interesting.<br /><br />Ah, we had a nice influx of varied thrushes earlier this year, up here in the Yosemite foothill-y zone. What a delightful sound. I knew I'd miss that call, most of all, upon leaving Mt. Rainier NP, but I didn't know I'd get to hear it in my own yard. Delightful.biobabblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15081382623906668057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-31290681947601298552015-03-30T22:54:05.399-07:002015-03-30T22:54:05.399-07:00great pics! We'll be heading up to Grants Park...great pics! We'll be heading up to Grants Park/Mt Ham Wed or Fryday sans the bourbon :)castellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533299563747209968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-10994779978373209012015-03-30T22:31:08.412-07:002015-03-30T22:31:08.412-07:00NPOW is a sweet bird, not only because it sounds l...NPOW is a sweet bird, not only because it sounds like a Batman comic sound effect when banded, but because of myriad other reasons. <br />To this day, I have only ever seen one staring at me out of a nest cavity--never the whole body--and this haunts me. It wasn't enough. I couldn't finish. <br /><br />I have ton contest about the NRWS regarding their vocalization. Their flight call sounds a lot like the laser gun sound effects from x_wings when they're attacking the death star in episode IV (not episode VII, which had different sound effects), and I find this very enjoyable.<br />Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.com