tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post4177517433164558410..comments2023-10-31T05:14:06.482-07:00Comments on Bourbon, Bastards, and Birds.: Belize! Part III: Crooked Tree Lagoon by BoatSeagull Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-62842285678303062702019-02-18T16:22:24.364-08:002019-02-18T16:22:24.364-08:00Hey, glad you are enjoying your time in Belize. Me...Hey, glad you are enjoying your time in Belize. Meanwhile in the Bay Area, the elusive northern gannet had its portrait taken by a kayaker at Pillar Point Harbor, see https://www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/stienstra/article/The-good-and-bad-from-recent-storms-13624281.php<br />Sarah P. (sorry, no blogger profile)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01503779038459341893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-6488142102881842882019-02-12T16:49:49.062-08:002019-02-12T16:49:49.062-08:00Plague level - no thanks.
I had a paltry 2 state...Plague level - no thanks. <br /><br />I had a paltry 2 state birds last year, will hopefully do better in 2019.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-79890264311621052252019-02-12T15:12:54.842-08:002019-02-12T15:12:54.842-08:00We had an unusually wet fall in Texas (and the tre...We had an unusually wet fall in Texas (and the trend is continuing this winter). While the reports of standing water and clouds of mosquitoes might not have kept me from making the trip to those UTC hotspots, tales of biblical plague levels of deer flies did. I decided to wait until another (hopefully dry) fall, and instead headed to far West Texas chasing some nemesis birds in the Guadalupe Mountains and around El Paso. That choice paid off with seven new Texas birds for me. I'd only added eight to my Texas list in the last six years before that trip.Lifelisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428591305835833173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-52470360019890673262019-02-12T08:27:51.465-08:002019-02-12T08:27:51.465-08:00I think you gave it the physical response it deser...I think you gave it the physical response it deserves. AGHE has become something of a grail bird for me, and I will probably make a weird involuntary "agggghhhhhhheeee" sound when I do see one. <br /><br />BTW, how was fall birding for you at high island/UTC?Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-21056572748671135532019-02-12T08:25:11.661-08:002019-02-12T08:25:11.661-08:00Camera went down a few days after these pictures w...Camera went down a few days after these pictures were taken. Also, because life is pain and that is the nature of the universe, I dropped my shit on a sidewalk right after I got the camera repaired. Camera seems to be ok but this time the lens got fucked, and now Nikon has that. Things are going just great over here...<br /><br />Your "belted" line is SOLID GOLD.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-16728903181129417922019-02-12T08:21:59.625-08:002019-02-12T08:21:59.625-08:00I still prefer to drink tequila out of mollusc tha...I still prefer to drink tequila out of mollusc than bird thoughSeagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-48086637354934524572019-02-11T16:05:47.302-08:002019-02-11T16:05:47.302-08:00I had a single encounter with an Agami Heron in th...I had a single encounter with an Agami Heron in the Pantanal in Brazil. It was very close, and often half-hidden in the shadows of some streamside vegetation. I didn't cry, but my blood pressure was dangerously high and I'm not sure I was breathing. It was certainly one of my most-wanted birds of the trip.Lifelisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428591305835833173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-75391854931312512792019-02-11T14:43:29.816-08:002019-02-11T14:43:29.816-08:00There’s way too much to comment on here Steve.
Man...There’s way too much to comment on here Steve.<br />Many sweet shots. Your crusher was broken?? Is that like a golf handicap or something?<br /><br />Great Black Hawk seems to have a taller brow and more pronounced beak than Common which just looks overall more hunched. Is this the jizz factor?<br /><br />Thank you for using your platform to talk about BEKI. Who hurt them, who traumatized such that they are so skittish? Is belted actually a reference to physical abuse? They’re so middle of the rod as Kingfishers go, do nothing else makes sense.Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-19637889957771853392019-02-11T11:12:13.696-08:002019-02-11T11:12:13.696-08:00Yes, birds > molluscs.Yes, birds > molluscs.stiltlegshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204197003203651261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-49203308968151925902019-02-11T11:10:28.768-08:002019-02-11T11:10:28.768-08:00Yeah I was wondering if there were invasive apple ...Yeah I was wondering if there were invasive apple snails in the lagoon or not, I meant to ask the guide but prolly got distracted by a Great Black Hawk or something.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-15545005763938795122019-02-11T10:47:06.311-08:002019-02-11T10:47:06.311-08:00Huh, those apple snail eggs look like they are fro...Huh, those apple snail eggs look like they are from Pomacea caniculata which is from Brazil + massively invasive + crazy abundant + destructive where they invade. We have bazillions of them in Florida and will never get rid of them, plus they are now supporting the Snail Kite population. You can always tell there are P caniculata around when you see ridiculous numbers of Limpkins and Snail Kites. I couldn't find any info about the being established in Belize, but I think it's a notable find, even if you are not into molluscs.stiltlegshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204197003203651261noreply@blogger.com