tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post4277289029709757169..comments2023-10-31T05:14:06.482-07:00Comments on Bourbon, Bastards, and Birds.: A Summer Dispatch from Rancho de Bastardos and the Five Mile RadiusSeagull Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-6637797090305557892021-01-19T21:06:44.218-08:002021-01-19T21:06:44.218-08:00Thanks Phil!Thanks Phil!Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-5782827955039100202021-01-07T04:21:06.520-08:002021-01-07T04:21:06.520-08:00Steve, Your comments on each of your posts leaves ...Steve, Your comments on each of your posts leaves me with a 'wet face' probably from the banks of my eyes giving way from tear welling, scrolling down each post on most afternoons. The egret and the gopher match fixing was a sure bet. Great blog!!!Phil"Ritzy"Kimathi, Bird aficionadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12023295889259276082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-41469637856239939792018-06-27T09:56:50.125-07:002018-06-27T09:56:50.125-07:00Joel, I can imagine the ass kicking, I really can....Joel, I can imagine the ass kicking, I really can. You have my sympathies, and time of course will inevitably be on your side...eventually. At least right now you aren't missing out on a lot of good local birding. I'm about to go camping next to the beach for a few nights, already shuddering about the amount of stuff we are going to end up bringing for just our one.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-82875211346141569092018-06-26T22:13:57.395-07:002018-06-26T22:13:57.395-07:00The 5 mile radius has been in my birding mind sinc...The 5 mile radius has been in my birding mind since I first read about it here. I hope soon time will be on my side but having two kids is kicking my ass. I decided today a trip to the beach with two kids under 2 1/2 years of age is about 25 times the effort as a going by ones self. 2 kids x 2 meals x 2 sets of clothes x 2 snacks x 2 diapers + 18 for the sand factor, divided by 2 parents = 25x normal. If you are a single parent a full 50x harder. <br />Anywho, my favorite part of this was the pee on the bino strap and camera case. Not a common problem for most people. We are potty training and that stuff can end up anywhere! Keep up the great posts. I have enjoyed them all. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883000402524351672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-4956677283145366732018-06-25T20:18:36.032-07:002018-06-25T20:18:36.032-07:00Yeah it's hard to come up with a target list, ...Yeah it's hard to come up with a target list, even just in my head. The past few months I start with Western Wood-Pewee then my mind wanders to a totally different topic. Still need Western Wood-Pewee...<br /><br />I posted to BB&B's FB account about the first Phainopepla sighting, maybe you were off FB at the time. One was wintering a quarter mile away and I randomly decided to try and find it in the scope one day and was actually successful. A while later another or the same flew directly over the yard's airspace, which was totally bizarre, a Phainopepla has no business being in my neighborhood.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-19296118340848714002018-06-25T14:50:32.496-07:002018-06-25T14:50:32.496-07:00Oh my god, a real eBird 5MR tool would be amazing....Oh my god, a real eBird 5MR tool would be amazing. Every time I think about coming up with targets I just fall asleep instead. <br /><br />Did you mention this yard Phainopepla before? I feel like I would have remembered something so ridic.Jen Sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932953314258705622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-70342635314889424652018-06-25T11:41:39.409-07:002018-06-25T11:41:39.409-07:00This is correct. The circle of life amazes and mys...This is correct. The circle of life amazes and mystifies.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-37214630094235908502018-06-25T08:09:46.457-07:002018-06-25T08:09:46.457-07:00Extrapolating to rock-paper-scissors dynamics, gat...Extrapolating to rock-paper-scissors dynamics, gator eats egret, egret eats gopher, therefore gopher eats gator, correct?Greg M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17589804703249828778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-28866370037729299372018-06-24T17:23:38.371-07:002018-06-24T17:23:38.371-07:00I'm hoping to get the merganser trifecta here ...I'm hoping to get the merganser trifecta here before we have to leave, just need Hooded. Hopefully things will get more wormholey in a couple months, it's been pretty regularholey lately.<br /><br />Most immature Snow Geese look pretty dingy, but maybe because this one looks like it is grazing on the surface of Mars?Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-80237329000712977962018-06-24T11:35:53.934-07:002018-06-24T11:35:53.934-07:00I can't wrap my head around the fact that you ...I can't wrap my head around the fact that you had a Merganser, Phainopepla, AND Chestnut-backed Chickadee (fabulous crush BTW) in your yard. What sort of weird-ass birding nexus wormhole do you inhabit?<br /><br />Glad the gore-fest is back. Things were getting a little too pretty and polished after the high watermark of gator vs. egret<br /><br />How come that Snow Goose looks like death?Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.com