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Philly Bird Nerd : April 2015
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Stories, photos and travel logs from my group of. 40-something friends "The Bird Nerds". Thursday, April 30, 2015. The forests of Malaysia are all cut up and turned into Oil Palm Plantations. Miles and miles of palm trees that produce these fruits that are turned into oil for cooking and cleaning products. Have you ever used Palmolive soap? Mrs Asian Bearded Pig. The most common monkey was the Long-tailed Macaque. We saw lots of them along the road and also in Singapore. These photos were taken o...The s...
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Philly Bird Nerd : Total Life List
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Stories, photos and travel logs from my group of. 40-something friends "The Bird Nerds". Cape Breton Highlands NP. Cape Breton Highlands NP. Terra Nova National Park. Terra Nova National Park. Gull Island, Witless Bay. Gull Island, Witless Bay. Gull Island, Witless Bay. Gull Island, Witless Bay. Gull Island, Witless Bay. Gull Island, Witless Bay. Gull Island, Witless Bay. Bandelier NM - Visitor Center. Bandelier NM - Visitor Center. Bandelier NM - Visitor Center. ANP ARRECIFES DE COZUMEL. Edwin B. Fo...
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Philly Bird Nerd : March 2015
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Stories, photos and travel logs from my group of. 40-something friends "The Bird Nerds". Sunday, March 29, 2015. Roxy and I went for a nice long walk this morning at Lorimer Park. We spotted our FOS (First Of Year) Eastern Phoebe. In fact, we saw 5 of them. Here is one that we watched catch a few bugs. She's So Fine . . . She really is. Look closely. She has iridescent feathers, pretty blue tail feathers, a great white eye patch and that 'do. Check him out. This is what really attracts her. OK then Let's...
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Philly Bird Nerd : February 2015
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Stories, photos and travel logs from my group of. 40-something friends "The Bird Nerds". Tuesday, February 17, 2015. We stood there and stood there and finally, another birder got a phone call - the bird was on the other road. We all jumped in our cars and raced around the corner where we should have been all along. It was a "bird jam" of cars, people, scopes and cameras. Paparazzi. We jumped out of the car and . . . When this guy flies, he is gone! One of the fastest fliers in the world, the Gyrfalcon i...
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Philly Bird Nerd : September 2014
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Stories, photos and travel logs from my group of. 40-something friends "The Bird Nerds". Saturday, September 20, 2014. Big Sigh of Relief. Terns - Cape May Beach. No, it doesn't have whiskers. In fact, I have more whiskers than than this tern has feathers. Not sure why they call it Whiskered. I picked it out of the crowd by its dark belly. There are actually 4 different tern species in that photo - Common, Forster's, Royal and Whikered along with a few Laughing Gulls. Links to this post. I still have the...
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Philly Bird Nerd : Annual Donut Hole Trail Hike
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Stories, photos and travel logs from my group of. 40-something friends "The Bird Nerds". Monday, July 13, 2015. Annual Donut Hole Trail Hike. Third, the trail itself is easier in this section - very little stinging nettle and easier ups and downs. Here is Frank photographing one of the rusted DHT trail signs for posterity. Frank and the DHT. Bear poop - one of many piles. And giant bear paw prints:. Bear Paw Print - bigger than Barbara's hand. Barbara, Linda, Frank. The best part of the hike was the endi...
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Philly Bird Nerd : Mid-Summer Birding at the Shore
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Stories, photos and travel logs from my group of. 40-something friends "The Bird Nerds". Sunday, August 2, 2015. Mid-Summer Birding at the Shore. Quick post to remind you that summer is pretty dull for birders however I did manage to get a few new photos of Skimmers which are one of my favorite birds in the world. Here are 4 of them skimming the shallow water at "The Meadows" in Cape May in the early morning. Black Skimmers at Cape May Meadows. I was on the Villas beach looking for banded shorebirds....
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Philly Bird Nerd : Where Have I Been?
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Stories, photos and travel logs from my group of. 40-something friends "The Bird Nerds". Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Where Have I Been? Sorry for the gap in posts. It has been a tough month. Our beloved Roxy succumbed to stomach cancer suddenly. The symptoms began before I left for Europe but the diagnosis wasn't made until I returned. Needless to say, I took a break from birding to focus on her care and subsequent death. Sorry to be a bummer but that's what has been going on. It was amazing how many birds we...
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Philly Bird Nerd : November 2014
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Stories, photos and travel logs from my group of. 40-something friends "The Bird Nerds". Monday, November 24, 2014. More Florida Follow Up. Another fan favorite at Corkscrew is the Pileated Woodpecker. They come much closer to the trail than they do in other parks. Here is a male hammering away at a cypress. You can tell it's a male by the red mustache. Females only have red on the crest. White Ibis were taking a break from feeding. I caught this one resting on a log. Links to this post. The birds were l...