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    rkj replied to the thread California, 2024.
    7 May 2024 It was into the Mojave National Preserve today. There are two species there that are hard or impossible to find elsewhere in...
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    rkj replied to the thread California, 2024.
    6 May 2024 I drove today to Primm, Nevada, with stops at Afton Canyon and Zzyzx. Afton Canyon is a site in the Mojave Desert about 23...
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    rkj replied to the thread California, 2024.
    Cinco de Mayo When I was young I was taught that there were three kinds of desert in California: the Great Basin Desert, dominated by...
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    rkj reacted to raymie's post in the thread Swainson's Thrush? Brooklyn, NY, 2015 / re-identification requested with Like Like.
    Swainson's.
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    rkj reacted to MelospizaMelodiaFan's media song sparrow with Like Like.
    This guy landed so close to me, I had to take its portrait. Song sparrows are ubiquitous near water in the springtime where I live. I'm...
    song sparrow
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    Bullock's Oriole
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    rkj replied to the thread California, 2024.
    4 May 2024 I had not planned to do any birding today. It was raining – unusual here in May – and I needed to get ready for a trip to...
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    rkj replied to the thread California, 2024.
    2 May 2024 Family affairs had me heading to Hollister today, and I made a few stops coming and going to look for birds. Old Chittenden...
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    rkj reacted to Butty's post in the thread Least Sandpiper? Connecticut USA 5/1/24 with Like Like.
    Yes: fine-tipped (but for the water droplet) and slightly-drooping bill, yellowy legs.
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    rkj reacted to peterday's media Blue-grey Tanager with Like Like.
    Blue-grey Tanager
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    rkj replied to the thread Need help identifying a bird.
    Other than the black cap, which might be a matter of lighting, this sounds somewhat like a Northern Flicker.
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    rkj reacted to Butty's post in the thread Indigo bunting? South FL, april. with Like Like.
    They're useful... a field guide's an essential 👍🏼 In my opinion.
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    rkj reacted to lockbreeze926's media Azure-winged Magpie 8 with Like Like.
    A curious bird taxonomically, although very common in its home range in a wide variety of habitats. Formerly regarded as a single...
    Azure-winged Magpie 8
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    rkj reacted to Mike Hunter's post in the thread Colorado 'chicken run': April 2024 with Like Like.
    A quick update on my trip. I'll try and write up a trip report but really busy currently so no guarantees, hence the brief reflections...
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    rkj reacted to SueO's post in the thread Need help identifying a bird with Like Like.
    Of course not. I didn't mean to imply that. I understand your frustration, I just meant that when someone who hasn't used an ID site...
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