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  1. LabradorDuck

    Plover, Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico in late March. Wilson's Plover?
  2. LabradorDuck

    Moss Landing, California

    Taken in the coastal dunes near Moss Landing, California in August. My first thought was Red-winged Blackbird, but it didn't seem like what I'm used to seeing, though that could be a regional thing. Nothing else I could find really matched it. Looking at the photos, I notice some yellow around...
  3. LabradorDuck

    California Squirrel ID

    Seen at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, near Santa Cruz. I was hoping for Western Gray Squirrel, but I think these are all Eastern Gray Squirrel. Both species are present in the park (Easterns are introduced, of course).
  4. LabradorDuck

    Greater Sage-grouse

    September 30th is the deadline for the US Fish and Wildlife Service to decide whether the Greater Sage-grouse requires protection under the Endangered Species Act. Various powerful interests are strongly opposed to such protection. Congress has been throwing a fit, with so many anti-grouse...
  5. LabradorDuck

    Flycatcher- Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado

    Found this empid along Cub Lake trail, where both Dusky and Hammond's are said to be possible. It did call, but the call it gave was a type that is similar between the two species, and I don't have enough experience with them to clinch the ID. The third pic is probably the same individual, but...
  6. LabradorDuck

    Peeps, Nebraska, USA

    Found a pair of small sandpipers last week in central Nebraska. I have a few ideas, but I'll keep them to myself for now so I don't bias everyone else. Both were smaller than nearby Killdeer.
  7. LabradorDuck

    Louisiana seeks public comment on coastal wetland restoration plan (due Feb 25)

    PDF of plan and comment form available here: http://www.coastalmasterplan.louisia...2-master-plan/ Back in January Lousiana released a draft plan for coastal restoration. As you might know, channelization of the Mississippi and hundreds of years of canal-digging in the delta wetlands have...
  8. LabradorDuck

    Question RE: History of Zeiss Conquest Models

    A local store has what seems like a good deal on Zeiss Conquest 8x42 ABKs. Their price is slightly less than any I can find at Internet retailers, but doesn't claim to be a sale. My question is: Is it possible that this is some older model of Conquest? The name includes ABK, but doesn't say...
  9. LabradorDuck

    Louisiana releases draft coastal restoration plan

    http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/01/louisiana_releases_50-year_blu.html I haven't had a chance to look carefully through it, but it looks like a good start. Lots of levees, but quite a few new freshwater diversions too. If the plan is implemented, the state should start a net...
  10. LabradorDuck

    New York Times article on Snow Goose overpopulation

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/31/science/earth/facing-consequences-of-success-in-bid-to-save-a-goose.html?_r=2&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha23 Interesting read. Within my lifetime, Snow Goose migration in my area has shifted significantly as survivors of local crashes on the breeding grounds...
  11. LabradorDuck

    Whooping Crane shot in Indiana

    http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-whoopingcraneshot,0,4952306.story Terrible news. With this and the recent Arkansas blackbird deaths, it's the worst kind of Deja Vu.
  12. LabradorDuck

    New (but probably extinct) Shearwater species from Midway

    http://dendroica.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-shearwater-species-most-likely.html Described from a single specimen collected almost 50 years ago. Makes you wonder how many other difficult-to-distinguish seabird species were lost before they could be documented. There are a lot of islands out...
  13. LabradorDuck

    Kentucky Crane Hunt Approved

    http://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2011/06/kentuckys-crane-hunt.html All that's left is for the Governor to sign off on it.
  14. LabradorDuck

    Mini review: Targus Grypton XL

    I'm not sure if this is a serious enough piece of equipment to post in the review section, so I'll post it here. I recently purchased the Targus Grypton XL. I had been thinking about purchasing the Gorillapod SLR Zoom for use with my Nikon ED50. I was at a store poking around in the relevant...
  15. LabradorDuck

    Eight Red Kite chicks die in Scotland

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10618344 A significant portion of this years Red Kite chicks at Inverness have died after eating poisoned rat carcasses.
  16. LabradorDuck

    National Park in India may be abolished due to loss of birds

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10221681.stm Karera bird sanctuary may lose its protected status because the rare birds once found there, such as the Great Indian Bustard, have died out.
  17. LabradorDuck

    Rusty Blackbird? Nebraska

    Sorry for the awful photos. I saw a flock of blackbirds moving in and out of the bushes along the road. Most of them flushed as I drove past, but I managed to take a few pictures out the car window of those that stayed. I'm pretty sure I saw brownish areas on some of their backs (I did...
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