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    Looks like laughing gull to me
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    I initially identified this as a Laughing Gull, based on the dark hood and the dark wing tips. Looking at photos on line, however, I...
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    rkj reacted to Dr.Divyang Dave's media Crested serpent eagle with Like Like.
    Tried birding in hot summer at 40 C but luckily got some beautiful pictures.
    Crested serpent eagle
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    rkj replied to the thread California, 2024.
    11 May 2024 I went back to Big Morongo again today. Just because. I walked up the Marsh Trail, Mesquite Trail, and Canyon Trail as far...
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    • Costa's Hummingbird 2024-05-11.JPG
    • Hooded Oriole female 2024-05-11.JPG
    • Hooded Oriole male 2024-05-11.JPG
    • Mr and Ms Bullock  share a meal 2024-05-11.JPG
    • Mr and Ms Bullock share a kiss  2024-05-11.JPG
    • Western Tanager and Bullock's Oriole 2024-05-11.JPG
    • Yellow Warbler 2024-05-11.JPG
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    rkj replied to the thread California, 2024.
    Big Morongo is mostly open, but the trails connecting one side of the creek with the other are still out so you cannot do a loop, you...
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    Western tanager
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    rkj replied to the thread California, 2024.
    10 May 2024 Some thoughts about visiting the Mojave National Preserve. It is a beautiful place and has some excellent birding –...
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    • Nuttal's x Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2024-05-10.JPG
    • Gambel's Quail 2024-05-10.JPG
    • White-winged Dove 2024-05-10 a.JPG
    • California Thrasher 2024-05-10.JPG
    • California Scrub-Jay 24-05-10 a.JPG
    • Vermillion Flycatcher 2024-05-10.JPG
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    rkj reacted to MelospizaMelodiaFan's media American bushtit with Like Like.
    This female has either food or nesting material. The more I learn about these little birds, the more I love them. They work communally...
    American bushtit
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    rkj reacted to Stanley Jones's media Northern Mockingbirds Fighting with Like Like.
    Northern Mockingbird fight (Mimus polyglottos polyglottos).
    Northern Mockingbirds Fighting
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    rkj reacted to jmorlan's media Pectoral Sandpiper with Like Like.
    We stopped at a sod farm in search of shorebirds. Here we found a large flock of 30 or more Pectoral Sandpipers foraging in an...
    Pectoral Sandpiper
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    rkj reacted to Э́ллин's media Yellow Wagtail with Like Like.
    Yellow Wagtail
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    rkj replied to the thread California, 2024.
    9 May 2024 I went back to Midhills Campground again this morning. What a difference from two days ago. It was cold and windy and the...
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    • Cassin's Kingbird  2024-05-09 b.JPG
    • Gray Flycatcher 2024-05-09 c.JPG
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    rkj replied to the thread California, 2024.
    8 May 2024 I still wanted to get some information about road and trail conditions in the Preserve, so I headed toward the main visitor...
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    • NY Mts from Ivanph Road 2024-05-08.JPG
    • Site of Pinyon Jays 2024-05-08.JPG
    • New York Mountains 2024-05-08.JPG
    • Cactus Wren 2024-05-08.JPG
    • Cottonwood Basin 2024-05-08 d.JPG
    • Granite Mountains 2024-05-08.JPG
    • Eared Grebe 2024-05-08.JPG
    • Blue Grosbeak 2024-05-08.JPG
    • Great-tailed Grackle 2024-05-08.JPG
    • Wilson's Phalarope 2024-05-08.JPG
    • American Avocet 2024-05-08.JPG
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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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    • Joshua Tree Woodland 2024-05-07.JPG
    • Ash-throated Flycatcher 2024-05-07.JPG
    • Black-throated Sparrow 2024-05-07.JPG
    • Wilson's Warbler 2024-05-07.JPG
    • Midhills 2024-05-07.JPG
    • Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 2024-05-07.JPG
    • Western Flycatcher  2024-05-07.JPG
    • Western Wood Pewee 2024-05-07.JPG
    • Crissal Thrasher 2024-05-07.JPG
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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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    • Phainopepla 2024-05-06.JPG
    • Western Tanager 2024-05-06.JPG
    • Killdeer 2024-05-06 a.JPG
    • Greater Yellowlegs 2024-05-06.JPG
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