MerMaeve Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 Ahh, okay. An older couple that is in our bird club went to CR this winter and are going to be there for about 3 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 6 minutes ago, MerMaeve said: Ahh, okay. An older couple that is in our bird club went to CR this winter and are going to be there for about 3 months. Lucky. I got really sunburnt. There’s dead skin all over my ears and nose and it really sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerMaeve Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 5 hours ago, Trevor L. said: Lucky. I got really sunburnt. There’s dead skin all over my ears and nose and it really sucks. Hey, at least you had sun........MI winters are known for about one day of sun per month..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 15 hours ago, MerMaeve said: Hey, at least you had sun........MI winters are known for about one day of sun per month..... Oof. I take it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melierax Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Haha hope you get better Trevor! I got really sunburned as well in San Diego this last weekend... I put sunscreen on as well but somehow I got fried anyway. I guess that's what I get for having Irish heritage haha! That was a really fun trip to San Diego! I'll post pictures at some point. We went to La Jolla and saw Black Turnstones, Heermann's Gulls, Brown Pelicans, Brandt's Cormorants, and Surfbirds! Later we went to Balboa Park and saw Nuttall's Woodpecker, Anna's Hummingbird, Townsend's and Black-throated Gray Warblers, Bewick's Wren, Red-shouldered Hawk, Black Phoebe, and California Towhee. Then we went on a boat ride to go whale watch! We saw a Gray Whale pair and a whole pod of about 100 Common Dolphins. There were a ton of Black-vented Sheerwaters and Elegant Terns. Also got Common Murre and another Murrelet/Guillemot looking thing. Then on the flight back we stopped in Oakland and at the airport terminal there was a great birding spot with tons of Scaup, some Shoveler, Cinnamon Teal, Marbled Godwits, American Avocets, and Black-necked Stilts. For some reason it was 75 and sunny the whole time in San Diego, but when we got back home to the desert it's like 100% humidity and rainy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 That’s super cool. Nice, Mel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 (edited) So one of our guides in CR was visiting colleagues in Massachusetts, and he went to dinner with a very quiet man and his wife. Afterwards, his friend asked him if he knew who that guy was. He didn’t know, and his friend told him it was DAVID FREAKING SIBLEY!!! He got an autographed book later on. Edited April 3, 2019 by Trevor L. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerMaeve Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 On 4/3/2019 at 12:43 PM, Trevor L. said: So one of our guides in CR was visiting colleagues in Massachusetts, and he went to dinner with a very quiet man and his wife. Afterwards, his friend asked him if he knew who that guy was. He didn’t know, and his friend told him it was DAVID FREAKING SIBLEY!!! He got an autographed book later on. Wow, very cool. My parents went on a birding tour with David Sibley in the Keys of FL back in 1993. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerMaeve Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 Wow, sounds like you had fun, Mel. Almost all the birds would’ve been lifers..... I got another lifer today, Red-Throated Loon. #292 Seeing the dolphins and whales sounds like fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerMaeve Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 On 4/2/2019 at 11:58 AM, Trevor L. said: Oof. I take it back. LOL. You should have brought some sun with ya and shared it with me. Plz? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 On 7/26/2018 at 6:36 PM, Nighthawk01 said: Still waiting for the RNBU, but I’ve seen plenty of WBNU. On 7/26/2018 at 6:53 PM, Nighthawk01 said: If only you could!! Still waiting for those Red-breasted Nuthatches from a while back. I’ll trade you sun for the nuthatches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) Whoops, wrong quotes. I’ll put the real quotes in my next post. Edited April 5, 2019 by Trevor L. Misspelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) On 7/26/2018 at 6:36 PM, Nighthawk01 said: Still waiting for the RNBU, but I’ve seen plenty of WBNU. On 7/26/2018 at 6:37 PM, MerMaeve said: You want me to ship you a few??? There we go. Edited April 5, 2019 by Trevor L. Just a small edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerMaeve Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 21 hours ago, Trevor L. said: Still waiting for those Red-breasted Nuthatches from a while back. I’ll trade you sun for the nuthatches. I wish!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melierax Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 By the way I figured out that the murrelet thing was a Scripp's Murrelet! Super cool for my first murrelet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melierax Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 (edited) Welp, I'm recovering from a bad sickness a week before my ACT this Saturday. Hopefully I'll do okay! I havent been doing much birding at all (besides the SD trip) because of the ACT, SAT, and the AP Calc test. I'm missing migration... ? Edited April 8, 2019 by Melierax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerMaeve Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 5 hours ago, Melierax said: Welp, I'm recovering from a bad sickness a week before my ACT this Saturday. Hopefully I'll do okay! I havent been doing much birding at all (besides the SD trip) because of the ACT, SAT, and the AP Calc test. I'm missing migration... ? Ach! Good luck with your test and I hope you feel better in time! Migration is low key starting right now for us...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melierax Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 I think Mary the Kestrel might be laying her first egg!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MerMaeve Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, Melierax said: I think Mary the Kestrel might be laying her first egg!! That is the first time i have seen the kestrel. What is her mate's name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerMaeve Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 She has been there for 1h 5min Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerMaeve Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 9 hours ago, Melierax said: Welp, I'm recovering from a bad sickness a week before my ACT this Saturday. Hopefully I'll do okay! I havent been doing much birding at all (besides the SD trip) because of the ACT, SAT, and the AP Calc test. I'm missing migration... ? What are you sick with, Mel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melierax Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, MerMaeve said: That is the first time i have seen the kestrel. What is her mate's name? His name is Bob ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melierax Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, MerMaeve said: What are you sick with, Mel? Just a cold but a bad one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerMaeve Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 Just now, Melierax said: His name is Bob ? Nice! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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