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meandering Wa Member
Joined: 25 Jun 2010 Posts: 1516 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
a lot of willows in bud, indian plum too
I think I heard a tree swallow today
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wolffie Member
Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 2693 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Mon Feb 22, 2016 4:33 pm
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meandering Wa wrote: | By studying the songs and genetics of individuals in an overlap zone between Troglodytes hiemalis and Troglodytes pacificus, Toews and Irwin (2008)[2] found strong evidence of reproductive isolation between the two. It was suggested that the pacificus subspecies be promoted to the species level designation of Troglodytes pacificus with the common name of "Pacific wren. By applying a molecular clock to the amount of mitochondrial DNA sequence divergence between the two,[3] it was estimated that Troglodytes pacificus and Troglodytes troglodytes last shared a common ancestor approximately 4.3 million years ago, long before the glacial cycles of the Pleistocene, thought to have promoted speciation in many avian systems inhabiting the boreal forest of North America |
ornithologists with too much time on their hands. [4] They're just LBJs -- Little Brown Jobs (Allegro & Wolff, 2016).
Birding is much esier when you're over 60 because they all look the same.
Some people have better things to do with their lives than walking the dog. Some don't.
Some people have better things to do with their lives than walking the dog. Some don't.
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7692 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
wolffie wrote: | Birding is much esier when you're over 60 because they all look the same. |
I don't think I need to wait that long. I call anything small that I can't identify a tweetie bird.
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Toni Member
Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 829 | TRs | Pics Location: Issaquah |
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Mon Feb 22, 2016 7:56 pm
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Lewis Creek Park, Lakemont
Hellebore
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7692 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
Thanks for posting that Toni. I see false hellebore all the time. I figured there must be a real hellebore if there is a false one.
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Toni Member
Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 829 | TRs | Pics Location: Issaquah |
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Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:12 pm
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olderthanIusedtobe wrote: | I see false hellebore all the time. |
Most of us are used to seeing the Green false hellebore (Indian Hellebore) out on the trails, I didn't know there was another until a few years ago and here locally.
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meandering Wa Member
Joined: 25 Jun 2010 Posts: 1516 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
there is no song like that of the Pacific Wren.
Roger Tory Peterson called it " a merry cascade of tinkling notes"
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mike Member
Joined: 09 Jul 2004 Posts: 6389 | TRs | Pics Location: SJIsl |
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Sat Feb 27, 2016 6:30 pm
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Found these beauties blooming on the rock outcrops today
showing color
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meandering Wa Member
Joined: 25 Jun 2010 Posts: 1516 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
that means it is time for my annual visits to Washington Park in Anacortes
I love the unfolding of March, the south slope often has surprises.
the Fawn Lily and Calypso are exceptional here
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mike Member
Joined: 09 Jul 2004 Posts: 6389 | TRs | Pics Location: SJIsl |
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Sun Feb 28, 2016 12:12 pm
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Yes, we have satin flower and blue-eyed-Mary now besides the usual suspects like currant and skunk cabbage. Shooting stars any day, fawn lilies starting to show. Calypso, lupine, manroot, monk's hood and monkey flower by mid month. Right on schedule
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Snowbrushy Member
Joined: 23 Jul 2003 Posts: 6670 | TRs | Pics Location: South Sound |
From the beer garden yesterday next to the 167 freeway http://theroyalbear.com/ I saw three traveling RV's in the course of an hour starting with a teardrop trailer. This is surely a sign of spring.
Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
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NacMacFeegle Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2014 Posts: 2653 | TRs | Pics Location: United States |
The Swallows returned this week, something that has not happened in February for as long as I can remember. They usually arrive some time in March or April.
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NacMacFeegle Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2014 Posts: 2653 | TRs | Pics Location: United States |
meandering Wa wrote: | there is no song like that of the Pacific Wren.
Roger Tory Peterson called it " a merry cascade of tinkling notes" |
One of the most beautiful sounds on Earth!
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meandering Wa Member
Joined: 25 Jun 2010 Posts: 1516 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
what a great video. The fly was a bonus
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Z Erratic
Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 797 | TRs | Pics Location: Greater Orondo area |
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Tue Mar 01, 2016 1:41 pm
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Meadowlarks and Redwing Blackbirds around Wenatchee.
"Einstein stating that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, is as a blind man stating that nothing can travel faster than the speed of sound" 1979
They don't make years like they used to.
"Einstein stating that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, is as a blind man stating that nothing can travel faster than the speed of sound" 1979
They don't make years like they used to.
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