tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post6475177081173281931..comments2024-01-24T18:24:39.465-08:00Comments on I Used to Hate Birds: Taken For Granted 2014: Taken by a Pyrrhuloxia.Jen Sanfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08932953314258705622noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-48649815816059731012014-12-11T16:06:51.657-08:002014-12-11T16:06:51.657-08:00Thanks, Rhett. 2015 is definitely my year!Thanks, Rhett. 2015 is definitely my year!Jen Sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932953314258705622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-33926295452658011882014-12-09T21:29:44.395-08:002014-12-09T21:29:44.395-08:00Sorry, Jen. This guy's good. I hadn't fu...Sorry, Jen. This guy's good. I hadn't fully realized it until I saw that child photo. Something about that image tells you that if he doesn't discover a bird on his own, he'll surely Rediscover one easily. There's a twinkle in his eye that just says Bad Ass Texas Winner!<br /><br />California Quail is indeed a toughie in Multnomah. I would have walked up and down Oak Island Rd. for sure. I think you were in the right spot looking around on Sauvie for them.<br /><br />You did well, Jen, and next year you're gonna take this dude!<br /><br />Rhett :-)<br /><br />Rhett Wilkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12391405601958802301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-17981176255391711522014-12-09T06:28:39.307-08:002014-12-09T06:28:39.307-08:00Thanks, Greg! The Santas definitely should have e...Thanks, Greg! The Santas definitely should have earned points, but I must admit I would gladly trade the whole lot of them for a Pyrrhuloxia. Jen Sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932953314258705622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-14667704242625160582014-12-08T06:09:54.032-08:002014-12-08T06:09:54.032-08:00I say you got robbed! I think that spotting the Sa...I say you got robbed! I think that spotting the Santa convention under Paul Bunyan should have netted you the tie-breaker. In any case, good finds all around. I spent nearly half of my TGC looking for a damn Tundra Swan. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-81005154381674238522014-12-08T05:47:47.747-08:002014-12-08T05:47:47.747-08:00I'm not sure that you know what the word "...I'm not sure that you know what the word "tie" means, as obviously there was a winner in this competition. thismachinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08072033666703203316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-91783934853056142892014-12-08T05:46:08.966-08:002014-12-08T05:46:08.966-08:00Yes, I discovered it. Because I'm a winner. An...Yes, I discovered it. Because I'm a winner. And that's what winners do. thismachinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08072033666703203316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-68160499786419098812014-12-08T05:32:16.022-08:002014-12-08T05:32:16.022-08:00it was a TIE fair and square...I enjoyed seeing th...it was a TIE fair and square...I enjoyed seeing the Cranes of course a target I haven't hit yet! I had a purple finch on my feeder last week... dang wish he had been headed west!! I've only ever seen California Quail in California, you both did a great job! Cheers!Sondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03485055844682296876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-43549114975118484752014-12-07T19:34:11.731-08:002014-12-07T19:34:11.731-08:00Thanks, Sarah, much appreciated. I think we'r...Thanks, Sarah, much appreciated. I think we're all jealous of Nate and all those birds he still takes for granted. Jen Sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932953314258705622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-87992805511733937922014-12-07T19:33:27.942-08:002014-12-07T19:33:27.942-08:00Thanks!! And yes, Nate discovered the Pyrrhuloxia...Thanks!! And yes, Nate discovered the Pyrrhuloxia, that bastard. Jen Sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932953314258705622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-71312353325695109712014-12-07T19:31:54.374-08:002014-12-07T19:31:54.374-08:00Thanks, Bob, the dogs did help. Thanks, Bob, the dogs did help. Jen Sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932953314258705622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-77575483237155001162014-12-07T19:31:33.876-08:002014-12-07T19:31:33.876-08:00Thanks for making this a much fairer fight than la...Thanks for making this a much fairer fight than last year. I feel like much less of a loser and I managed to not quit birding this time. Winning, despite losing. Jen Sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932953314258705622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-46292288948740367212014-12-07T19:30:28.825-08:002014-12-07T19:30:28.825-08:00The rainbow is obviously where things went wrong. ...The rainbow is obviously where things went wrong. <br /><br />Perhaps we should ALL become 9 year old Nate on Facebook. Jen Sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932953314258705622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-10507031909002369142014-12-07T19:29:17.181-08:002014-12-07T19:29:17.181-08:00Ya know what? Just for you, I'll shoot for Se...Ya know what? Just for you, I'll shoot for September. Jen Sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932953314258705622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-4937285324613258742014-12-07T18:50:47.054-08:002014-12-07T18:50:47.054-08:00A valiant effort, and definitely an improvement ov...A valiant effort, and definitely an improvement over last year! I go weeks without seeing Purple Finches in PDX and I may have never seen a live quail in the county. Hard to beat a Pyrrhuloxia though. Now I'm jealous of Nate.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18210099927164456893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-79881587359103985272014-12-07T18:45:24.308-08:002014-12-07T18:45:24.308-08:00Good work Jen! I thought Sauvie seemed like a good...Good work Jen! I thought Sauvie seemed like a good place to go and I knew you'd get the Horned Lark up there by the airport. Sarah S. came in the shop Saturday and we discussed your chances and the big challenge and knew you'd do good! So did Nate "discover" the Pyrrhuloxia or was it recently reported by someone else? And does that even factor?Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15328195758782074675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-51911974489046427172014-12-07T16:26:07.365-08:002014-12-07T16:26:07.365-08:00Excellent effort and an excellent list of birds, w...Excellent effort and an excellent list of birds, well thought out for Multnomah County. No pain of defeat could possibly last long with dog kisses as consolation.Out and About Oregon Birdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246118760595657022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-23308453290497148662014-12-07T11:54:55.568-08:002014-12-07T11:54:55.568-08:00This post is very different from last year's p...This post is very different from last year's post. Yeah I thought the quail would be actually challenging, since no ever looks for them. I strongly considered putting TRUS on your list instead of TUSW, but it would have worked out either way. Harlan's is a great find, I've only ever seen a few.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-85771582655346886782014-12-07T09:16:01.658-08:002014-12-07T09:16:01.658-08:00Your aesthetic eye would be the death of you; we w...Your aesthetic eye would be the death of you; we were always saying it. Pausing to look at that rainbow...it cost you valuable second and I don't know if that could have been recovered, whereas Nate had no rainbows with which to contend. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing that picture, plus your pretty birds in the OR gloom. I am now going to become 9 year old Nate on Facebook.Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715459874050137252.post-69939184357070262522014-12-07T08:27:55.605-08:002014-12-07T08:27:55.605-08:00Good times indeed. The Mew Gull video is amazing. ...Good times indeed. The Mew Gull video is amazing. Sorry for not appreciating it at the time; I was trying to relocate the Pyrrhuloxia for a buddy.<br /><br />Also, way to be a creeper on the pelagic.<br /><br />Should I be expecting my beer sometime around November '15?thismachinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08072033666703203316noreply@blogger.com