tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post4001081650237093655..comments2023-09-16T04:08:25.750-07:00Comments on Butler's Birds: Trek RiosLaurence Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-56743739660194247322012-04-21T16:45:42.457-07:002012-04-21T16:45:42.457-07:00Me too Ken. It's hard to go against so much in...Me too Ken. It's hard to go against so much instinct and training, but I owed it to the Confederation of Planets to come in peace.Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-54908317416259915562012-04-21T11:55:39.705-07:002012-04-21T11:55:39.705-07:00Laurence, I'm so glad you reached for your cam...Laurence, I'm so glad you reached for your camera rather than your ray gun when you saw all those killers!Kenneth Cole Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13034897745614006325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-89809005216461885842012-04-20T19:39:56.532-07:002012-04-20T19:39:56.532-07:00Indeed Jen. Now, if only one of the elegant killin...Indeed Jen. Now, if only one of the elegant killing machines was an Elegant Trogon...Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-21583353139620608282012-04-20T13:17:02.236-07:002012-04-20T13:17:02.236-07:00Hilarious. So many elegant killing machines, so l...Hilarious. So many elegant killing machines, so little time.Jen Sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932953314258705622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-76819266596771787442012-04-20T06:21:46.778-07:002012-04-20T06:21:46.778-07:00Thanks Dan, nice to have you stop by.Thanks Dan, nice to have you stop by.Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-23622501393036809092012-04-20T06:21:17.481-07:002012-04-20T06:21:17.481-07:00Ha! Rest assured Mia, I'd take your word on it...Ha! Rest assured Mia, I'd take your word on it with or without a vest. It would have been nice to have you here with your big lens too to take a better picture.Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-39670549536828131572012-04-20T04:45:21.637-07:002012-04-20T04:45:21.637-07:00I've seen some big lensed, utility vested homo...I've seen some big lensed, utility vested homo sapiens that don't know what they are looking at or photographing either. Yes, I have the big lens but don't wear the utility vest, those would dwarf me!<br /><br />I agree with Seagull Steve on the ID!Mia McPhersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613385411156245829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-46412148799479857592012-04-20T04:22:11.521-07:002012-04-20T04:22:11.521-07:00Great post, love the different perspectiveGreat post, love the different perspectiveDan Huberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04587246278289468905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-58611139187063173322012-04-19T22:09:27.511-07:002012-04-19T22:09:27.511-07:00Alas, I fear I do not have a big lens nor a big kn...Alas, I fear I do not have a big lens nor a big knowledge of the birds...not yet anyway. Tax rebates are coming soon though. Really though, it was the bubbling utility vest that caught my attention. That's serious!Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-71657814414829282382012-04-19T21:27:51.672-07:002012-04-19T21:27:51.672-07:00Oh yeah, watch out for people with big lenses...ob...Oh yeah, watch out for people with big lenses...obviously some of them (us?) know their birds inside and out, but a lot do not.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-62396209845819228162012-04-19T18:54:11.886-07:002012-04-19T18:54:11.886-07:00Indeed, lots of species have been learning about t...Indeed, lots of species have been learning about the birds and the bees for a while now. We've got fledging Sparrows, Herons, Killdeer, Gnatcatchers, Phainopepla, Verdin. They got started mighty early with this unusually warm weather.<br /><br />I'm glad to have your input on the Sandpiper. It didn't seem quite comfortably a Yellowlegs to me, but I deferred to another birder there who had a big camera and one of those utility vests with lots of bursting pockets. I have very little knowledge or prior experience to reference, but I'll take your word Seagull! <br /><br />I am looking forward to further tails of your San Diego samples. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-68276763244299638132012-04-19T18:41:39.412-07:002012-04-19T18:41:39.412-07:00Ha, good stuff. The killing machine thread was goo...Ha, good stuff. The killing machine thread was good, as was the explanation for the bees' failure to take over the world. You have fledged Song Sparrows already???<br /><br />I think your yellowlegs might be a Solitary Sandkillingmachine.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.com