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Raptor Encounters in the Jarbidge Mtns
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Billy@Martin
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Magic,murder and the weather. FZ1V2
sdwsp
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Gee, that book is hard to find "in stock"; I eventually had to get it thru Amazon from a dealer in Oregon. But it'll be here in a few days! I read a few pages over at the Amazon website, it's one of those "you can look inside" books. And not JarbRidge, Jarbidge, no "r", it's a Shoshone word that's been Anglicized. I did a 16-day truck/backpacking tour of the Great Basin in late June/July and have posted pics and descriptions for the folks here. Here's the link for my post about the Jarbidge Mtns ---
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1033&message=9805293
They're in extreme NE Nevada on the Idaho border. Only dirt roads will take you there. Nearby the Wilderness is the tiny "town" of Jarbidge (pop. about 50) that has been called the most remote town in the "lower 48", site of the last US stagecoach robbery and a living ghost town. The Jarbidge Mts ARE well worth a visit, but they take some time getting to.
Best Wishes,
Steve
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1033&message=9805293
They're in extreme NE Nevada on the Idaho border. Only dirt roads will take you there. Nearby the Wilderness is the tiny "town" of Jarbidge (pop. about 50) that has been called the most remote town in the "lower 48", site of the last US stagecoach robbery and a living ghost town. The Jarbidge Mts ARE well worth a visit, but they take some time getting to.
Best Wishes,
Steve
sdwsp
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I'll keep that macro idea in mind next time! However, I think that by that time even I would put getting the pic at a poor second to running like the Stooges' Curly Joe down the trail as fast as I could leg it.... 
)
Best Wishes,
Steve
)Best Wishes,
Steve
Don't forget when it gets close enough to peck your eyes out :It's amazing how blissful ignorance can blind one to one's possible
imminent peril
hey, that's the chance one takes out there,
SWITCH TO MACRO MODE!
Great shots. (That guy's essay got the words, but YOU got the
pictures!)
sdwsp
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sdwsp
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I had been at the Jarbidge Mountains 4 times prior to this one and I have never had the "intense" experiences that I had this time out. (Now that I know you're a former English Lit. prof, I'm being extra careful about my sentence structure ) .) My old digital camera, the Olympus D490Z, just couldn't capture this kind of action, so raptors were probably around but I never noticed them before as I couldn't get the shot anyway. Now the FZ10 makes every shot possible --- it may not turn out, but it's still possible. Would you have spent as much time with your ospreys if you didn't have a camera with the Fluzi's capabilities? Our camera literally BEGS for these captures to be made, and who am I to be going against the wishes of my FZ10? As far as a book, well, it's been done by more gifted writers than me. Perhaps when I finally hang up my backpack and am unable to do these things, I'll put everything down and live on the memories. For now, I'm still cramming info into my mental "memory card".
Best Wishes,
Steve
P.S. We'll have to get together and and do a hike sometime soon. It's rare that I meet another "morning person", and a fellow Fluzi owner at that is rarer still.
) .) My old digital camera, the Olympus D490Z, just couldn't capture this kind of action, so raptors were probably around but I never noticed them before as I couldn't get the shot anyway. Now the FZ10 makes every shot possible --- it may not turn out, but it's still possible. Would you have spent as much time with your ospreys if you didn't have a camera with the Fluzi's capabilities? Our camera literally BEGS for these captures to be made, and who am I to be going against the wishes of my FZ10? As far as a book, well, it's been done by more gifted writers than me. Perhaps when I finally hang up my backpack and am unable to do these things, I'll put everything down and live on the memories. For now, I'm still cramming info into my mental "memory card".Best Wishes,
Steve
P.S. We'll have to get together and and do a hike sometime soon. It's rare that I meet another "morning person", and a fellow Fluzi owner at that is rarer still.
sdwsp
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Only one thing I can think of, fsw ---- I would've stayed in the Jarbidge Mountains for a week instead of a "mere" 4 days. ) As far as the Goshawk encounters were concerned, I think I got the best captures I could under the circumstances, and if I would've turned tail and run I wouldn't have these pics to show you folks. And I never once felt threatened. So if ever I enounter them again, I plan to act, and think, exactly the same.
Thanks for looking!
Steve
) As far as the Goshawk encounters were concerned, I think I got the best captures I could under the circumstances, and if I would've turned tail and run I wouldn't have these pics to show you folks. And I never once felt threatened. So if ever I enounter them again, I plan to act, and think, exactly the same.Thanks for looking!
Steve
sdwsp
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Yes, I was on an adrenalin rush after the last "divebombing" but it was from exhilaration. I had been through a rare encounter not once but 3 times, and the Goshawks are about as close as you can get to untamed, primal nature. Now, if I'd encountered a mountain lion on the trail, I would've been petrified. I've been lucky so far.
Best Wishes,
Steve
Best Wishes,
Steve
sdwsp
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Good answer, Steve!
If you'd have turned tail and run, the goshawks probably WOULD have attacked you. on top of that!
fsw
If you'd have turned tail and run, the goshawks probably WOULD have attacked you. on top of that!
fsw
paulw UK
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Eric Hosking, a respected British wildlife photographer, lost an eye in the 1930s when he was attacked by a tawny owl he was photographing. It didn't put him off and he eventually wrote an autobiography called "An eye for a bird".
Paul w
JRobins
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I should never have mentioned that Eng prof thing. Now you'll expect me to be able to SPELL.I had been at the Jarbidge Mountains 4 times prior to this one and
I have never had the "intense" experiences that I had this time
out. (Now that I know you're a former English Lit. prof, I'm
being extra careful about my sentence structure
digital camera, the Olympus D490Z, just couldn't capture this kind
of action, so raptors were probably around but I never noticed them
before as I couldn't get the shot anyway. Now the FZ10 makes
every shot possible --- it may not turn out, but it's still
possible. Would you have spent as much time with your ospreys if
you didn't have a camera with the Fluzi's capabilities? Our
camera literally BEGS for these captures to be made, and who am I
to be going against the wishes of my FZ10? As far as a book, well,
it's been done by more gifted writers than me. Perhaps when I
finally hang up my backpack and am unable to do these things, I'll
put everything down and live on the memories. For now, I'm still
cramming info into my mental "memory card".
Best Wishes,
Steve
P.S. We'll have to get together and and do a hike sometime soon.
It's rare that I meet another "morning person", and a fellow Fluzi
owner at that is rarer still.
You're right about the Fluzi-induced time spent with the Osprey. Holding that camera makes the world fascinating. I also spent many minutes standing motionless in the morning sun on a gravel road waiting for my subjects to appear--and they did: chipmunks, rabbits, deer, butterflies, moths, and birds of all kinds. Time passes so quickly, especially compared to time spent in other ways!
A hike would be fun. I don't get to Southern CA often anymore, although i lived in Santa Monica for many years. If you get a chance to come up this way, let me know. The first fluzi outing up here was great fun--as Harlan, John, Gil, Bobbyz and Emma will agree. Or better still, a Montana hike!
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Joan
FZ10 (Yoshida adapter+Canon TL-55)
(55-62 stepdown+Nikon 6T)
http://www.joanr.smugmug.com
sdwsp
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I fully plan on holding on to both my eyes as long as I can ) . But in reading about "birders", it is amazing how er, "dedicated" they can be to their craft. Maybe next time I'll bring some extra Band-Aids.
Best Wishes,
Steve
) . But in reading about "birders", it is amazing how er, "dedicated" they can be to their craft. Maybe next time I'll bring some extra Band-Aids.Best Wishes,
Steve
DaveyB
Senior Member
Steve,
thanks for the Jarbidge link (I'm off to have a look at it now) and hope you enjoy the read (I'll be recommending pocket-sized raptor identification guides to you soon if you don't watch out..........always was good at spending other peoples money........and turning them into "birders" ;-)
Cheers
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David
thanks for the Jarbidge link (I'm off to have a look at it now) and hope you enjoy the read (I'll be recommending pocket-sized raptor identification guides to you soon if you don't watch out..........always was good at spending other peoples money........and turning them into "birders" ;-)
Cheers
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David
rsrascal
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Wow, Once in a lifetime opportunity----great pictures.
Gene
Gene
GeorgeM
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Steve,
My congratulations with the very well written story, together with the pics made me feel like I was there besides you!
Thanks much.
George
My congratulations with the very well written story, together with the pics made me feel like I was there besides you!
Thanks much.
George
sdwsp
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The FZ10 is turning me into a "birder" whether I want to or not. ) So let me know about those pocket-sized raptor guides you mentioned; you can e-mail me if you prefer. My next post on my Great Basin trip will be about a wildlife refuge in eastern Nevada. It is an oasis in the desert and a true birder's paradise. I spent 3 days there and had a hard time leaving, but I'm planning on returning in early October during the fall migration. Let me know if you'd like any more info about the Jarbidge Mountains.
Steve
) So let me know about those pocket-sized raptor guides you mentioned; you can e-mail me if you prefer. My next post on my Great Basin trip will be about a wildlife refuge in eastern Nevada. It is an oasis in the desert and a true birder's paradise. I spent 3 days there and had a hard time leaving, but I'm planning on returning in early October during the fall migration. Let me know if you'd like any more info about the Jarbidge Mountains.Steve
sdwsp
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As far as it being a once in a lifetime thing, I'm gonna do my best to get a repeat performance! Hope my luck with them holds out... )
Best Wishes,
Steve
)Best Wishes,
Steve
sdwsp
Veteran Member
Now that you're all fitted out with your FZ10 + TL-55, I'm sure you'll be snapping pics of these beauties like these too! And when you do, make sure you let the folks here see 'em.... )
Best Wishes,
Steve
)Best Wishes,
Steve
DaveyB
Senior Member
Steve,
my birding/raptor watching trips to the States, from the UK, have so far covered California, Utah, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Nevada (tho' I didn't then know about those glorious looking Jarbidge Mountains...) plus an illegal sneak, with hire car, across into Mexico (when I was a lot younger and slightly more foolish.....) The raptor book I carry with me now is "Hawks in Flight" by Pete Dunne, David Sibley and Clay Sutton, published by Houghton Mifflin. Matched with a good general field guide (such as the Sibley guide) you can, with practice, take on the challenge of raptor I.D. with real confidence (particularly with the Fluzi at your side to bring home the evidence).
I can see you love your wilderness, as do I, so another very evocative read, which brings together the love of birds and the American wilderness, is Pete Dunne's "Feather Quest" - a magical read.
Yes, Steve, anything further on Jarbidge would be very welcome
Cheers
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David
my birding/raptor watching trips to the States, from the UK, have so far covered California, Utah, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Nevada (tho' I didn't then know about those glorious looking Jarbidge Mountains...) plus an illegal sneak, with hire car, across into Mexico (when I was a lot younger and slightly more foolish.....) The raptor book I carry with me now is "Hawks in Flight" by Pete Dunne, David Sibley and Clay Sutton, published by Houghton Mifflin. Matched with a good general field guide (such as the Sibley guide) you can, with practice, take on the challenge of raptor I.D. with real confidence (particularly with the Fluzi at your side to bring home the evidence).
I can see you love your wilderness, as do I, so another very evocative read, which brings together the love of birds and the American wilderness, is Pete Dunne's "Feather Quest" - a magical read.
Yes, Steve, anything further on Jarbidge would be very welcome
Cheers
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David
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