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  1. Matt Silk

    Eagle sp. - nr. Ottawa -Jan 2018

    Thanks all. That's a bet won for me so just the answer I was looking for!
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    Eagle sp. - nr. Ottawa -Jan 2018

    Can someone help identify this eagle photographed just west of Ottawa earlier this week? I have my suspicions but just want to be sure.... Matt
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    Jackdaw subspp, NE England

    Looks like a nice monedula to me too, underparts look good and a good collar And on the staying to breed thing, I think (off the top of my head) there are several occasions where this has been reported - I guess its not that surprising if young birds end up in the wrong place... May result in...
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    Brent Goose I.D.

    probably a dark-belly, maybe a hybrid(?), certainly not a pale-belly. If it was feeding in a family group with that juvenile then its definitely a dark-belly....
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    Unknown small bird, Sussex, UK

    Skylark maybe...
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    Arctic / Pacific Loon from Hungary

    Looks more like a black-throat/arctic to me.... White patch, head shape, bill... But then my only experience of pacific is photographs...
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    Brent Geese, UK

    Both look like dark bellies to me, first one is just in strong sunlight
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    Penguin sp. in Cornwall

    Clear cut penguin for me. Black, white and standing on a beach + the Daily Mail is telling me it is one... ;-)
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    Help with grey-bellied brent id

    Another important point is that the WCHA (Grey-bellied) population is clinal being very similar to Black Brant in the west of their range and (almost) indistinguishable from hrota in the east. Think Kumlien's Gull style.... It is only really the more black brant like birds that will be even...
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    Help with grey-bellied brent id

    Its not easy trying to ID them on the water! My gut is that this is a dark belly or at least a dark belly hybrid.... You're dead on about colour tones being important in picking out dark bellies - although this does vary considerably according to the light at the time. I think this bird does...
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    Help with grey-bellied brent id

    Hi Colin, Please see http://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/62935/Birding_Opportunity.html and http://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/53948/Birding_Opportunity.html for the best information on the regular Dublin bird in terms of ID The situation is...
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    Pale-bellied Brent Goose? Texel, Netherlands

    Yes it is. Nice spot! Matt
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    I.D. Shore birds Northern California coast

    Looks like a loon to me.... Brants have got to be nigricans with collars like that
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    sommerringii? BRB, germany, Nov. ยด11

    Looks like a really good candidate to me!!
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    Brent Goose, germany

    Looks like it could well be a lighting effect for me - no way I can see to confirm hrota from just that pic I'm afraid. (for what its worth I think its probably bernicla....)
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