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    Reed Warbler, Tajikistan, May 19

    Thanks for the explanation!
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    Reed Warbler, Tajikistan, May 19

    I saw this bird on May 19 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Am I correct in IDing this as a Common Reed Warbler? It was smaller than Clamorous Reed Warblers, which were also present, and exhibited different behavior. It appears to have pale legs, rather long primary projection, and a short supercilium...
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    Tibetan or Siberian Sand-Plover? Tajikistan

    Thanks!
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    Tibetan or Siberian Sand-Plover? Tajikistan

    These two photos were taken yesterday in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. I believe this is a Tibetan Sand-Plover for the following reasons: Although it is looking away rather than towards the camera, it doesn't appear to have any white on the forehead. And while in the second photo it appears the bird...
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    Eurasian Curlew or Whimbrel? Tajikistan

    They surely do pass through. There are records from surrounding countries, just not as many as for Eurasian Curlew and not in the past 30 days, whereas there are Eurasian Curlew records from both north and south within the past month.
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    Why are my Little Stints bigger than my Temminck's Stints? Dushanbe, Tajikistan

    Photos all from yesterday in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. I am confident about the Temminck's Stints. But many of the Little Stints seem larger than the Temminck's. Do I have a combo of beefy Littles and scrawny Temminck's, or am I mis-IDing some Sanderlings as Little Stints? I'm particularly...
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    Eurasian Curlew or Whimbrel? Tajikistan

    I took these photos yesterday in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. As it flew by, my thought was, "THAT's a beefy bird." I thought that distinguishing Curlew and Whimbrel would prove easier than it has for me...looking for input here from anyone who has experience with the two. There are no eBird records...
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    Distant owl in flight in Tajikistan today...Short-eared?

    Interesting. Their flight reminds me of moths' flight, which I think of as floppy even though their wings themselves are rigid.
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    Distant owl in flight in Tajikistan today...Short-eared?

    Thanks for the confirmation!
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    Distant owl in flight in Tajikistan today...Short-eared?

    I took these photos this morning in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The owl was flying away northward, not foraging over the sewage treatment impoundments where I was birding. My initial impression from its floppy flight was Short-eared Owl, which should pass through on migration even though there are no...
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    Pratincole in Tajikistan today...possible first national record?

    Thanks for the confirmation!
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    Pratincole in Tajikistan today...possible first national record?

    I photographed (or tried to photograph) this pratincole in Dushanbe, Tajikistan today...our expected pratincole is Collared Pratincole, with Black-winged also on the OSME and AviBase lists but not the BirdLife list or the eBird list. This bird, however, seems to be a Small Pratincole. While the...
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    Raptor in Kuwait last week

    I saw this bird last week in Kuwait. Am I right in thinking it's an adult Greater Spotted Eagle?
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    First Tajikistan (eBird) record of Common Shelduck?

    I should have specified... first eBird record, which is of course a very incomplete database. Do you know if there's a place to access previous records, as opposed to simply the lists?
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    First Tajikistan (eBird) record of Common Shelduck?

    Hi all, I took these yesterday in southern Tajikistan. I'm 99.8% sure I'm right in calling this a Common Shelduck (dark head, flight feathers, back suspenders, and tail tip; hint of rufous breast band in one photo), but as it'd be the first Tajikistan record, I wanted to run it by this forum to...
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