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Recent content by S_Man

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    West Thailand birds

    Thanks both Grahame and Andy. There were hundreds of frigate birds this day, most very high, so I just tried to get shots of "different kinds". Mostly Lesser, the only Christmas Island birds I could ID were adult males and this young female - if it's one: although the head and neck are not...
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    West Thailand birds

    Yes, I've seen the marten every time I go to Mae Wong! It's just so crowded now, but still good for birding - mainly along the roads, in the upper area, or just watching from the camps. Good point about the lists, but the area is still well into the range of the Long-tailed (and there is a dot...
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    West Thailand birds

    It's Mae Wong. But I wouldn't decide of an ID based on stats though... Grey-chinned is 4-5 x more common based on obs, despite a similar sized or even smaller range... About the frigate, it's mostly the "tawny orange-yellow head and upper breast" that made me think of immature F. minor. Here is...
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    West Thailand birds

    Thanks, I was curious about the apparent lack of yellow on the forehead of the Minivet, and the Frigate is on the wrong side of the peninsula, looking at the range map - but they fly so well that some have been spotted as far as India apparently. For some reason I got no feedback about these 2...
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    Warbler? From Hong Kong

    Maybe Yellow browed warbler Phylloscopus inornatus?
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    West Thailand birds

    Just for confirmation: Mountains near Myanmar I guess female Long-tailed Minivet? Doesn't look exactly like in my guide and app, but I don't see what else it could be. Offshore, Andaman sea Young Great Frigatebird...?
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    Where to see hoopoes, European bee-eater and European roller in Europe in September?

    Try to find spots on migration pathways, that would be my bet. In these latitudes they are still frequently seen on the move at least until end September. Colonies/nests are often left much earlier, although these might be worth a check,for laggards and favourable habitat?
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    new tiny Zoom F3 recorder

    I mentioned 120 kHz because I like to check for bats too. I could set it to 192 mHz but the files are huge and after a few nights, it seems that the smaller species need to be really really close to be recorded, so in fact 192 kHz is useless even for this use case. I should have said "perfect...
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    Two questions from Trondheim, Norway, Sept 15: Sprawk or Goshawk? and which 1C "Comic" tern?

    You don't need glasses to see it's striated. I'm talking about the OP not the other examples.
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    birdNET Analyzer model update

    It must also be in this range, these models are easily spoiled with too many samples from what I understand. And it's apparently quite easy to train them, using xeno-canto it should be possible to have many more species and countries, but it takes some time and organization, obviously... I...
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    birdNET Analyzer model update

    Thanks, I may try to update, although Costa Rica is certainly better served than Asia... (both Merlin and BirdNet were almost useless on a recent trip, even in excellent conditions, it was really shocking compared to Europe - but I still have some files so I can try again...)
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    Vomited Pellets in bird feeder similar to owl pellets.

    A picture and a look at what's inside... else a cheap trail camera could also help, maybe. BTW other birds than owls can also produce pellets, I don't know your local species, but in Europe I have even seen kingfishers and wrynecks do it... (of course these are smaller pellets)
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    Sound recorder

    Again, NO! This would NOT happen if this equipment could withstand usual air conditions that can happen outside ("field" suggests "outside" to me, for some weird reason, not "dry air", but apparently I'm the only one here)... If anything conditions in the tent were much dryer than outside since...
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    Sound recorder

    You can find adaptors (chose the right one!), best way would be through USB-C anyway. Some small video mics have specs getting closer to pro microphones costing 1000+, with alimentation, so they should offer an obvious advantage compared to integrated ones - even if Apple has a good reputation...
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    Sound recorder

    Another option could be to use a good directional micro directly on your iPhone, like a Rode NTG - they have several models mostly for video, but some have very good specs for their (smaller than traditional mics) size. Sorry if this has already been discussed, else you should find some...
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