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    Sunbirds in The Gambia

    1: f splendid 2: imm male beautiful 3: ? f spendid [I note white tail corners] 4: perhaps imm m pygmy. If this sp. tail length might suggest m. Bill looks robust but perhaps within variation. A young bird judging by gape 5: m splendid
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    Ireland Id please

    Mistle thrush for me
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    uk birdwatcher for millions of years, but stuck on this one!

    Young magpie. These qs probably better in the ID forum...
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    black scoter? Poor pic, washington june 24.

    Bill shape is better for surf I think (first spring)
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    Phoebe or Flycatcher - Dallas Texas

    Yes agree. The 2 relatively strong wing bars we see are a feature of immature plumage. I'd expect to see some evidence of yellow below if Myiarchus (also slightly structurally wrong for that suggest), although the Phoebe can show this too.
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    Gretcher or no gretcher

    Looks like immature female blackbird
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    4th bird USA-Florida_Lake County

    What's the divergence time?
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    A couple from Peru

    Looks like Puna yellow-finch and Puna Ibis. Not sure saffron finch should be there (but may be in some urban areas—it's spreading); bill shape is wrong and so is colour here [too yellow with no orangy tones]. Puna ibis is a "relatively" recent split. Other species are possible but unlikely in...
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    Small Wader, Fife

    and seems to have pale legs
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    Looking for restaurants with feeders — Panama

    It's expensive... ... Most guests probably don't care either way. If you want a directory, you could start one in Birdforum Opus. The problem is keeping it up to date
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    ID please-Is it a Little Stint or anything else?

    Colour surely too rich for that species
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    Bird in Scania, Sweden

    (My best guess, swayed by the apparent purple speculum, was some mallard---probably domestic)
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    Possible sighting?

    Check on the ebird map, either here: https://ebird.org/species/swtkit Or, if you have an ebird account, here: https://ebird.org/map/swtkit (Please don't use state codes---confusing to non-US folks)
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    Petrels/shearwaters? Mallorca

    (The last is a gull. Fools venture in with an image of this quality, but perhaps yellow-legged)
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    ID please-Is it a Little Stint or anything else?

    Yes I think little stint. See for example the white "tram lines" on its back
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