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    Alaska suggestions please

    Thanks for the info, it has to be Alaska as that has such nice scenary, but will have a look at Yellowstone, is that near Jellystone and Yogi?! The Beaver on floats just looks like it is asking for trouble (and has done in the past) and yes the turbo version looks awful!
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    Alaska suggestions please

    Hi We are thinking about visiting Alaska next year, primarily to see Brown and Black Bears as well as anything else mammalian and of course birds. My thoughts are fly to Anchorage and drive down the Kenai Peninsular - can someone tell me if this is a good idea and any tips? The other option is...
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    Winter birding in Estonia

    Thanks for the information appreciate it
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    Winter birding in Estonia

    Thanks all.
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    Winter birding in Estonia

    Thank you very much James
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    Winter birding in Estonia

    Hi All Does anyone here bird Estonia on a regular basis? I will have a free day in December this year and wondered what the chances are of seeing Hawk Owl and other stuff I might not see in the UK. Are there any tours? Thanks in advance Rob
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    Cock of the Rock spot

    I need to download it first and as Iberia has lost my luggage I am not sure when I can get a cable, but yes will do as soon as I can, whereabouts do I post it, can you provide link if there is a specific location thanks!
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    Cock of the Rock spot

    It was fabulous!
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    Cock of the Rock spot

    I achieved my goal of seeing a Cock of the Rock (in fact up to 7 males plus a female) and to be honest it wasn't very difficult. So here is a tip if you want to see the national bird of Peru - and it is well worth seeing. We stayed in the Inkaterra Hotel at Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu) and...
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    Can you help me name these birds please

    And think that is a House Sparrow bombing the GSW
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    Can you help me name these birds please

    Great Spotted Woodpecker Spotted Flycatcher
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    Twitching by numbers - Book only available on Amazon

    It was Arrivals and Rivals by Adrian Riley (?) published by Brambleby Books. I got their name when I was writing mine and submitted the early draft to them and they accepted it. A bad mistake I made there! My book is out of print now, if anyone would like a pdf copy of it then please DM me. It...
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    Twitching by numbers - Book only available on Amazon

    I enjoyed reading the above, it has some very good points and I am not a fan of wokery. But....at the end you say "and pretend they have never thought things Garry writes about" - and that's the problem, he wrote about something he should have only talked about. As my sister once said to me...
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    Twitching by numbers - Book only available on Amazon

    Sorry I forgot I wrote most of that before - too much partying!
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    Twitching by numbers - Book only available on Amazon

    It is 100% true that he paid (I believe £1800, might have been £2000) for it to be not only edited but also "created" into something readable from his manuscript. The reason I know this is because I had a long conversation with him about how to do certain things with Amazon's KDP self publishing...
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