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  1. SteveClark

    Computer Software

    I log birds with the Birdlasser app, export to Scythebill and then export to eBird (not everything). BirdLasser records the location data for each logged bird. eBird doesn't do this for some reason. Otherwise I'm an eBird fan (and a reviewer). Scythebill is an amazing tool.
  2. SteveClark

    Springwatch 2024

    As an aussie who visited the UK in spring 2023 I enjoy this series and wish we had something like it in Australia. The disconnect between most people here and the natural world is huge.
  3. SteveClark

    Computer Software

    Another vote for Scythebill. It will do all you want and more.
  4. SteveClark

    Birds with very tight habitat requirements.

    Palmcreeper is a great example (although it will utilise at least 3 palm species). Thanks Welsh Peregrine.
  5. SteveClark

    Mystery duck from San Cristóbal, Galapagos.

    Thanks The_Fern. I was over-complicating things.
  6. SteveClark

    Mystery duck from San Cristóbal, Galapagos.

    This duck was in a small coastal swamp with a few White-cheeked Pintails. 8th April 2024. I can't match it with Blue-winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal or any other duck potentially turning up in the Galapagos. Any thoughts? Cheers Steve
  7. SteveClark

    Mystery sandpiper from San Cristóbal, Galapagos

    Two small sandpipers feeding with a much larger Ruddy Turnstone on 4th April 2024. I'm thinking Western Sandpiper based on length and shape of bill but other possibilities seem to be Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers. Your suggestions will be much appreciated. Heavily cropped photos attached...
  8. SteveClark

    Birds with very tight habitat requirements.

    I recently saw Araucaria Tit-Spinetails in north-eastern Argentina. These are tied very closely to Araucaria angustifolia trees and are rarely (if ever) seen using any other vegetation in the forests. What other bird species are similarly tied to a single particular plant species? Cheers Steve
  9. SteveClark

    Small bird on high canopy in garden in Arusha Tanzania

    The bill looks pointy so maybe a Honeybird. We had Green-backed Honeybird in our Arusha garden regularly. It would often do its distinctive displays flights high in the canopy.
  10. SteveClark

    One Life List in three orders

    Checkout Scythebill listing software - Free Bird Listing. It will cater to your needs as your list grows. Free!
  11. SteveClark

    White-eye in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

    Pale White-eye (Zosterops flavilateralis) is likely in Kilimanjaro NP. See attached map from the Tanzanian Atlas project.
  12. SteveClark

    One place birds

    Giant Antpitta at Refugio Paz de Las Aves in Ecuador.
  13. SteveClark

    Ann and Roland Go Birding in North west Argentina. September 2022

    Many thanks for posting this and the report for north-east Argentina. I'm heading there in February for 6 weeks and will cover some of the same areas as you reported on. I'll be with Sandpiper Birding who are supposed to be good. I did reach out to Clarks Expeditions for the Salta area but...
  14. SteveClark

    What is this bird?

    Probably claiming and maintaining a territory. Alerting other males that this is his patch and alerting females that her is there and interested. The Koel is a cuckoo and lays its eggs in nests of other birds. Pacific koel - Wikipedia
  15. SteveClark

    What is this bird?

    That's a Pacific Koel (Eudynamys orientalis). It is a migratory species in eastern Australia and is now regular in Melbourne suburbs through the summer months. One reached Hamilton in western Victoria in the summer of 1998-99.
  16. SteveClark

    Bass Strait

    Masked Boobies in Bass Strait would be very exciting. Check Australasian Gannet...
  17. SteveClark

    Help identifying this bird, please

    Sorry Delia. I realise now that you were saying you couldn't hear the audio as well. The image and audio worked for me.
  18. SteveClark

    Help identifying this bird, please

    The call was enough. A common and noisy bird in many Melbourne suburbs.
  19. SteveClark

    Help identifying this bird, please

    That is a Little Wattlebird.
  20. SteveClark

    Tanzania - overwhelming number of birds that all look similar

    There is a contact link at the top of the Atlas website with Neil Baker's postal and email addresses. You can send Neil your sighting detail for the Blue-spotted Wood Dove via [email protected].
  21. SteveClark

    Tanzania - overwhelming number of birds that all look similar

    The Atlas project has been running for decades. Its database contains millions of records. At the moment Neil is preparing it for publication so atlas maps on Tanzania Bird Atlas are not as up to date as the database. Neil often posts up to date maps on the Facebook group however. The...
  22. SteveClark

    Tanzania - overwhelming number of birds that all look similar

    I'm not sure where you are exactly. I lived in Bukoba and Arusha until recently. I found local birders to go bush with and we learned together. In Arusha there are many local birders. Mostly young folk and they've are extremely enthusiastic. Join the Birding Tanzania Facebook group and you...
  23. SteveClark

    Bird song Dodoma, Tanzania

    Striped Kingfisher sounds very close.
  24. SteveClark

    Bird song Dodoma, Tanzania

    I think Grey Tit-Flycatcher (Fraseria plumbea) - sometimes called Lead-coloured Flycatcher and Myioparus plumbeus. Check out the calls on Xeno-canto (Grey Tit-Flycatcher (Myioparus plumbeus) :: xeno-canto).
  25. SteveClark

    Advice on a birding trip in Uganda

    It is totally possible to do Uganda without a birdng tour guide. We self-drove to many of the birding spots in 2016-17 and only occasionally hired guides. These were mostly in national parks such as Kibale and Bwindi where driving is not an option. In parks with dangerous creatures the rule...
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