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  1. the oilbird

    Grey Bird in Panama

    Looks like a male Western Slaty Antshrike
  2. the oilbird

    Dutch Harbor & Tolsona Campground

    Very sad to hear about the owls, i had an enjoyable evening watching them about 3 weeks ago. For the pelagic trip from Dutch Harbour - I went on a pelagic with Jeff Hancock (Aleutian Adventure Sports - www.aleutianadventure.com) out to the baby islands a couple of weeks ago. He did a whole day...
  3. the oilbird

    Grey-backed Storm-Petrel? - Tasmania

    Having another look at this after yesterdays brief view and response. If james could post a larger image I think it would help, any other images would also be useful... Really cant see this as a storm-petrel, just looks all wrong to me, particuarly when compared to James's two other photos of...
  4. the oilbird

    Grey-backed Storm-Petrel? - Tasmania

    Looks like a catharactus skua to me....so much much bigger than a storm-petrel! Bit hard to tell from the small photo and the angle but looks like a brown skua sp, or possibly a south polar?
  5. the oilbird

    FZ38 vs TZ7/8/10

    I'd agree with the Canon G series recommendation, think its up to G11 now? I have the G9 and its an excellent pocket camera, and I got it for many of the reasons you mention. its as close to a DSLR as you can get in a compact, lots of nice features. Do note though, if you take RAW on it you...
  6. the oilbird

    Boats Japan to Fiji or vice versa?

    Hi, I was trying to find out if it was possible to travel between Japan and Fiji by boat? It doesnt matter which direction the trip is in, or if it is a cruise ship or ferry. My interest is in trying to see seabirds enroute. This doesnt seem to be a regular route for standard cruises, and...
  7. the oilbird

    Grouse and owls around Ottawa, Canada in Sept/Oct?

    I had put this on the Geographical Section for Canada, but haven't had any responses so thought I'd try here to see if anyone out there has any handy hints. Posts: 139 Grouse and owls around Ottawa in Sept/Oct? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
  8. the oilbird

    Grouse and owls around Ottawa in Sept/Oct?

    Hi, I've got a work trip to Ottawa for a week at the end of September/beginning of October. I'd be keen to spend a few days before or after this to get out and see some owls and grouse, so I was hoping that people might be able to suggest some good sites for these species within a reasonable...
  9. the oilbird

    Tahiti petrel juvenile care. Help!

    Hi Tahiti, Sounds like an interesting pet to have! It would be worth contacting the Société Calédonienne d’Ornithologie who run a programme of releasing Tahiti Petrels that are attracted by lights in towns. http://www.sco.asso.nc/ Or try the BirdLife Pacific Regional Office 10 MacGregor...
  10. the oilbird

    Fea's and Zino's Petrels

    of course they could be feeding of the coast of the Falklands! ;-)
  11. the oilbird

    Panama, tanager, hummer and euphonia id

    Thanks for the thoughts, Sounds like Fulvous-vented for the Euphonia then. Black-striped Sparrow was also suggested by someone else for the Albino, but I would still favour Rufous-collared due to the location. Bay-headed Tanagers females can apparently look like this as well, so happy to go...
  12. the oilbird

    Panama, tanager, hummer and euphonia id

    Another trip to Panama, some more id posers... 1 & 2 Euphonia sp. taken at Cerro Azul, East of the Panama Canal, at around 800m altitude This looks good for a Fulvous-vented Euphonia Euphonia f. fulvicrissa, except it doesnt have the fulvous vent.... So I wondered about Yellow-crowned...
  13. the oilbird

    Brown booby? Anguilla

    Young red-footed booby's also have brown upperparts, though head and neck are generally paler than mantle. It would also show a darker bill, where as adult brown booby has a yellow bill as per your photo. This looks like a Brown Booby to me
  14. the oilbird

    seasick medication

    Stugeron definately works, but you need to take it about 3 hours before you go, so not ideal if your trip might be cancelled, and anyone I have ever known who has takne it has suffered from tiredness and nausea... As for the wrist bands, as one wise black country seawatcher once said to me "the...
  15. the oilbird

    Help IDing a Feather

    Looks like a couple of kestrel feathers I have
  16. the oilbird

    Pomarine or Parasitic Jaeger?

    The second photo certainly looks pretty good for a Pom I would have thought, looks seriously chunky. As Jane said be nice to see some barring. Distant skuas, and bad photos not a good combination for obtaining conclusive ID's in my experience.
  17. the oilbird

    Are these Leachs petrels? (Guatemala terrible pics)

    Hi Tom, Had a quick lookthrough the pics. Ive always found it pretty tough to get 100% ID on storm-petrels from small photos, still will add a couple of thoughts. Not sure which photos are of the same birds if any? i'd feel pretty confident none of them are Wilsons. I'd say that the 2nd and...
  18. the oilbird

    American warblers, Scillies, lack thereof

    All very interesting! So why were the mid 80's so good? What was different about those years that meant we got a bumper crop? Gulf stream, birders suddenly spent more time in the field for a few years, bumper breeding seasons?
  19. the oilbird

    Ultimate Pelagic

    PS Trip report with photos now avaliable here: http://www.freewebs.com/punkbirder/ultimatepelagic.htm
  20. the oilbird

    Ultimate Pelagic

    I joined this trip at the last minute and have a few comments to make about the general running of the trip. Firstly a look at the weather forcast before we left showed a large area of High pressure over Biscay and an East/N East wind suggesting it was never going to produce huge numbers of...
  21. the oilbird

    Canadian pelagics

    Ive never heard of any pelagic trips specifically, but there might be I guess. Loads of nice seabirds (auks mostly) breed west coast of Canada and northwards and I would imagine by August the majority of them would be leavign breeding sites, so sure that you would see some decent stuff from a...
  22. the oilbird

    Unidentified bird in RBCMA, Belize

    sounds like a male euphonia to me. Im not sure which species you get in Belize, but am familiar with some of the ones further south in Central America, the closest one would be white-vented Euphonia. My birds of panama book says it ranges from Mexico south so the range would fit? But in this...
  23. the oilbird

    Tern Species

    Another vote for common, the legs do look a little short, but all the rest of the features would point towards common rather than arctic. If this is a failed breeder from this year, the bill colour might be starting to darken already...
  24. the oilbird

    brown booby (sula leucogaster) subspecies

    cheers tom much appreciated, couple of young birds there.. Best ben
  25. the oilbird

    What's the most unusual bird you've seen on a seawatch?

    3 years doing pelagics off scilly produced some interesting stuff... all some 10 miles off the islands 2 grey herons Peregrine Knot Sanderling Ringed Plover Dunlin barwit whimbrel turnstone swift, swallow, sand and house martin Best though was a drenched willow warbler which landed on the...
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