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    Bird feather identification please from Yorkshire , England

    Little egret seems like the best candidate. See: Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) - Feathers on featherbase.info Especially: https://media.featherbase.info/images/images5/010006_full.jpg
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    Bird id help

    Perfect. Thanks for tidying up the loose ends, Frank.
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    Bird id help

    It's a male Golden Pheasant neck feather. It could come from a bird collection or have been purchased for hobby use, so it may not indicate a bird living wild locally. https://www.birdforum.net/gallery/golden-head.363374/
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    I found this bundle or feathers at a garage sale. ID help

    They are peafowl flight feathers: Indian peafowl.
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    Feather id ? Speckled wispy feather, location near Alabama US

    It might just be an Indian Peafowl wing feather. I have one (14 inches) for craft use that has some similarities and you can get the general idea from this pic from the Gallery: Indian peafowl. Maybe abrasion rather than a feather designed for silent flying?
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    lanzarote fish horrible photo

    It looks like it could be a Saupe (Sarpa salpa). Sometimes called a Dreamfish as eating it can induce hallucinations.
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    Feathers Point Clear, Essex, UK

    They are from a Moorhen. Check out: Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) - Feathers on featherbase.info
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    January 1st joint Birdforum list (2023 edition)

    I can contribute Tawny Owl for the UK - a pair calling just after midnight were my first birds of 2023.
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    Do birds have different alarm calls depending on the threat?

    Our local House Martins have different calls for different birds of prey. For the Hobby , which they are very wary of, the alarm is coupled with a general tactic of going high in a tight flock and staying above the circling hobby - occasionally so high that I have lost sight of them and their...
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    Bird Feather ID (Staffordshire UK)

    I'd say it's a female Common Pheasant feather. Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) - Feathers on featherbase.info
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    Whistling at night

    Do you have Sika deer in the vicinity? Their alarm call is very like a human whistling. I've disturbed them at dusk and into dark and their sudden shrill whistle up close is enough to make you jump out of your skin!
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    January 1st joint Birdforum list (2018 edition)

    Bunnies only if you were on Portland... Can add rabbit and brown hare from Herts.
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    January 1st joint Birdforum list (2018 edition)

    For the UK I can chip in two new ones from my short walk in Herts today. Ring-necked Parakeet Raven
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    Birdguides new system

    Loving the 'Mega Alert' email that arrived at 5.19pm today for...Yellow-billed Cuckoo on Scilly. Probably not the best bird to choose to roll out the service...
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    House martins landing in a bush to feed

    I have noticed our local house martins drop in on a tree en masse. It appears to be the young of the year, especially when at the time when they begin flocking on telegraph wires. It seems no more than a once a year thing and I've seen it perhaps 10 times in the past 20 years. Last year they all...
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