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    From my Manhattan Window

    I was thinking of you the other day, wondering how you were getting on. If plans had gone ahead I would be lurking around the feeders in Central Park today but our visit to see our daughter and family in Manhattan has obviously been curtailed. Our September visit is obviously still in doubt but...
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    Idiots guide to driving in Israel

    Excellent advice. I normally go direct to Eilat in March/April for the spring migration and hiring a car there is slightly less problematic. I use a GPS app on my phone when I'm there, either Google maps or Waze. The latter was written by a Israeli team and I find easier to use. One of them (I...
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    From my Manhattan Window

    Back in NYC from Callicoon, only saw a white breasted nuthatch there! Got what I think is a palm warbler last Friday in Central Park plus a few others. I’m going back to the Park tomorrow which is our last day in the US. The fall colours were disappointing in the Catskills but were nicer on the...
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    From my Manhattan Window

    Many thanks for the details, haven’t had much of a chance to get out birding yet, we seem to be doing a lot of babysitting! I’m going on the Friday morning conducted bird walk in Central Park so should be interesting, did dog and baby walking duties in Carl Schurtz Park yesterday, no sign there...
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    From my Manhattan Window

    Thanks for that Arthur.
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    From my Manhattan Window

    Very encouraging to read this, there seem to be a good lot of species around at the moment. We're going over to NYC next Tuesday to stay with daughter and family in Manhattan and I intend to join the bird walk next Friday. I did it last December and it was a bit sparse for species. They have a...
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    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'DSC078461'

    @Stanley Jones, is the Eastern Wood-Pewee the same as the Acadian Flycatcher?
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    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'DSC078461'

    Thanks for the replies. Callicoon is in New York State and is part of Sullivan County. it is next to the Delaware River. My daughter and son-in law have a cabin there (they live in NYC) and we visit there frequently from the UK. I now have three tentative id's for this bird which is common on...
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    Callicoon July 2018 I'm unable to identify this bird.
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    Eilat, Israel earlier this week.

    Thanks for the replies, a chiffchaff with a shadow it is.
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    Eilat, Israel earlier this week.

    I'm sure they're not, the bird was in the open with nothing above it as I recall.
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    Eilat, Israel earlier this week.

    Eilat 2017 by mack100, on Flickr Is this a chiffchaff? I'm confused by the head markings. Thanks for looking.
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    Large duck on lake in France

    Thanks very much for that info.
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    Large duck on lake in France

    Seen by a lake in Gigny sur Saone, Burgundy.
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    Benfits(?) of upgradig fromCanon 300 f4 is to 300 f2.8 isi

    Superb upper body muscle definition for a start. The 2.8 is superbly sharp and takes a 1.4 TC better IMHO than the F4 not just because of the extra stop but there is less image degradation. The extra stop comes into its own in AF speed but also there seems to be less hunting with the 2.8 when in...
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