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Common buttonquail?Gambia,Nov '17
ah yes! I think you're right. If I hadnt had such great views of the sandgrouse a couple of nights later i'd be really pleased with that!!!! cheers- happylimpet
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Common buttonquail?Gambia,Nov '17
Just a single shot here, taken with the flash at dusk. Assumed a pigeon at first, but buttonquail seems a better fit to the black primaries etc. Welcome any thoughts!- happylimpet
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Mystery distant challenge, Gambia
or maybe its just a weaver....- happylimpet
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Mystery distant challenge, Gambia
and some more...- happylimpet
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Mystery distant challenge, Gambia
On a tree top by the river at Tendaba camp, Gambia, Nov. '17. Tough I know. Pretty sure about the red on top of head (if was CA in the camera then it would be visible on the leaves too). But only birds with red on top of the head seem to be woodpeckers, and this looks passerine.- happylimpet
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Terns/gulls, Gambia,Tendaba,Nov'17
Thanks folks, much appreciated. The birds are at essentially the same distance, on a small pond some distance away with a 400mm lens, so sizes can be compared. I suppose I was most intrigued by, aside from the size difference, the apparent lack of a dark eye stripe on the 4th pic where the head...- happylimpet
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Terns/gulls, Gambia,Tendaba,Nov'17
come on folks!!!! dont be beaten by this!!!- happylimpet
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Terns/gulls, Gambia,Tendaba,Nov'17
Hello. So, gull-billed tern, black-headed gull? and the small one in the middle? Help me!!!! On a marshy area a mile or so inland from Tendaba camp.- happylimpet
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Bird of prey, Gambia
Thanks chaps - that seems to make sense, though it looks darker on the underwing than I'd expect. Probbaly just a lighting thing.- happylimpet
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Bird of prey, Gambia
Buggered if I can figure this out. Terrible picture, sorry. I think I did a 'brighten shadows' thing in photoshop on one of them. Was taken somewhere like Georgetown (Janjanbureh) - somewhere up river, maybe further. November 2017- happylimpet
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Warbler, near Lukla, Nepal - Mar'17
You're probably right! C'est la vie.- happylimpet
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Warbler, near Lukla, Nepal - Mar'17
These are my only shots - two desperate snaps just as we entered Lukla - so didnt see the crown, sorry.- happylimpet
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Rosefinch, near Lukla, Nepal, Mar'17
Hi Andy - thanks for the quick reply! I also wondered that, but the male shows a much plainer breast in the book. However would this be explained by it not being in full breeding plumage?- happylimpet
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Warbler, near Lukla, Nepal - Mar'17
Two duff shots - greenish? Single wing bar, biggish (orange/yellow -but not black) bill, head pattern suggest it to me....- happylimpet
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Rosefinch, near Lukla, Nepal, Mar'17
At an altitude of ~2800m- happylimpet
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