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  1. Jeff Woad

    What kind of sandpiper/sanderling? Santiago, Galapagos

    Ken, I too can see the 'spatulate shape' you refer to, but alas this is like one of those optical illusions where you can perceive things more than one way. What you are perceiving to be the front right (as we look at it) of a spatulate bill, is actually the base of the lower mandible. What you...
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    at last the shell guide british birds

    As a novice 80s YOC member the Shell Guide was also excellent as the UK/Ire only map gave you a more accurate idea of distribution here (compared to squinting at maps in European guides), and in particular the seasonal numbers an idea of scarcity.
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    Nashville Warbler?

    Looks good for Nashville with the apparent strength of eye-ring on grey and all yellow underparts. JW
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    Terrible! camera phone picture, taken in a back yard, Oregon USA.

    Surely its a Cheshire Cat...
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    Beachy Head BOP

    Did you not get an impression at the time through your bins? JW
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    Plain Swift - Tenerife (Covert birding)

    Hi Stuart, I just returned from Tenerife (S side) and did have bins. Plain Swifts were very common around the hotel complex and over most of the island, and your description perfectly fits how they appear with the naked eye. JW
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    Difficulty identifying a bird - Nova Scotia

    Try looking at Spruce Grouse images. JW
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    San Francisco birding suggestions

    This blog looks quite useful: https://goldengateaudubon.org/birding-resources/birding-information/birding-site/ JW
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    Garden/Yard List 2022

    Could it possibly be that in such low quality images, detail is being lost? Even in your chosen picture there is a darker line between the eye and the bill, just shown more clearly in the one I chose. Still, just my humble thoughts. I would be recording this as Mute Swan. Happy birding Ken. JW
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    Garden/Yard List 2022

    Here Ken, does this help? But I realise now there's no point discussing with you. Not sure why you posted on a forum really.
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    Garden/Yard List 2022

    Because it appears to show the chunk of black between the eye and bill base that you said was not remotely in evidence. Apologies if I have orchestrated an alternative view to your own, I should have known better than to get involved.
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    Garden/Yard List 2022

    I disagree. Even with the awful image quality which I am loathe to draw any firm conclusion from, how can this be deemed as more likely Whooper than Mute?
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    Potential Goosander? UK

    Goosander it is. Neat demarcation between 'red' head and chest helps separate from Merganser. JW
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    Small Wader, Essex UK 26/11

    Looks good for a Grey Plover JW
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    Sandvicensis with a strange shape (Portugal - November 2022)

    I suspect what Miguel means is, what is trailing behind the bird? - it does look like something is hanging off the back end, but I think it is just the tail photographed at a particular angle. JW
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