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    Petrels/shearwaters? Mallorca

    Thanks, shearwaters are a group I have no clue about! The first 3 pics were close together in time, as were the next 2, but I couldn't tell you how many individuals were involved - getting the birds in my viewfinder was hard enough! I think I saw at least 4 shearwater-type birds on the trip. I...
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    ID help please - Foulshaw Moss UK

    Skylark was my first thought for what it's worth.
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    Kestrels, Mallorca

    Just wondering if all of these are just Common Kestrels, or if any of them have a chance of being Lesser... 1-3 on the main church in Alcudia old town, 26th May. When it flew (just as I was pressing the button, hence the tail-end-only pic), it struck me as very pale underneath, and the inner...
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    Nightingale? Albufera Mallorca

    Great, thanks! By far the clearest and most definite sighting I've had of one.
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    Birds of prey, Mallorca

    This one was flying over Port de Soller on the 31st. On its own, so size was hard to judge. Another Booted, or something different?
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    Large heron, Albufera Mallorca

    Great! I was obviously hoping for a Purple, and trying to convince myself that the bill looked longer and thinner than a typical Grey Heron's, but mindful of how birds can look different in different climate/habitat...
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    Nightingale? Albufera Mallorca

    This was in the tall pine trees near the visitor centre on 30th May. I have a few more photos, but very similar to these. Its singing didn't seem particularly melodious or sophisticated, but it was LOUD! Size wise it seemed maybe slightly bigger than a sparrow - definitely bigger than the...
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    Large heron, Albufera Mallorca

    I saw this heron circling around fairly high, from one of the long paths between hides at the Albufera wetlands on 30th May 2024. These were all the photos I got and I didn't see it land. It was the only large heron I saw that day (though there were many Little Egrets, Cattle Egrets and Glossy...
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    Birds of prey, Mallorca

    I did wonder about a dark morph Booted for the second bird, but it seemed proportioned very differently to me - longer and slimmer wings, more slender overall. (Though as I said there may have been another bird, possibly a falcon sp, that I saw but didn't photograph, confusing matters - but I...
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    Petrels/shearwaters? Mallorca

    All these were seen from a coastal boat trip between Sa Colabra and Port de Soller (north coast of Mallorca where the Tramuntana mountains come straight down to the sea, with high cliffs and very few coves/harbours) on 31st May 2024. I have no idea what any of them are, and not necessarily...
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    Birds of prey, Mallorca

    27th May 2024, Boquer Valley near Pollensa, Mallorca. There were (at least) 2 different smaller birds of prey mobbing a Cinereous Vulture - the vulture was soaring fairly constantly, but the smaller birds came out from the cliffs for briefer periods. One looked quite pale and fairly "chunky"...
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    Grebe-like bird next to pied cormorant - Sydney, Australia

    I see another cormorant - though it seems to have an oddly short bill (could be an optical illusion/photo artefact?) Not Pied C given the all-black neck, so maybe Little Black? And a coot in front of them...
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    Bird - Brussels city centre

    I think the only certain one is the cormorant! But... - #1 looks like a feral pigeon to me. I think the apparent raptor bill in the second photo is caused by head angle and photo artefacts. Also I can half convince myself that I can see the "checkerboard" pattern in the upper wings. - #2 could...
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    Hello. Skagit Valley, WA - Gyrfalcon maybe

    Yes, a "grey ghost" male Northern Harrier, with its long tail in a convenient hole in the ground! If you squint you can just about see the harrier facial disk.
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    Ueno Park Japan Heron Identification Help

    Black-crowned Night Heron and Grey Heron
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