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Recent content by Val35

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    State of Hirundine passage this Spring?

    In Corsica, the migration watchpoint on the east coast recorded this spring : 160178 barn swallows (259670 last spring) 19066 house martins (21602 last spring) 37 red rumped swallows (100 last spring) Overall it's quite worrying, especially for barn swallows...
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    Shots of birds, taken with your pocket camera

    I have a few pics of birds taken with my phone, sometimes phone + binoculars ;) White Stork, Batumi Dunlins and Broad Billed Sandpiper (Georgia) Laughing Dove, Tbilissi Young Bearded Vulture, Corsica Leucistic Sparrow, Istanbul White Winged Black Tern and Great Ringed Plover, Corsica...
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    Harrier, Corsica

    Thanks, I asked 2 local birders with experience on both species, they also lean towards 2cy Pallid. One of the participants managed to get an underwing shot as the bird briefly took off, I'll upload it here when he sends it to me.
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    Harrier, Corsica

    Ok, I assumed it lacked this dark neck-side because it was transitioning into adult plumage...
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    Harrier, Corsica

    Hello, I spotted this harrier today in Corsica while guiding a bird walk for the local birdwatching group. I would make it a Pallid but not entirely sure, both Pallid and Montagu's were reported from this area during the past few days. Thanks !
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    Bird seen in Lanzarote, Teguise

    Seebohm's should have completely black throat.
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    What are the most interesting wildlife that you've seen in YOUR HOUSE?

    -Turkish and Moorish geckos (they are mostly on the outside walls but occasionally wander inside). -A juvenile Western Whip Snake -Tyrrhenian Painted Frog -Mediterranean Flycatcher -One of the Plecotus Long Eared bats (probably P.austriacus) took refuge for a day behind the shutters :)
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    Assistance please - some sort of heron? Brisbane Australia March 24

    Juvenile Striated Heron I think :)
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    Five South African birds

    1.Yellow Billed Kite 2.Immature Martial Eagle 3.African Palm Swift 4.Adult Martial Eagle Not sure about the last one...
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    Which parts of CR to visit?

    Yes, I think it's 7am during dry season, that's why it's important to stay at an hotel with birdy gardens/have back up sites for early morning that don't have specific opening times ! Thanks for the tip on Cerro Lodge ! I wasn't aware of this at all ! And thanks for the offer on Arenal, I'll...
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    Which parts of CR to visit?

    Preparing a trip to CR myself and from what I read Carara is indeed much better than Manuel Antonio... Scarlet Macaws seem virtually guaranted there. In Carara NP there are trails around the NP headquarters and also one more trail north from the NP HQ (Sendero La Meandrica) both are apparently...
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    Goshawk? Berlin

    Yes Goshawk :)
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    Malaga, S Spain. Tern

    Isn't bill a little long for a Common Tern ? It does look like one of the yellow billed terns to me...
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    Which Phylloscopus? Morocco, Agadir, yesterday

    Ok ! Not familiar with Iberian Chiffchaff...but several articles seem (as this one for example : Iberian Chiffchaff identification: the state of the art — subalpinebirding) seem to suggest that there is some overlap regarding pp length between the two species. But yes, I agree, this is most...
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    Which Phylloscopus? Morocco, Agadir, yesterday

    Chiffchaff for me (they do hover)... Edit : could also be an Iberian Chiffchaff based on range, some do look very much like Chiffchaffs but are impossible to tell apart in the field unless they sing...
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