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    Another unidentified bird, Wild Sumaco, Ecuador

    A small, sharp-billed bird feeding on fruits in the orchard behind Wild Sumaco on July 19th. In company with several species of tanager and Purple Honeycreepers. Reminiscent of the flowerpeckers of south-east Asia. It was seen only briefly.
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    Unidentified bird, Wild Sumaco, Ecuador

    Shots taken early morning of July 20th this year. The light was poor, but the pictures are OK. The most notable feature was the extremely short tail, so short that I briefly considered an Antpitta. The bird was visiting the moth trap at Wild Sumaco in the very early morning. Other birds present...
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    Papallacta

    I'm planning to go to Guanjo, then San Isidro and Wild Sumaco this July. I see that Papallacta is on the way from Quito to Guanjo, and has Seedsnipe, Jameson's Snipe etc. Is it an easy side trip? Do I need to give half a day or so to this area? Is the best spot the Radio antenna (as ebird...
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    Sylvia in Tuscany, Italy

    Rather nondescript sylvia sp. in a garden near Bagni de Lucca, in Italy. It posed briefly on a branch, but then disappeared never to return. Of the birds within range, the most likely seems to be Spectacled Warbler, but it appears to be altogether too bland....
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    Aquila ID question

    Photographed in Patancheru, Telangana, India. Being mobbed by a (much smaller) Bonelli's Eagle.
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    Gull ID, Luxor, Egypt

    This medium-sized gull was flying up the Nile near Crocodile Island, Luxor on 30 March. At first I though Black-headed Gull, but it seemed a little heavy. I'm thinking Grey-headed Gull, but I'd like another opinion. I'm assuming 1st winter, but in the process of moulting into summer plumage...
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    Sandpiper in The Philippines

    On 10 October this year I found a Sandpiper in the rice fields at IRRI in The Philippines. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper are regular but uncommon in The Philippines on passage, but Pectoral Sandpiper are as yet unrecorded from the country. Assuming it was a juvenile Sharp-tailed Sandpiper I only took a...
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