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  1. Aladdin

    Twite in Latvia yesterday

    Dear Members and Bird Watchers! Looking for birds in Riga and this bird showed up. I grabbed my phone to report a Dunnock in my eBird app. But something was wrong and I never reported the bird. Dunnock have a plain chest and this bird is spotted. I checked up the bird and for me it looks like...
  2. Aladdin

    Common Buzzard - Latvia yesterday

    Dear Members and bird watchers! This bird is ID as a Common Buzzard because of the brown wing with white feathers and the black band. Anyone disagree? The second picture, I throw it in risking to make a total tit out of myself. Was on a sand hill, size like a blackbird. But when I should...
  3. Aladdin

    Sedge Warbler in south of Swedish

    Dear Members and Bird Watchers! Warblers in America is very beautiful and colourful. The Americans told me that they wanted to come to Europe to watch warblers and I told them that they are all looking the same, grey / greenish and a pain in the ... to ID. I had no luck with the Black Stork...
  4. Aladdin

    Garden Warbler? South of Sweden yesterday

    Dear Members and Bird watchers! I have attached a recording that I think is a Garden Warbler. I did see Willow Warblers in the area, but it sounds different from my recording from the other day Kind Regards and Happy Birding Aladdin
  5. Aladdin

    European Bee-eater + ? in Sweden this morning

    Dear Members and Bird Watchers! I went ti look for European Bee-eaters nesting in the South of Sweden. There were 2 pairs and I got some pictures. I got a recording of one Willow Warbler and after several tries I got the European Bee-eaters. There was a lot of other birds on the recording as...
  6. Aladdin

    Warbler? South of Sweden 25 May 2024

    Dear Members and Bird watchers! I recorded this bird yesterday evening at Lake Ringsjön in the south of Sweden. For me it sounds like a warbler, but which one? Kind Regards and Happy Birding Aladdin
  7. Aladdin

    Common Chaffinch? Sweden 21 May 2024

    Dear Members and Bird Watchers! I have attached 3 recordings. I have ID the birds as Common Chaffinch, anyone that disagree with me? Would be appreciated! Kind Regards and Happy Birding Aladdin
  8. Aladdin

    Common Cuckoo in Sweden yesterday - Background birds

    Dear Members and Birdwatchers! I recorded one Common Cuckoo in Southern Sweden yesterday. There were two of them flying between the trees. Anyway, that was the only birds I could see so my eBird check list was not very impressive. But there is a lot of birds singing in the background and I am...
  9. Aladdin

    Greater Sandplover (Now I have learned the Tibetan) - Bangkok this very afternoon

    Back home from Bang Pu and I spotted big groups of Tibetan Sandplovers. I learned about the Tibetan in my previous thread here on birdforum, so thanks for that. Picture X-1, it is clearly Tibetan sandplovers I studied the birds and it was fun to see all the different plumages. I have studied...
  10. Aladdin

    Lesser Sand Plover Bangkok April 2024

    Dear Members and Bird Watchers! I was checking out the mud flats yesterday and I spotted several plovers. I had no idea on what plover it could be. Back home and I checked my books, Lesser Sandplover - Charadrius mongolis and the Greater Sandplover I ID the bird as a Lesser Sandplover because...
  11. Aladdin

    Collared Scops Owl - South of Thailand this afternoon

    Dear Members and Bird Watchers! I was visiting Ai Kai tempel and as usually I had my eBird app running just in case I run in to something interesting. Going back to my car and I had two Common Myna and three Eurasian Tree Sparrows. Nothing to be impressed about. Walking back to the car and I...
  12. Aladdin

    Xiushan in China - Taiwan Strait

    Dear Members and Bird Watchers! Today I had a bird landing in front of me on the boat. One meter away and I got a good look, but I never had time to reach for my camera. It was looking like a black bird, but black bill and the belly was roufus, brownish/ redish. I cannot find the bird in any...
  13. Aladdin

    Indian Ocean - 560 km NW of Australia/ Kingfisher

    Dear Members and Bird watchers! Indian Ocean - 560 km NW of Australia Yes, I was recovering from my falcon action when suddenly there was a Kingfisher landing on one of the rails on deck. I spotted one Kingfisher yesterday, it was too dark for pictures (pictures 1 + 2) Sacred Kingfisher was...
  14. Aladdin

    Indian Ocean - 560 km NW of Australia/ Falcon

    Dear Members and Bird watchers! Indian Ocean - 560 km NW of Australia Two days ago and had been waiting for birds for a few hours with nothing. I was feed up and I turned around to clean my tea cup. When I turn around there are two White-tailed Tropicobirds over deck, but I miss to take...
  15. Aladdin

    Perth, Australia - Booby

    Dear Members and Bird watchers! Coming in from behind, flying low. I just give it a quick glimpse and thinking another Crested Tern with white body and grey/ black mottled wings. Flying low should have alert me, I never see any Tern flying low like this. I notice that the bird is very big just...
  16. Aladdin

    Indian Ocean - 360 km W of Australia

    Dear Members and Bird Watchers Indian Ocean - Cuvier Abyssal Plain - About 360 kn west of North West Cape in Australia I have followed Butty's advice, not to do it in TOPAZ. So both original and the TOPAZ version attached. And Butty was right, what a difference! Problem might be that I...
  17. Aladdin

    Shearwater - 550km south of Christmas Island, Ibdian Ocean

    Dear members and Bird Watchers! I am about 550km south of the Christmas Island and I spotted a group of birds, about 20 moving fast. I managed to get a few pictures. The birds are far away so not very good pictures. And I had to use Topaz Megapixel to blow up the pictures. I am pretty sure it...
  18. Aladdin

    Paddyfield Pipit, Bangkok yesterday morning

    Dear Members and Bird Watchers! I ID the attached bird as a Paddyfield Pipit, but turned out that it was a FIRST SEEN so I post it here just to make sure Kind Regards and Happy Birding Aladdin
  19. Aladdin

    Samut Prakan, Bangkok earlier this morning

    Dear Members and Bird watches! I was out looking for birds this morning and I was exploring an area with fish ponds. I have seen a few birds, but I ran in to trouble with the ID for three of them. Picture 1) I have no idea, a wag tail that will be yellow. I think it might be a Eastern Yellow...
  20. Aladdin

    Terns in Bangkok yesterday

    Dear Members and Bird Watchers! Attached picture is of two terns and I have ID them as: The tern in the back, Whiskered Tern The tern in the front, Common Tern The common tern, I would not be surprised to find out that it is a Whiskered Tern coming longer in the moulting to breeding plumage...
  21. Aladdin

    Brahminy Kite / Juvenile - Bangkok earlier this morning

    Dear Members and Bird Watchers! Just back home from the mangroves in Bang Pu, Bangkok. I have seen many Brahminy Kites in Thailand and they are easy to ID. Never seen any here in Bang Pu. But this bird, I can only ID the bird as a juvenile. I was busy with hundreds of gulls and terns when I...
  22. Aladdin

    Citrine Wagtail - Northern Thailand - 2 days ago

    Dear Members and Bird Watchers! My last question from my birding tour to Chiang Rai. Bangkok area and I seen many Yellow Wagtails in the rice paddies. I have many pictures, young or old, they have dark coloured cheeks. I spotted one bird with yellow head and a greyish cap. No Yellow Wagtails...
  23. Aladdin

    Pied Bushchat female in Chiang Rai, Thailand - 2 days ago

    Dear Members and Bird Watchers! I have ID the attached picture as an female Pied Bushchat based on the vent and tail. The remaining body looks like a Pied Female as well, but the lightning can be confusing. Is this ID correct? The second picture is a bird I spent some time with but I never...
  24. Aladdin

    Chinese White Wagtail / Chiang Rai yesterday

    Dear Members and Bird Watchers! Attached pictures, is a white wagtail. I discovered that there was a lot of options when I was report the birds in eBird. I looked at my charts over White wagtails that I found on Wikipedia a few years ago, see attached. With the help of this chart I ID the...
  25. Aladdin

    Himalayan Long-tailed Shrike - Chiang Rai yesterday

    Happy New Year all Members and Bird Watchers! Sitting in a boat looking for birds on Kok River in Chiang Rai I had this bird sitting in the reeds, refusing to show the full head and I took many pictures, trying to whistle at the bird. I tried everything and this is the picture with the bird...
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