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    RFI: Rosy Finch feeders near Georgetown

    Hi, I'm heading over to Winter Park on a ski trip over Christmas / New Year, and have got one day free to do some birding. Main aim will be to try to find Rosy Finches, hopefully all 3 species but I can't travel more than about an hour from Winter Park. Doors anyone know of any currently...
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    Nemrut Dagi (near Malatya)

    Hi Does anyone know the earliest that Red-tailed (Kurdish) Wheatear (Oenanthe xanthoprymna) could be reasonably expected at this site please? Thanks.
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    Birding near Beijing

    Hello A friend and I will have an afternoon and evening in Beijing on Saturday 24th June 2011, during a stop over on the way to Xining. We are hoping to be able to go up to Huairou to look for the Ibisbills there, and hopefully see some other good birds as well. Are there any Beijing birders...
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    Sardinia in April

    Thinking of making a short trip to Sardinia 2 - 4 April to hopefully look for: Ashy-headed Wagtail - Motacilla flava cinereocapilla Moltoni's Warbler - Sylvia (cantillans) moltonii Spotted Flycatcher - Muscicapa striata tyrrhenica Am I likely to be too early for these birds? Thanks, Gruff
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    Pro Bird Guides

    Hi Can anyone give me details please of any pro guides operating in the following areas of SA: Memel Underberg / Sani Pass / Creighton Oribi Gorge / Port Shepstone Ongoye Forest Mkuze / St Lucia / Bonamanzi Many thanks, Gruff
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    Visit to Southern California - Sept 2010

    Hi everyone I may be visiting Southern California from Wales for a week at the beginning of September 2010. This would be a family trip, based in Santa Monica, but I will have a rental car and don;t mind travelling in search of birds. I would really appreciate your views on the likelihood of...
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    Info for a NZ visit - Oct 10

    Hi Hoping to visit NZ on a birding trip in october 2010. Planning proceeding quite well, but I would be extremely grateful for any answers to the following, please: 1. Brown Kiwi - Does anyone know if Kerry Oates is still doing guided tours for Brown Kiwi near Ohakune? If so, do you have a...
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    ID help - female Ficedula flycatcher

    On a recent trip to Southern Morocco, I came across a female Ficedula flycatcher which I would appreciate some help in identifying. The bird was seen on 3 May at the well known Scrub Warbler stakeout near Errachidia. It was presumably on migration, as it was in a couple of isolated acacia...
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    Morocco - flycatcher ID

    On a recent trip to Southern Morocco, I came across a female Ficedula flycatcher which I would appreciate some help in identifying. The bird was seen on 3 May near Errachidia. It was presumably on migration, as it was in a couple of isolated acacia bushes in an area of very dry desert. I...
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    Saharan Olivaceous Warbler - Hippolais pallida reiseri

    Hi Anyone know where I might be able to get hold of a recording of the above taxon, please? Thanks, Gruff Dodd
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    Tristram's Warbler

    I'm heading to Morocco for a long weekend's birding at the beginning of May 2010, covering the area between Marrakech and Boumalne des Dades. I've managed to find excellent info on most of my target species, but I'm struggling to identify reliable sites for Tristram's Warbler in this area at...
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    Jozani Forest, Zanzibar

    Hi I may be on Zanzibar for a few days in September 2010. Does anyone know where I might be able to get hold of a checklist of birds at Jozani Forest, Zanzibar? Thanks, Gruff
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    RFI: Reed Buntings in Andalucia

    Sorry to bother you again with another RFI, but does anyone have any info on where to find Reed Buntings of the subspecies witherbyi in Western Andalucia, please? I may be taking a long weekend to Sevilla in mid-February, and would like to try to catch up with this form during the trip, but I...
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    Toscana

    Hi Can anyone recommend any good sites for the following birds in the Pisa - Firenze area, please: Ashy-headed Wagtail - Motacilla flava cinereocapilla Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler - Sylvia (cantillans) moltonii Reed Bunting - Emberiza schoeniclus Thinking about a short trip in mid-April...
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    RFI: Rufous Bushchat

    Hi Thinking about a long weekend trip to southern Spain weekend of 17th April 2010 to look for this bird. If anyone could help with the following, I'd be extremely grateful: 1. Am I likely to be too early for this species, or will they be around by then? 2. I read somewhere about a spot...
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    Moltoni's Warbler - Sylvia (cantillans) moltonii

    Is anyone able to explain to me, in non-scientific terms (I'm not a scientist / ornithologist) why this taxon has not been split by now, but is still considered part of Subalpine Warbler, please? I kind of understood this approach, under BSC at least, when it was considered to be a...
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    Rfi: Oregon In September

    Hi all Thinking about a short birding visit to Oregon later this year, and am trying to get an idea of what birds I have a chance of seeing. My visit would be in early September, probably second week. I have a potential target list I am working through, but while I’ve been able to get some...
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    RFI Eastern North America

    Hi all Hoping some of you can give me some advice, please. I have the possibility fo a short trip to NA later this year, and I'm having trouble deciding where to go. It will only be 4 days duration, probably in the second week of September. Given the time constraints, I'd prefer not to spend...
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    RFI: Subalpine Warbler in Mallorca

    Hi Anyone out there know a good reliable site for Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans) on Mallorca? Thanks, GRUFF DODD
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    RFI: "Greenland" Northern Wheatear near Reykjavik

    Hi Looks like I may have a chance of a long weekend visit to Iceland in early August 2009. This would be a strictly non-birding trip, as I would be going with some non-birding friends, and probably restricted in the most part to Reykjavik, other than the drive over from Keflavik, and one...
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    RFI: Cinereous Bunting on Lesvos

    Hi I may just have half a chance of a day trip to Lesvos in early July 2009, while on a family sun holiday on the mainland. Not exactly the ideal way to experience the birding delights of Lesvos, but I was outvoted in terms of destination, and I'm therefore going to have to settle for it until...
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    RFI: White-backed Woodpecker in Bulgaria

    Hi Can anyone out there provide me with information on reliable places to look for White-backed Woodpecker (race lilfordi) in Bulgaria, please. Might have a chance of a long weekend there later this year, and this is my main target bird. From what I've read, the Strandja NP area near...
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    Sweden

    Hello A friend and I will be making a 4 day birding trip to Sweden between 25 - 28 May 2007. We will arrive in and depart from Nykoping and will be birding our way northwards through Vastmanland, Uppland, Gastrikland and Halsingland to Sundsvall, from where we will drive inland through...
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    Southern Finland

    My friend and may have the chance to visit Southern Finland (starting and ending in Tampere from 3 - 5 November 2006), and if the trip goes ahead we would love to try to see Hazelhen, Pygmy Owl and Willow Grouse. Are there any birders from that area on this list who might be willing to try to...
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    European Bird Guides

    Hi Anyone have contact details for any pro bird guides in any of the following places?: Southern Sweden Southern Finland Czech Republic Slovakia Thanks in advance.
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