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    vinaceous (amazon) parrot at urugua-i provincial park?

    Has anyone seen the Vinaceous Parrot at this park recently? Will be there in January. I stumbled across someone's post elsewhere that the bird was already extinct in Argentina but "Tucai Birding" has some great photos. I don't need a step by step if the location of any remaining birds is a...
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    upcoming trip Tokyo area

    Any of you folks still around? Will be visiting Tokyo for the first time for the Memorial Day long weekend. I have visited Kyoto before so I already have a few Japanese birds on my list but I would like to get more. Anyone wants to meet up, feel free to message me or tweet me. I have...
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    azure-winged magpie & japanese green woodpecker near tokyo?

    Hi folks, I will be in Tokyo in a few days for a brief visit. I have found Charlie Harper's info on the Japan local patch forum, and I have downloaded some possible sites, but I wonder if anyone had more recent information about where I might rather easily find Japanese Green Woodpecker and...
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    land bird Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia

    A decent-sized confiding bird that gave me good looks and the opportunity to snag a photo. Poking around under a bench on the Cliff Top Walk near the Three Sisters overlook. Probably an easy bird but for some reason I can't figure it out. Gray bird with a very noticeable brown cape on its...
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    ? prob. idiotic black thrush, Puna highlands, Bolivia

    No photo for this one on October 20, 2009, we repeatedly saw a thrush, often a singing male thrush, that looked remarkably like European Blackbird to me. This on the road from Cochabamba to Oruru through the treeless Puna Highlands. The guide thinks the English name might be Black Robin or...
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    ? woodpecker Zapoco Lake, Bolivia (nr. Concepcion)

    Folks, I apologize in advance for the poor photo. Drizzly, dark skies, and a tourist camera are my only excuses but I post it in hopes that it might help. There were actually two birds (I think male and female, differing amounts of red on the back of the head) that briefly flew in to work the...
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    YL/Casp Gull -- Istanbul, Turkey

    OK, one more puzzle from my visit to Turkey. Before I left on my trip, I read a trip report that indicated that these large gray-backed gulls that are such a visible presence in Istanbul are Caspian Gulls. Once I arrived and saw the birds, I realized that I do not understand why they are not...
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    rock nuthatch -- goreme, turkey

    Can I confirm that this is Western Rock Nuthatch? Sword Valley, in the Goreme National Park outside the town of Goreme, Anatolia, Turkey. Pairs were working the rocks. There were also pairs of Eurasian Nuthatches in the area. Thanks to anyone who can help.
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    countability of bird species in Oahu, Hawaii

    countability of bird species in Oahu, Hawaii ? Folks, I have recently returned from a brief visit to Oahu, Hawaii, and I have a few questions I'd like to throw out there. We saw Koloa at the Ka'elepulu Wetland Preserve, however, the guide mentioned that there is considerable hybridization...
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    Puerto Rico mid to late October

    Help! I have Herbert Raffaele's A guide to the Birds of Puerto RIco and the Virgin Islands. It has some bird-finding information in there in addition to the bird guide but despite its crisp new-looking condition it's dated 1989. Any more current suggestions/ideas out there? I'm leaving real...
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    Comma species ID help requested ?

    This comma species was seen in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada a few days ago. I believe it was in the Valley of the Five Lakes area. I have Kauffmann's butterfly guide, which is usually all I need combined with a clear photo, but for some reason I can't figure out which species I have...
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    repair/service for Swift Audubon 8x44?

    My husband's Swift Audubons have acquired water in one eyepiece and probably need some other service as well. Where do I send them? Or is this a case of it's better to just buy another pair?
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    landing in liberia, costa rica, early dec suggestions?

    Title says it all.
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    birding alberta in early september

    Any suggestions or hotspots or birds to look for? Will be visiting Banff and Jasper, possibly Drumheller and Brooks for the dinosaur stuff. If you know of any good spots in the area, share your secret.
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    Birding Kyoto help no field guide??????

    I have a great super-cheap airfare to Nagoya and (probably) a place to stay in Kyoto in late May. I'm now seeking information about the birding in the Kyoto area and, also, can it really be true that there is no field guide to the birds of Japan? What do I do? Ideas? If anyone can point me...
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    south farm, sherburne wildlife management area

    I am thinking ahead a few weeks and thought I would write a short post about this area where Wood Storks gather by the hundreds, as many as one thousand or more, in July and perhaps early August. South Farm is about 1.5 miles north of the I-10 Ramah exit in the Atchafalaya Basin. There are...
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    mockingbird chasing my kites

    I've had lots of Mississippi Kites around lately, and at least three times now I've seen a Mockingbird driving off a Kite. I thought the Kites just ate insects but the Mockingbird is not taking any chances. Hmmm...just as I'm typing this, it happened again. (My monitor has a big window behind...
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    Idaho

    Folks, I am by no means an expert in Idaho birding, however, since no one else has started the ball rolling, I will post a link to my trip report to the Snake River Bird of Prey Area: http://peachfront.diaryland.com/snakerivbrd.html If you want to see breeding birds of prey, I strongly...
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    arkansas

    I will be visiting Arkansas soon, mainly the Delta and the Hot Springs/Ouachita area. There should be plenty of time for birding. In the Delta area I plan to visit Lake Chicot, about which I've heard good things. When I come back, I'll post a report. For now, here is a link to the Arkansas...
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    lake martin, louisiana

    The spoonbills are courting at Lake Martin, Louisiana, and thousands of Great Egrets are working on their nests. Here is the story of my weekend trip: http://peachfront.diaryland.com/pinkspoons.html My pictures aren't on the level of you experts but maybe my photo albums will give you an idea...
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    Kenya

    I have a trip report and bird list of my trip in January 2004 with Bill Clark/Raptours online here: http://peachfront.diaryland.com/kenyapt1.html In two weeks, the tour group had 51 diurnal raptors, of which I saw 50. Well, I did see the 51st but just a blur as it flew away so I don't want...
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    Louisiana

    I will try to add some links for Louisiana birding. Here is our bird list: http://losbird.org/checklist.htm Despite what it says there, you no longer have to report Calliope Hummingbird; it is accepted on the official list now as of last December. I myself had the pleasure of hosting one...
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    netherlands birding ?

    In January I will be in Amsterdam for a few days and I was wondering about birding opportunities in the area. I found another site called "Birding Pal" which matches you up with guides in the area. Has anyone tried that, and how did it work out? Being from Louisiana, I tend to assume that any...
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    hello

    Hello from south Louisiana.
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