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    odd (Black ?) Turnstone on the Azores on YouTube

    Dear friends, I was looking to a YouTube video on Birding on the Azores at this address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9LqAyL8cPo At min. 02:12 of the movie a short clip starts about a Turnstone seen on the island of São Miguel. That Turnstone looks very strange to me, completely lacking...
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    New Taxonomy in "Falcons of North America"

    Dear Friends, while reading on the net an excerpt about the march 2021 2nd Edition of "Falcons of North America" by Kate Davis, Nick Dunlop and Rob Palmer, Mountain Press Publishing Company, I came across this interesting snippet of information about the book itself: "This updated and revised...
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    Little Brown Juvs, near Nakuru, Kenya

    Dear friends, can you help me identifying this little passerines seen and photographed in 2012 by my friend Piero Alberti in central-western Kenya, just south of Nakuru, near Lake Elementaita? I found it to be a great identification problem (at least for me) 'cause i didn't found any drawings...
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    Squacco / Indian Pond Heron, Muscat, August 2019

    Dear friends, these following are bad photos of an immature Ardeola sp. taken in the lake of Qurm Park at Muscat, the day 30 july 2019. It was in company of at least 4 adult Indian Pond Herons in full breeding plumage (thus, easy to clinch). During previous trips to Muscat in november and...
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    Sunbird sp. from Nizwa, Oman, August 2019

    The following picks of a female or juvenile Sunbird sp. were taken at Al Hamra, near Nizwa, in northern Oman, in the morning of 5 august 2019. I know that it should be a Purple Sunbird based solely upon distribution (purple being the only species breeding in the north), but it looks small...
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    Birding Trip to Nepal, 13-27 april 2017

    At the following link you find the report of my recent birding trip to Nepal, 13-27 april 2017 (written in italian and english) https://issuu.com/igorfestari/docs/briding_trip_-_nepal_13-27_aprile_2 After months spent thinking that we could not leave for a 2017 birdwatching trip, as we have...
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    Odd Feathers, Peregrine's prey

    Odd Feathers from Peregrine's prey Dear friends, I have difficulties identifying these feathers/plumes from a Peregrine's prey found under the big Church Dome in Novara (Piedmont, N-W Italy). The local pair of falcon breeds there and use it as a perch during hunting sessions... I've often found...
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    Flycatcher sp. in Goa, february 2016

    Dear friends I include to this message 2 photos taken by my friend Piero Alberti, during our birding trip to Goa in february 2016. The bird was only photographed by him, not seen or studied by other group members or local guide. They clearly depict a Flycatcher, but one that I can't identify...
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    Infos about pelagic trips in Oman

    Dear friends, I've often read in birding trip reports about pelagic trips along the Oman coasts, starting either from Muscat or the Al-Batinah coast... I'm going to plan a birding trip to northern Oman for me and my friends, in November 2014, and I would like to include some pelagic trips...
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    Infos about ID of Desert Wheatear subspecies

    Dear friends, i'm working on a little article about the subspecific identification of a 1°winter female Desert Wheatear recently seen and caught in Mediterranean Europe. Thus I need to read the chapter devoted to this species on the good Panov's book: "The Wheatears of the Palaearctic: Ecology...
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    Mystery Duck, Italy

    Dear friends, these images about a strange duck seen recently appeared in an italian birding forum. Entries about the bird's identity included a female Mallard and, more realistically, an escaped Silver Teal (Anas versicolor). Given the fact that the misterious teal has a mainly red bill-base...
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    Masked Shrike in Bulgaria...?

    Dear friends, searching in the birding literature i've not found exact informations about where to find Masked Shrike in the bulgarian region of Sakar... It is generally assumed that is better to hire a local guide for birdwatching in that particular area, but I actually lack the time to do so...
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