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    Lark 1 from Tsavo East - Nov 2022

    My best n00bie attempt is that these are red-capped larks. Seeking confirmation or gentle ridicule.
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    Tsavo West raptor ID - Nov 2022

    I want to say tawny eagle pale morph ..... but what's with the horizontal stripes?
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    Big bill - Tsavo West Nov 2022

    If this is a Red-billed Buffalo Weaver I am switching to knitting.
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    Buffalo Springs (Samburu, Kenya) sparrow-like with doubts

    Initially I had this as a parrot-billed sparrow, but now I am not sure. What's with the rufous eye, the weird cheek stripes and a distinctly non-convincing parrot bill?
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    Masai Mara - early November 2022 - blue-sheen seed eater

    Steel-blue whydah emerging into (adult) plumage?
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    Buffalo Springs (Samburu, Kenya) thrushlike

    Those grey legs ruled out a lot, so I thought 'thrush'. But no match. Help?
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    Thomson's Falls (Kenya) foliage skulker

    Relatively large bird (25cm?). Eye definitely not red. Apologies for quality - tricky lighting and snap views.
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    Masai Mara (Kenya) November 2022

    Any help welcome.
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    Masai Mara ID assistance, please.

    Eastern Masai Mara (Kenya) on 13 November. Small copses in rocky 'kopje' terrain set in a small valley in surrounding savannah. When I first saw the bird I immediately thought - 'buzzard', from the size, robust shape and the 'necklace'. By a fellow-traveller suggested a female Montagu's harrier...
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    One year later in wildlife

    Since this is my first post on this topic, a short intro. Raised in South Africa and as a geologist I worked in the 'bush'. I only became interested in birds at a relatively late stage. Regarding art, I started in Spain about 5 years ago (after retirement) doing water-colours, mostly Spanish...
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    Mexico - Oaxaca - Teotitlán dam - Grosbeak

    I have a puzzle and seek assistance with it. On 17 November I took the attached pictures at a spot above the Teotitlán del Valle dam, Oaxaca province. I have seen pictures, videos and trip reports of Black-headed Grosbeak in the area. However the bird in the images is clearly yellow and not...
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    Cozumel deer - to be or not to be

    In preparing for a (November 2017) trip to Cozumel I read an article by Mandy Gardner in the April 2016 edition of Earth Island Journal, describing the elation on the return from suspected extinction of the island's Ssp of white-tailed deer. I was therefore surprised to see a pair of animals...
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    Mexico 2017 Early Winter- saved by Rancho Primavera

    My wife and I escaped from Spain for four winter weeks in November 2017. The first half was spent based out of Akumal, mainly snorkelling with family but also sneaking off early on alternate days to go birding. On our trip to Coba we got the feeling that all was not going as we had hoped...
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    Trip report - India, Uttarakhand, Kumaon hills

    India – Kumaon hills, Uttarakhand Bird guide and trip organiser: Sunil Kumar – 10 day trip (7 to 18 October 2017) [email protected] - 91 9411196837 - http://birdingpal.org/tours/IndiaItineraryII.htm My wife and I were planning a nature trip to Kenya-Tanzania, but once the cost estimates...
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    Need assistance planning Ecuador / Colombia

    I never thought that I would ever have a problem deciding when to go on a birding trip. Here's the objective: Visit Ecuador - highlands, both Andean slopes plus a few days in Amazonia (about 2 1/2 weeks); Visit Galapagos (I also dive and my wife is an avid snorkeler); since I have to fly via...
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    Addo Bustard

    This was seen in mid-December 2010 on the 'savannah' of the Nzipondo loop (plz excuse the quality - the bird was very far away). It was the only bustard that we saw in two days. I see from the SABAP2 cards that Denham's is reported 20% of the time and Ludwig's only 0.3% (one ID). Nonetheless, I...
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    Victoria Falls professional guide

    In a Zambian thread a member asked about birding guides around Victoria Falls. In December I had a wonderful morning birding drive with Charles Brightman who operates out of Victoria Falls. I am sure that he can help on the Zambian side. He is a licensed professional guide who runs Discover...
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    Tenerife - Common bulbul?

    In early June, at the Las Lajas recreational site - famous for its blue chaffinches and great spotted woodpeckers - I saw a bird that at first reminded me of a New World Peewee - about 20 cm; dominantly dull brown but paler below, stout bill; somewhat of a crest. The view was brief and I did not...
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