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  1. MJB

    Mallorca 2023

    That sounds a great idea, to attract raptors with pies...! Does it always work...? MJB
  2. MJB

    Mallorca 2023

    An interesting 7-legged spider...! MJB
  3. MJB

    Mallorca 2023

    Presumably, they were adults with considerable middle-age spread...?:unsure: MJB
  4. MJB

    Mallorca 2023

    A friend of mine who saw his first Hoopoes on the edge of the Neusiedlersee back in the 1980s gave the species that very moniker, yet it was very different: 'Arry the 'Oopoe... MJB
  5. MJB

    Mallorca 2023

    I like the way you summarise a day's birding, especially when there's so much variety! May I make a plea on one very minor aspect? The name Purple Gallinule nowadays refers only to the species inhabiting the warmer parts of the Americas, whereas elsewhere, Purple Swamphen, having been split...
  6. MJB

    Mallorca 2023

    No need to be concerned... It seems that there was only one Old Git... MJB
  7. MJB

    Mallorca 2023

    From IOC 13.1: witherbyi von Jordans, 1923 Spain (except nw), s France, Sardinia, Balearic Is. and Morocco. schoeniclus (Linnaeus, 1758) w, n, nc Europe to n European Russia lusitanica Steinbacher, 1930 nw Spain and Portugal There are 16 other...
  8. MJB

    Mallorca 2023

    Serious hirundine passage has started at the eastern end of the Med (Cyprus). MJB
  9. MJB

    Mallorca 2023

    Wrens are very vocal before and during the breeding season, and loud enough to carry some distance. I'm a little puzzled that Mallorcan Wrens, though scarce, aren't heard regularly despite their distinctive rattle? MJB
  10. MJB

    Mallorca 2023

    At the other end of the Mediterranean, on Cyprus a few House Martins were seen 2 days ago, and so the first wave may be forming in parallel... MJB
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