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Recent content by JeroenVanheuverswyn

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    British Columbia in May - June

    We are looking doing a 3 week road trip through British Columbia next year. Time frame would be end of May, beginning of June. With a classic tour going from Vancouver to Calgary. Including Vancouver Island and Jasper NP. Would this be a good period for birding this region, or a couple of weeks...
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    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    2 Week trip to Nepal resulted in 177 lifers, latest was Fire-Breasted Flowerpecker. During the last days I got news that there was a Dark-eyed Junco very close to my hometown (first for Belgium). Rushed there the first day I was home, and got that one as a bonus for my WP list, :-)
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    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Got my first new one for 2018, and a pretty one. Red-flanked Bluetail in Belgium.
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    Anyone going out for the day Birdwatching on Christmas Day?

    We had (for once) no family business on Christmas, and went for a walk in Kalmthout (One of the largest heath patches in Belgium). About 25 species, with best being Stonechat and Great Grey Shrike. Much better then a fried Turkey :-)
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    2017 Western Palearctic Big Year

    Do I get a badge for starting the longest and most read thread on this forum? :king: 8-P :-O
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    2017 Western Palearctic Big Year

    I think there is a big difference between 'unlimited funds' and 'No real fixed budget'. With what I understand that they could blow another 10k € on twitching those 5 extra birds, but that they don't want to and know that this 10k will give them some other nice birding trips the coming years. If...
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    2017 Western Palearctic Big Year

    758 Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii 12.02 Spain Another thermal shock for them :-)
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    2017 Western Palearctic Big Year

    Nice one. They added the statement that this Chaffinch is the rarest breeding bird in the WP. Heard this claim before, but if you check IUCNRedList, that spot would be taken by Zino's Petrel given the following estimations: Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch: The total population is estimated to be...
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    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    It was just impossible not to go to the Long-tailed Shrike that turned up 50 min drive from my door ...
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    2017 Western Palearctic Big Year

    I think they are there for PR, not for getting extra ticks.
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    2017 Western Palearctic Big Year

    So they got Lesser White-fronted goose for 701 (or 700 or 699 or 698) And a the latest blog contains their thoughts on the 3 questioned species.
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    2017 Western Palearctic Big Year

    That's not from land. Given their time, they were on the boat heading for the spot north of Madeira. The pelagics from WindBirds last from 15:00 till 22:00. And they take the passage between Cevada and Farol heading there. So must be around there somewhere they got the LTSkua, but are a bit...
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    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Holiday in Madeira gave me 15 lifers: Plain Swift Cory's Shearwater Trocaz Pigeon (#400 for WP) Madeira Firecrest Berthelot's Pipit Atlantic Canary Zino's Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Desertas Petrel Madeiran Storm-Petrel White-faced Storm Petrel Great Shearwater Wilson's Storm Petrel Eleonora's...
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    2017 Western Palearctic Big Year

    This is the first real attempt on a WP big year. And they seem to be taking it as a year to get all accessible breading species together with some soft twitching. The cost of it will already be huge, and whenever someone with very deep pockets steps up, he will beat their count easily.
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    2017 Western Palearctic Big Year

    I'm wondering how they hare going to make sure they get Desertas Petrel around Madeira, and Fea's around Cape verde. I did the 3 day pelagic around Madeira they will be taking at the end of August, and the guides don't make a distinction between Fea's and Desertas, as they consider them...
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