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    Safari (and general birding) binocular?

    I wouldn't go by the polling though - that is effectively an average view, but you are not an average, you are a specific. The only sure fire way is to try the options as you might find that the optics that poll lowest may suit you best. To the specific question, given the open landscape...
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    Merlin Photo App limitations

    If it is crecca then it wouldn't be rare in Dublin, carolinensis would be
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    I've lost 12 so far but am expecting to lose the entire difference between my IOC and Clements lists - 43 species - that's a decent foreign trip's worth lost ...
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    No, Ebird only represents one side of the equation! The next IOC update (and there will be two IOC updates before the next Clements one) could move a significant block of the differences. It has been flagged here (ie on one of the taxonomy threads) to expect a block of lumping from IOC. I dont...
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    Clements 2024 checklist update

    When this split was announced in the most recent IOC list, there was a suggestion that this will be reversed (post 2615, https://www.birdforum.net/threads/latest-ioc-diary-updates.185799/page-131#post-4656304), so perhaps the split being missing from this update is indicitave that the suggestion...
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    Pantanal October 2023

    That has a wren-like feel to it - could it be Thrush-like Wren?
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    Pipit vs Skylark

    Respectfully, your posts on this (ID) forum look like you want to argue a point and be correct, rather than glean nuggets of wisdom You have been given a lot of very good advice on this thread by birders with, it would appear, vastly more experience than you have of birding and you choose to...
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    Pipit vs Skylark

    You are not reading what I write - I said that "Initially, you will not be confident identifying a large percentage" that is because you are learning You say "you won't get field experience if you're not able to ID a bird" - that is fundamentally incorrect - you will not be able to ID every...
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    Pipit vs Skylark

    ..and yet, the birds in these two pictures look nothing like each other and if you got those views, there would be no excuse for identifying the lark as a pipit or the pipit as a lark
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    Pipit vs Skylark

    THere is no better solution to these conundrums than getting out into the field and birding. As you bird and get experience, you will find that the distinctions like shape size and behaviour become more and more apparent and important so that seeing the plumage characteristics become almost...
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    Surfbirds website - down?

    It appears that Surfbirds seems to be in the process of being re-designed. I am now getting a different set of pages there, some of which are not (yet?) working
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    Steve Wing R.I.P.

    So sad to hear this news. Steve was, above all, a gentleman - helpful and respectful in all things and with all people. Among the numerous stays I have done on Cape, one stands out - I was there one early June with my kids, who were quite young and we shared the Obs with just Steve and Mary...
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    ebird in China

    I think it is very clear from the China EBird dataset that there are many Chinese EBird users, in addition to many non-Chinese submissions. In theory, EBird submission in the app is independent of Googlemaps etc in that Ebird uses phone GPS for positional data/track. The app can be used in...
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    Best bird guides by region...Central and South America

    AH!! Thanks cajanuma That makes sense !! I thought it was very expensive!
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    Best bird guides by region...Central and South America

    It's on the McMullan website for $189, which seems steep to me!
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    ATC or STC?

    Angled every time for me - I find looking through an angled scope far more comfortable than the heads up posture required for a Straight through. THis is particularly true if spending decent time sea-watching.
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    Need a new scope setup, what can I get for around £500?

    I would say it is certainly worth asking Swarovski for a quote.
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    Need a new scope setup, what can I get for around £500?

    My experience with Swarovski support has been very positive (not a view shared among everyone on here admittedly) and you might consider asking Swarovski would they do a clean on it. I've has optics serviced and returned in perfect nick from them in the past - depending on the cost this may be...
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    Lynx Edicions - What Next ?

    I see NHBS now giving a July 2025 date for the 2nd edition of Birds of Vietnam ...
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    Need a new scope setup, what can I get for around £500?

    I'm not sure about availablilty in that price range but would say that if you are seawatching for long periods, my view is that an angled scope will be more comfortable (head down posture more comfortable than head up) and stable (tripod can be lower).
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    ID Handbook of European Birds - thoughts, comments thread

    Or perhaps you might acknowledge that Google would also have furnished the same detail
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    ID Handbook of European Birds - thoughts, comments thread

    Aint Google wonderful!
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    Surfbirds website - down?

    Agreed, I was hoping that someone on here would have that insider info!
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    Surfbirds website - down?

    Interesting that nobody on here has any idea what is happening beyond that it is not available!
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    Surfbirds website - down?

    The surfbirds website appears to have been down for the last few days. It started by not being able to access the trip reports section of the site but now I am getting the timeout for the main page too. Hosting Server Connect Timeout HTTP 502 — Unable to Connect to the Origin Server...
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