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    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Stripe-backed Bittern in Brazil, which came a day after Pinnated Bittern. Still need Agami Heron if such a bird exists!
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    How many species of owl have you seen

    Now up to 122 with latest additions being Long-tufted and Black-capped Screech Owls in southern Brazil.
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    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Red-breasted Goose in the Hortobagy, Hungary.
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    Wasn't looking forward to an 8-hour layover in Iceland until I remembered I was a birder

    I visited Iceland in November 2021. At Hafnir which is very close to the airport saw Harlequins, both Glaucous and Iceland Gulls, Black Guillemots, Purple Sandpiper, Turnstones, Snow Buntings and Eider. Saw Long-tailed Ducks at nearby Garour.
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    New York - December

    I spent 12 days there in February 2012. Apart from Central Park, I also birder Prospect Park in Brooklyn and Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. Both were easily accessible by subway from Central Manhattan. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge near JFK Airport was also very good. Again easily accessed from...
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    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Sinai Rosefinch this morning in the magnificent setting of Wadi Rum, Jordan. 30+ seen.
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    New Family in IOC : Salpornithidae

    Around Lake Awassa, Ethiopia.
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    How many shorebirds/waders have you seen?

    Now up to 200 with St. Helena Plover (Wirebird).
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    Poll - Trying to get some numbers on Swarovski rubber armour issues.

    I had to return my ELs three times but obviously in the stats was only recorded once!
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    Best european seawatching spots for (seawatching) beginner

    Estaca de Bares in Galicia, northwest Spain is a great site. They have a website detailing the seawatching there.
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    South Peru / Northern Chile

    Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes.
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    Rockjumper & ground woodpecker at Rooi-Els in February.

    I’ve seen Rockjumper there twice in afternoon visits but failed to see them in a pre-breakfast visit. That was in mid-October and early November. Didn’t see Ground Woodpecker there.
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    Red Grouse split from Willow Ptarmigan.
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    Problem with green coating of EL SV 8x32

    I must have been extremely unlucky to have a bad batch of armour when I bought my 8x32 EL in September 2012 and when I had them rearmoured in October 2015 and December 2017. I had to have then rearmoured again in 2020 at which point I traded them in!
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    How many cuckoos have you seen?

    101 (IOC) with Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo being the highlight.
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    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    White-bellied Seedsnipe. Four seen near the Martial Glacier, Ushuaia this morning. Hoping to add a few more lifers when the Atlantic Odyssey starts on Thursday.
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    Name a Bird You've Seen 2

    9564 Silky-tailed Nightjar
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    Name a Bird You've Seen 2

    9562 Eared Poorwill
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    Name a Bird You've Seen 2

    Same family 9553 Mangrove Finch I
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    Name a Bird You've Seen 2

    Another furnarid 9544 Perija Thistletail
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    Name a Bird You've Seen 2

    9540 Recurve-billed Bushbird
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    Name a Bird You've Seen 2

    9268 Matinan Blue Flycatcher
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    Name a Bird You've Seen 2

    Different continent, different family: 9263 Five-colored Barbet
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    Name a Bird You've Seen 2

    9253 Upland Antshrike
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    Name a Bird You've Seen 2

    9245 Orange-bellied Antwren
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