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  1. Andrew Rowlands

    RSPB proposes cuts?

    That only happens for the RSPB links and not the other external links on this page. Interesting.
  2. Andrew Rowlands

    RSPB proposes cuts?

    I too had issues and needed to lower my guards to make contact - the setting I 'undid' was one that blocks Windows telemetry... not sure of what that entails exactly but I'll see if I can get more clues. Adding: "New Relic, Inc. is an American web tracking and analytics company based in San...
  3. Andrew Rowlands

    Scary

    You managed it :) What a look!
  4. Andrew Rowlands

    Scary

    Is there a prize, D?
  5. Andrew Rowlands

    Ireland - near lahinch.

    Hiya, a group of foraging Turnstones with what might be a Pipit, Rock or Meadow as the closest bird ~20% in from the left, working down towards the right. Edit: 8 Turnstones, between and below the 2x on the left there's what I first thought was a Dunnock but thought it must be something a...
  6. Andrew Rowlands

    Deafness and Birding! - Merlin App & Microphone.

    Similar to the FxSound app. I have on PC that helps breathe life back into most outdoor-based series, films and programs I watch.
  7. Andrew Rowlands

    ID rapace Merseyside this morning

    There's a Brown and White version up in the Sankt Pauli district of Hamburg; "Wir waschen uns nie"
  8. Andrew Rowlands

    Mistle Thrush? (Germany)

    Overall shape can also be a giveaway, Song Thrush being quite compact, Mistle big and pot-bellied with a relatively small head.
  9. Andrew Rowlands

    Raptor in Namibia

    Not a falcon, feet too big, wings wrong, head/bill wrong, altogether wrong :) Can't see it being more than 'middling' size so sparrowhawk of some sort.
  10. Andrew Rowlands

    Accessory I haven't seen before

    For the purposes of this discussion, 'reflexes' = 'reflections'.
  11. Andrew Rowlands

    Unidentifiable Birdcall at night??

    I think toad vocalisations (or whatever their noises are called) would be confined to the breeding season, so probably late March through May? If you can check the wind direction for that night and it's not the prevailing one, it's possible that you might walk some of the likely area during the...
  12. Andrew Rowlands

    Swallows. Lake in Hokkaido

    I've no idea which hirundines occur in that area but if it were UK, I'd be thinking hybrid without seeing a difference in flight style. I've seen a few, presumably from the same brood as they were close together resting amongst a large number of Swallows, that looked like several versions of...
  13. Andrew Rowlands

    Unidentifiable Birdcall at night??

    Sorry Sadie, I'm not very good with noises now, I've lost access to several of the higher octaves in the last couple of decades and so my PC sound mixer has been roughly tweaked to 'reclaim' a little of what I can no longer hear naturally, or without being dangerously close to the source. The...
  14. Andrew Rowlands

    Unidentifiable Birdcall at night??

    I just renamed it from .zip to .mp3 and PotPlayer, my default media player since the Noughties, ran with it as soon as I double clicked the new file name.
  15. Andrew Rowlands

    Unidentifiable Birdcall at night??

    The attachment works fine, it needs renaming back to the native *.mp3 with a manual download (most movie/sound files are already highly compressed so little advantage in zipping them). Allowing an auto-download (very common now) will retain the *.zip Mods: can you rename the attachment, or does...
  16. Andrew Rowlands

    When looking at the Tree Pipit or the Meadow Pipit...

    Not useless - yet (and pity is unnecessary) - providing I'm close enough to hear that range of frequency well enough or the wind is favourable and - assuming I need to visually check - I can quickly detect and swivel into the correct 'quadrant' to confirm enough details. Getting an accurate...
  17. Andrew Rowlands

    When looking at the Tree Pipit or the Meadow Pipit...

    I do mostly pick up birds in flight first, more so since I've been aware of my inability to hear and react to higher frequency vocalisations.
  18. Andrew Rowlands

    When looking at the Tree Pipit or the Meadow Pipit...

    Flight.
  19. Andrew Rowlands

    Thought this might be of interest to the rank and file?

    Not sure if that's particularly accurate, though our Kommissar's take might be that it's below our pay grade and we must use the tabloid version and lump it. My defective colour vision was confirmed ~55 years ago. Less smog to contend with now. Light intensity, angle, time of day, distance -...
  20. Andrew Rowlands

    Eurasian blackbird??

    There's only one way to hear it more often and give yourself a fair chance to figure out the circumstances around it's use.
  21. Andrew Rowlands

    Eurasian blackbird??

    Don't know exactly which part of their annual cycle your 'Mazurian' Blackbirds are at now but I've noticed a big increase in Blackbird visibility and vocalisation here over the last two days. Possibly helped by ripening of Sambuca nigra :) It might be a good time (soon) to get out and...
  22. Andrew Rowlands

    Honey buzzard or possibly even some kind of harrier?

    As above, photo quality is mediocre (a rushed shot, understandable with an unexpected/poss. uncommon/rare bird), a short sequence might have shown it more accurately. I really don't see any HB features, most are well within normal CB range.
  23. Andrew Rowlands

    Three raptor ID questions

    I think the hips would be as seen from below, the chest as seen from the side. Same thing (I think) but expressed in a way that might make more sense to some.
  24. Andrew Rowlands

    Surfbirds website - down?

    All we have to go on is here, unless someone has insider info:
  25. Andrew Rowlands

    Surfbirds website - down?

    Is Surfbirds.com down? It's just you. surfbirds.com is up. Last updated: Aug 27, 2024, 11:51 AM (1 second ago) But still giving a 502... :(
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