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MarkHows
Friday 16th February 2007, 16:37
Recent Trip Report

Northern Europe's Exotics Feb 07


http://www.hows.org.uk/inter/birds/euro/euro.htm

Not to everyones taste!

Mark
Larry Wheatland
Saturday 17th February 2007, 16:34
What a refreshingly bizarre thing to do ! I had no idea that there was a feral rhea population in the Western Palaearctic. You didn't mention whether they were Lesser or Greater Rhea, and are you absoloutely sure they aren't a previously overlooked relict wild population ? ;)

Not sure about the bit where you say you're not completely mad though !
Xenospiza
Monday 19th February 2007, 22:58
You took a bad day for birding the Netherlands... I'm glad you didn't get into trouble. I saw a three-species flock of Flamingos today in the southwest of the Netherlands – they were even starting courtship!
MarkHows
Tuesday 20th February 2007, 12:02
The weather was awful but the birds were good, can't have everything.

Mark
jurek
Tuesday 20th February 2007, 12:28
ROTFL! Very funny trip. I dipped Rhea myself - only saw that sign.
MarkHows
Wednesday 28th February 2007, 16:13
I admit it was a little mad but I did see a couple of real! birds, LWF goose and Grey headed woodpecker that I needed. After all birding is supposed to be fun.

Mark
MarkHows
Tuesday 3rd April 2007, 13:20
I went back to look for the Rhea's this weekend and finally caught up with one as well as some other good birds

pics and more info

http://www.hows.org.uk/inter/birds/2007blog.htm

Mark