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Recent content by GrumpyEagle

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    In Bayahibe now...

    Hi, I'm in Bayahibe with my family now and looking to do a day's birding. Sadly I managed to leave my binoculars at home - unbelievably stupid of me, I can only blame a really stressful time recently! So, if anyone still drops into this forum, are there any nearby guides and anywhere in the...
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    Colakli May 2014 - information please

    Cheers. Would be nice to see the fish owls as well (but not if it's going to cost more than about £60...) :t:
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    Colakli May 2014 - information please

    Hi I will be on holiday in Colakli in late May; just wondering what there might be to see and whether there are any local bird guides? I've seen that site that links up with bird guides around the world, but to be honest it is far too expensive for me. I would LOVE to see Masked Shrike more...
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    Help for Kent list gaps

    Fantastic! I've been trying for 100 in a day (in Kent) for a few years and haven't got above 90. I wonder what the ideal time of year and location(s) would be?
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    Tunisia tours, guides etc?

    Hi I'm going to Hammamet for a week with my family in February and would like to spend one day birding. Does anyone know of birding tours or guides that won't cost the earth and will give me a good chance of getting a good Day List? Cheers James
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    Foreness Friday?

    This Friday morning supposed to be good conditions to go somewhere like Foreness Point. Thinking about driving down there from Maidstone area, anyone else thinking about it? I could give others a lift to save fuel costs. Only thing is, I don't have a scope at the moment, so will probably want a...
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    ID questions from Nigeria

    Thanks for the reply, I think Green woodhoopoe is probably right. Does anyone else agree/disagree? Any ideas on the other species? Is there any small bird with a sky blue band across the chest? I have one more ID question from this weekend, a pair of birds seen in small trees at the confluence...
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    ID questions from Nigeria

    I spent the weekend birding at Jos Plateau in Nigeria. Jos is near the centre of Nigeria, slightly to the north-west and is quite high, although I don't know the altitude. There are a couple of birds that I really cannot identify and wonder whether anyone might be able to assist. In a small...
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    Piping Hornbill - sound file?

    Does anyone have a sound file or a link to one with the call/song of the piping hornbill please? I think I saw one in Nigeria, although it wasn't a lowland area, so I am not sure.
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    Gonoleks - Nigeria

    Hi Has anyone got a sound file they can send me or post here, or a link for one for: Laniarius erythrogaster (yellow crowned gonolek) Laniarius barbarus (black headed gonolek) I am sure I saw a pair of them today, but only briefly in flight. However, I did hear them first. Cheers James
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    Nigeria (Abuja) information wanted

    Hi all I'd be grateful for any information anyone has about birding in Nigeria, specifically around Abuja. Sites to visit, tour guides, etc would be very useful. Thanks James
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    Birding in Bosnia & Herzegovina

    Hutovo Blato I went to Hutovo Blato, supposedly an excellent bird habitat and the Bosnian nature reserve in which hunting is banned, on Sunday. I booked a boat trip out to the lake, the receptionist at the hotel assuring me there would be lots of birds there as winter is the best time. I was...
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    Mystery grey bird near Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina

    My friend Brane, the ornithologist from BiH, suspects that the bird was a ring ouzel and discounts fieldfare. He also knows local habitat and geography. Another friend has suggested ring ouzel, subspecies alpestris. I'll never know, but it has at least been thought-provoking.
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    Birding in Bosnia & Herzegovina

    Another theory on the mystery bird, as posted on the separate thread is ring ouzel, subspecies alpestris: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=102001
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    Birding in Bosnia & Herzegovina

    Good call, I think it seems like the most likely species. I had considered it, but as there was only one on its own and no sign of any others, thought it perhaps unlikely. Nothing else seems close though.
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