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    Massachusetts US today. Funny looking thing

    Tis an American Woodcock, indeed - and that's a good find because they are not easy to come across.
  2. Daurian Redstart 1

    Daurian Redstart 1

    At the tourist stopping point at Juyongguan on the Great Wall of China. Singing male helpfully sat in the same tree for ages.
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    Shanghai, China, today

    Update: got into the hotel gardens and there are at least two pairs of definite OMR consorting there. Also found another pair at least in uber-urban Shanghai city, so the species seems quite regular in obvious and easy locations.
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    Shanghai, China, today

    No photo, but just a very general question: was looking out of the hotel window and saw a very brief flash of what looked like an Oriental Magpie-Robin. Is that feasible in Shanghai? Should add - on a civilian holiday, no field guide.
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    Picture in gallery, Cuban Crow or Cuban Palm Crow

    Your mileage may vary.
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    Are there Red Kites near Stansted Airport?

    I see them most weeks on a walk of an hour or two in London, near the north circular road - yesterday, there were three over the junction with the A10 at Edmonton. They seem unbothered by any degree of human activity/development/traffic/urban spaces etc. The first I ever saw in London were in...
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    please identify my birds in sri lanka

    Agree with the above IDs - 5 is a Drongo of some sort. If you lighten the picture, ID should be possible.
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    Pratincole in Tajikistan today...possible first national record?

    Many congrats on your find!
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    Comment by 'lockbreeze926' in media 'Myrtle Warbler and Blue Tit'

    That's a fantastic (and historically impossible) combination! Great job to capture the moment.
  10. Asian / Green Bee-eater 9.JPG

    Asian / Green Bee-eater 9.JPG

    Sri Lanka, Udawalewe NP. Looks oddly over-sharpened but that's how the shot came out of the camera from an R5/800mm lens in good light; no sharpening actually applied to the image.
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  11. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 10.JPG

    Blue-tailed Bee-eater 10.JPG

    Can't resist a bee-eater.
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  12. Asian Paradise-flycatcher 4.JPG

    Asian Paradise-flycatcher 4.JPG

    In a tree, yes, but the tree was in a hotel back-courtyard full of equipment, materials and supplies (not shown). Juvenile male, I believe.
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    Spotted in the Angus Glens today - ID check please?

    Couldn't really be anything but a Buzzard in that location, but my gut feel was that of a Red-shouldered Hawk.
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    Can you do casual birding in China? RFI

    I will be on an organised tourist trip (non-birding) to China in April and I wonder how feasible it would be to do some casual birding there when there were no other activities planned? I understand that these are huge cities and transport arrangements could be difficult, so city parks and...
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    Udawalawe, Sri Lanka, two weeks ago - Siberian Sand Plover? Tibetan Sand Plover? If you want to be my plover?

    Different birds, same location. There was a debate at the time, but I can't recall what consensus emerged and now I'm seeing the same characteristics. One has a bonus leg tag.
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