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  1. M

    Which Chiffchaff? Gran Canaria

    Thank you, Tib78! That is very informative (and strikingly different from the Gomeran birds I recall)
  2. M

    Which Chiffchaff? Gran Canaria

    Tib78, you make very interesting points and in all likelihood you are right. It's just that I have never seen that prominent yellowish tinge on a Canary Island Chiffchaff, particularly on the bill. It might be due to some sort of photographic artifact, though. It might be interesting to hear the...
  3. M

    Which Chiffchaff? Gran Canaria

    The bird in picture #1 definetely looks like a Canary Island Chiffchaff, the other doesn't
  4. M

    Birding Rome, Florence, and Genoa

    I think the following list (40 species) covers the vaste majority of the birds you are likely to see during a casual stroll in urban Italy: Cormorant Grey Heron Little Egret Yellow-Legged Gull Black-Headed Gull Mallard Moorhen Coot Kestrel Peregrine Sparrowhawk Common/Pallid Swifts (the few...
  5. M

    Buzzard? India. 2963.

    Not a buzzard but a Marsh Harrier
  6. M

    Small predatory bird in Finnish Archipelago

    Sparrowhawk, Varpushaukka, Sparvhök
  7. M

    Estonian Wildflower ID

    Thank you all. Here's another picture, if it helps.
  8. M

    Estonian Wildflower ID

    Thank you very much, Phil.
  9. M

    Estonian Wildflower ID

    Can you help me with this picture? It was taken last june on the estonian island of Hiiumaa, among sand dunes. Thanks
  10. M

    scientific name, please...

    Muscicapa striata
  11. M

    Help with ID please - spectacled warbler or whitethroat?

    It is sedentary in Fuerteventura, and by far the most common Sylvia species on the island.
  12. M

    Wader ID confirmation Blacktoft Sands UK

    Here's my try: 1) Dunlin 2) Knot and Redshank 3) Spotted Redshank 4) Greenshanks 5) Knot
  13. M

    Frigatebird - Ghana

    Thank you both. The only frigatebirds I had observed before were Magnificent Frigatebirds, and at first this bird didn't look substantially different through my binoculars. Then I noticed the tiny white protrusions on the axillaries and the extension of the white patch toward the belly that...
  14. M

    Frigatebird - Ghana

    This (admittedly very bad and heavily cropped) picture was taken in the early morning of august the 23rd near Ankobra rivermouth in southwestern Ghana. The bird soared for a few minutes over the beach and then disappeared southwards. Since no frigatebirds appear in checklists of Ghana available...
  15. M

    Id Required possible owl species (Outside Barcelona)

    Your bird is a Little Owl (Athene noctua)
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