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  1. MTem

    Snowy plover? NW FL

    I'm sure there will be a central organisation (Audubon Soc?) like Euring in Europe than will take any ring record and get it too the right ringing group. Please do report the bird, they are all useful and means there is some benefit from carrying the rings! Any US ringer (bander) able to...
  2. MTem

    UK chiff or ?

    Agree all CC - look at the primary projection beyond the tertials, vs the length of the tertials. About half in a CC, about the same in a WW (as long as it's not an Iberian CC where the projection is slightly longer, but still short of WW) If it helps see the attached I made up for myself while...
  3. Black-crowned Tchagra #3

    Black-crowned Tchagra #3

    ... and did a bit of sun-bathing.
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    • Category: Africa
  4. Black-crowned Tchagra #2

    Black-crowned Tchagra #2

    ... then he walked along the side of the field in the open towards me.
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    • Category: Africa
  5. Black-crowned Tchagra

    Black-crowned Tchagra

    A bird I expected to only catch fleeting glimpses of, but one male was clearly destined for show business. Out in the open and strutting his stuff. He did start in the bushes...
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    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Africa
  6. MTem

    Juvenile Bald eagle?

    No need to invoke leucism. It seems that in intermediate plumages Bald eagles will develop white patches all over the place. See in the link below. Photos 7/8/9 look like the bird in the post. http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2013/01/27/a-guide-to-aging-bald-eagles/ Mick
  7. MTem

    Gull with deformed bill, Somerset UK

    Yes not that uncommon - along with one-legged, one-eyed and deformed feet. We catch quite a few ringing. Doesn't seem to affect some of them much as they are often adult birds in good condition. Mick
  8. MTem

    ID Please.

    Pedantic perhaps, but it's not a juvenile (that is up to the first moult), it's an immature - a first winter immature to be exact. In Common gulls most of the juvenile plumage is lost in Aug-Oct of the year it is born (i.e., they aren't strictly speaking 'juvenile' for more than a few months...
  9. MTem

    Tawny pipit? Central Spain

    I'm with Steve, Water pipit
  10. MTem

    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Wood Sandpipers'

    Think these are Wood sandpipers, SK.
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  11. MTem

    Louisville, Kentucky, March 11

    Yes the same - Northern Mockingbird - just wet and bedraggled.
  12. MTem

    Ireland 2015 (2)

    Ruff
  13. Moroccan white wagtail

    Moroccan white wagtail

    Like the coal tit this attractive wagtail has more black on the face and bib than the nominate
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    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Africa
  14. Moroccan magpie

    Moroccan magpie

    With its blue mark behind the eye, less iridescence and smaller white shoulder patch than the nominate version. Just realised I've been posting these in Birds of Europe when it should be birds of Africa. oops!
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Africa
  15. Moroccan Coal tit

    Moroccan Coal tit

    Today three 'Moroccan' or NW Africa subspecies/variants. First the Moroccan Coal tit (atlas) with its larger black bib than the UK version. (not Algerian ledouci)
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Africa
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