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  1. rob stoff

    So this bird wandered in ...

    its a very badly injured immature Yellow-legged Gull Rob
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    Raptors - Extremadura

    what makes you think 1 is a Red Kite and 4 a marsh Harrier? Rob
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    European Herring Gull

    closer to American genetically, I follow European authorities ;) Rob
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    Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling in Algarve ?

    looks more like a Purple Glossy Starling: big eye 'roman' nose, purple head sheen etc Rob
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    Ivory-billed Woodpecker (formerly updates)

    Jackson's references for Indiana all seem to stem from the same source: Haymond, R. 1869. Birds of Franklin County, Indiana. Indiana Geological Survey Annu. Rep. 1: 209–235. There doesn't seem to be any supplementary documentation in that state, just one report from a Geological survey, not too...
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    Falcon UK

    why? there are degrees of melanism surely, this bird appears to exhibit excessive melanin in the plumage and is therefore melanistic, no? Rob
  7. rob stoff

    Ivory-billed Woodpecker (formerly updates)

    well there appear to be no specimens collected in Indiana, its not as if this species hasn't caused identification problems, I'm not surprised the Indiana Records Committee are unconvinced ;) Rob
  8. rob stoff

    Ivory-billed Woodpecker (formerly updates)

    that's Illinois north of the Ohio River, Indiana is a little further north and east... Indiana State Records Committee do not list IBWO in their checklist though they do include other extinct species such as Passenger Pigeon and Carolina Parakeet...
  9. rob stoff

    what's going on with this duck's tail in Banff, Canada?

    that's its foot Rob
  10. rob stoff

    terrible photos of a duck in Banff, Canada

    female Bufflehead Rob
  11. rob stoff

    Caribbean ID please

    actually they all look like juveniles Rob
  12. rob stoff

    Ivory-billed Woodpecker (formerly updates)

    nope, the white area (along the Ohio River) definitely falls short of the Indiana border... and its not my historical map, it is the map of the Audubon Society. Audubon himself is a little unclear about the species range in Birds of America, he does refer to Indiana but also states that the...
  13. rob stoff

    Ivory-billed Woodpecker (formerly updates)

    have you seen one? Rob
  14. rob stoff

    Flycatcher ID needed

    its a Wood-pewee, either Eastern or Western, whichever one you get in Alberta, note the dark spots on the vent tht rule out similar species (genus Empidonax) Rob
  15. rob stoff

    ID Calgary Alberta Canada

    Black Terns don't normally dive though, they dip to the surface for insects Rob
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