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Recent content by RobGordijn

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    Guides for Palawan and Cebu

    Easy at Mt Victoria as mentioned by "In Nature" saw them there this saturday. One day for the hike up and another to come back down, but very reliable at this spot (guide has 100% score).
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    The last post...

    Another lurker chiming in and I can just repeat what others have already said. Thanks for all your work making this subforum the go to place for news regarding taxonomy. Best wishes and good luck.
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    Undescribed

    No recordings yet, but another picture by Wiel now on the Dutch Birding website.
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    Travellingbirder down again :(

    So who is making a new reliable website with only independent reports ;) Travellingbirder was a great website, but gotten quite unreliable with the offline periods, and lots of tourreports there as well. The charts with months/reports was quite usefull though!
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    Hummingbird monograph sponsorship opportunity...anyone?

    I love this idea, put me down for Wire-crested Thorntail
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    Geese in the Netherlands

    The red-breasted in Friesland have the best papers (family-group, arriving with brent geese). Location: http://waarneming.nl/waarneming/view/62180934 pic: http://www.dutchbirding.nl/gallery.php?p=bigpic&gal=2&fid=6442&page=3 but the solitary birds around are counted as well (when not ringed of...
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    North Peru Spring 2012 for Marvelous Spatuletail etc.

    ----- according to: http://www.ecoanperu.org/lechucitabigotona/eblb_eng_lodge.htm Rooms: $105.00 per person in a double room. $120.00 per person in a single room. During the low season (February – May), discounts up to 25% may be available. Children under 5 years old, may stay for free (maximum...
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    North Peru Spring 2012 for Marvelous Spatuletail etc.

    I think the tripreport by Lieven de Temmerman: http://lievendetemmerman.webs.com/ gives a good overview of the possibilities of a independent trip in Northern Peru. I did a similar trip this august and it was great! As Alan writes the spatuletail is easily seen on feeders (near Pomachochas and...
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    Travellingbirder....??

    * sorting by month is very usefull to choose tripdates AND find tripreports in de month your travelling once you have chosen your tripdates. * regarding to uploading: i think PDF's are preferred, lots of recent word processors, but also services like google docs can export pdf's easily. So i...
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    Travellingbirder....??

    Netfugl.dk has a forum as well: http://www.netfugl.dk/forum.php?id=thread&forum_id=2&thread_id=20305 Google translate makes this of one of the replies: I spoke with Ulrik last week ... The short version: Travellingbirder does not come back up and running so far, if ever. Sorry about the short...
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    iPad capability help

    With iTunes, this is possible For some apps and documents, 16 will be enough. But more is usefull if you use it for videos, photo storage Yes, Apple makes a Camera Connection Kit (30 dollar) The easy conversion from paper books to an electronic format would be nice. Digital pictures of...
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    Couple of hours birding in Houston?

    Thanks for the replies! Yes i already assumed transport is the key issue. Jesse H. Jones County Park is really close, i suppose a cab there should be the easiest option.
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    Couple of hours birding in Houston?

    Hi all, I have a couple of hours to kill between flights in Houston (early september). I will be returning from a birding trip in Peru, so why not bird some more. Who likes airports for 8 hours, right? Does anyone have a good suggestion for maybe a nice city park or some other nice area in or...
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    Turkey by Public Transportation and Foot?

    We did a few sites in Turkey with public transport (and combined this with Syria and Cyprus) in august 2007. For a trip report see: http://www.travellingbirder.com/tripreports/view_birding_tripreport.php?id=295
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