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Forum: Butterflies and Moths ID Thursday 3rd January 2013, 18:41
Replies: 2
Views: 237
Posted By Mergus1
Thanks for the fast reply Sean! Looks like a good...

Thanks for the fast reply Sean! Looks like a good a match!

Cheers,
Forum: Butterflies and Moths ID Thursday 3rd January 2013, 18:11
Replies: 2
Views: 237
Posted By Mergus1
Beauty for ID

Hi,

can anyone please quickly tell me the name of this Beauty here ?! ;)

Taken June 3rd 2012

Much appreciated!! :t:
Forum: Insects, Dragonflies, Arachnids, Beetles & More Saturday 23rd June 2012, 18:36
Replies: 5
Views: 323
Posted By Mergus1
Hi Brian! #1 female Common Scorpionfly (Panorpa...

Hi Brian!

#1 female Common Scorpionfly (Panorpa communis)
#2 ?
#3 Agapanthia villosoviridescens

Cheers
Marcel
Forum: Reptiles and Amphibians Tuesday 19th June 2012, 18:56
Replies: 2
Views: 290
Posted By Mergus1
Thanks! Any one on the salamander? Cheers Marcel

Thanks!
Any one on the salamander?

Cheers
Marcel
Forum: Bird Identification Q&A Saturday 16th June 2012, 11:45
Replies: 10
Views: 416
Posted By Mergus1
Hi Andreas! Tree sparrow confirmed. Offers a...

Hi Andreas!

Tree sparrow confirmed. Offers a quite large distribution from Eurasia to even North America (naturalized).
Sorry, canīt help for the other one...

Cheers
Marcel
Forum: Butterflies and Moths ID Saturday 16th June 2012, 11:29
Replies: 1
Views: 248
Posted By Mergus1
Hi! Indeed those occulli donīt look like...

Hi!

Indeed those occulli donīt look like belonging to the suggested species...
...But: Sometimes ccculli merge together. Iīve seen something like that ones before and was quite confused as...
Forum: Bird Identification Q&A Sunday 10th June 2012, 18:23
Replies: 4
Views: 471
Posted By Mergus1
Thanks folks! Indeed quite easy to tell in "Real...

Thanks folks!

Indeed quite easy to tell in "Real life", but as said couldnīt remember the sighting connected to these fotos...

Cheers
Marcel
Forum: Reptiles and Amphibians Sunday 10th June 2012, 12:50
Replies: 2
Views: 290
Posted By Mergus1
Amphibians from Bavaria

Hi there,

should be quite easy I guess, but Iīm really no expert in those questions...

#1 Frog in wet meados in the our area. September ī10
#2 maybe some young alpine salamander? taken quite high...
Forum: Bird Identification Q&A Sunday 10th June 2012, 12:40
Replies: 4
Views: 471
Posted By Mergus1
Buzzard VS Golden Eagle, Alps

Hey guys,

going through my collection again makes me feel quite confuse about those birds.
Iīm a bit embarressed not being able to tell them apart again...:-C
Itīs either a bloody long time since...
Forum: Butterflies and Moths ID Sunday 3rd June 2012, 19:26
Replies: 4
Views: 203
Posted By Mergus1
Yap, Caddis for sure. Maybe something around a...

Yap, Caddis for sure. Maybe something around a worn Mystacides longicornis...
Sorry no clue about the moth...:) (crambid?)

Cheers
Forum: Bird Identification Q&A Friday 6th April 2012, 21:23
Replies: 4
Views: 313
Posted By Mergus1
Hi Probably a quite young one. They seem to...

Hi

Probably a quite young one. They seem to get darker when aging!

Cheers
Forum: Butterflies and Moths ID Thursday 5th April 2012, 14:16
Replies: 2
Views: 204
Posted By Mergus1
Thanks Dave! Hit :t: Forgot to look at this...

Thanks Dave! Hit :t:
Forgot to look at this family...doesnīt look like a typical grey/black Nemapogonid.

Any one on the others?

Cheers
Forum: Butterflies and Moths ID Wednesday 4th April 2012, 12:36
Replies: 2
Views: 204
Posted By Mergus1
Couple Micros from last year, Bavaria

Hi,

almost ready putting my last years moth pics in the right folders. Ready for the new season!

Any guesses for those staying left? All made in May/June in our area.
Thanks in advance!

Cheers,
Forum: Bird Identification Q&A Wednesday 4th April 2012, 12:07
Replies: 11
Views: 596
Posted By Mergus1
Hi, common buzzard for me though. Although there...

Hi,

common buzzard for me though. Although there have been a couple of LLB records this/last year (one sure record and everyone believes to see one...) I donīt know of any recent one in Düsseldorf...
Forum: Bird Identification Q&A Monday 20th February 2012, 13:06
Replies: 8
Views: 382
Posted By Mergus1
Here you are: (original pic already has been...

Here you are:

(original pic already has been cropped before, so the following pics arenīt that brilliant...)
Forum: Bird Identification Q&A Monday 20th February 2012, 08:12
Replies: 8
Views: 382
Posted By Mergus1
Hi thanks for those plenty replies! Actually...

Hi
thanks for those plenty replies!

Actually havenīt heard of a single LBBG this winter ;). Apart from that, size indicates Herring as well. Quite a lot records of it these weeks.

BTW these werenīt...
Forum: Bird Identification Q&A Sunday 19th February 2012, 13:55
Replies: 8
Views: 382
Posted By Mergus1
Mixed Gulls ID, Bavaria

Hi,

saw those larger Gulls in our area, Bavaria. Still struggeling with them. First one looks like a Herring or LBBG in cy2? The others Caspian and/or YLGs?

Much appreciated! :t:
(more pics...
Forum: Reptiles and Amphibians Thursday 5th January 2012, 10:25
Replies: 3
Views: 426
Posted By Mergus1
Thanks you two! Fits perfectly :t: Guess I was...

Thanks you two!
Fits perfectly :t:

Guess I was pretty wrong with my first suggestion, but thatīs what our guide told us ;)

Cheers,
Forum: Bird Identification Q&A Thursday 5th January 2012, 10:13
Replies: 5
Views: 477
Posted By Mergus1
Thanks again you two!! Much appreciated :t:! So,...

Thanks again you two!!
Much appreciated :t:!

So, abiding by the latest researches Iīll put my cyprus owlets under lilithīs! :)
Iīve read the distances between lilith and middle or southern european...
Forum: Bird Identification Q&A Thursday 5th January 2012, 08:08
Replies: 5
Views: 477
Posted By Mergus1
Thank you Richard! Science still seems to be...

Thank you Richard!

Science still seems to be struggeling in this point. So what shall I call my owlet now? indigena or lilith...?

By the way, we also heard some Eurasian Reed Warblers. What ssp....
Forum: Reptiles and Amphibians Wednesday 4th January 2012, 13:14
Replies: 3
Views: 426
Posted By Mergus1
Lizard ID, Cyprus

Hi,

found that one on Cyprus, april last year. Probably a kind of Psammodromus sp.?
Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Forum: Bird Identification Q&A Wednesday 4th January 2012, 12:29
Replies: 5
Views: 477
Posted By Mergus1
Lillithīs Owl, Cyprus?

Hi,

saw this little owl in southern Cyprus (Asprokremmos) in April last year. Iīve heard the common superspecies noctua isnīt present down there any more. So this might be some kind of other ssp?...
Forum: Bird Identification Q&A Sunday 1st January 2012, 17:56
Replies: 2
Views: 329
Posted By Mergus1
Perfect! Thanks very much! Ageing of birds (esp....

Perfect! Thanks very much!

Ageing of birds (esp. passerines) is really a fascinating thing to study! Good to know that pointed tail feathers also indicate juvs in e.g. tits, only heard of them being...
Forum: Bird Identification Q&A Saturday 31st December 2011, 15:27
Replies: 2
Views: 329
Posted By Mergus1
Ageing in Willow tit(s)

Hey guys,

found this willow tit in our area. ID should be clear (looks + calls..), so here my query:

Iīve heard one can distinguish 1w tits from adult ones by the state of their feathers. 1cy ones...
Forum: Bird Identification Q&A Saturday 17th December 2011, 19:16
Replies: 4
Views: 416
Posted By Mergus1
Alright, thanks guys :t:! Today one (kittiwake)...

Alright, thanks guys :t:!
Today one (kittiwake) was seen earlier in the morning at this place. Hoped to refind it...o.k. would have been too easy... ;)

Cheers,
Marcel
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