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    Kashmir Raptor ID please

    Hi, These photos were taken last week on the banks of the river Jehlum in Kashmir India. http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/raptor_07.jpg http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/raptor_08.jpg Probably the same bird(?) a few days later at the same location...
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    Pallas Fish Eagle or Black Kite?

    Hi, This picture is from todays edition of a local newspaper from Kashmir, India. It is captioned as a Pallas Fish Eagle but I think it is a Black Kite which is by far the most common raptor in Kashmir. http://www.greaterkashmir.com/Gallery_images/photo_23_1_2012_1427.jpeg ID help would be...
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    Kashmir Raptor ID please

    Hi, I photographed this raptor in a marsh in Kashmir yesterday. http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown99a.jpg http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown99b.jpg Juvenile Buzzard ? ID help please, Thanks.
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    Kashmir Raptor ID please

    Hi, I am back with low quality pics and high expectations :-) I photographed this raptor on the banks of the Dal Lake today. http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown98.jpg ID help please, Thanks.
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    Image enlargement using Seam carving/Seam removal techniques

    Recently there seems to be a buzz about 'Seam carving/Seam removal' or 'content-aware image enlargement' on the net. Normally enlarging smaller images creates a lot of pixelation but seam carving techniques claim to to enlarge the images without pixelation. In my experience the technique seems...
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    Smew ID confirmation please

    This flock of coots returns to the same spot on the Dal Lake in Kashmir every winter. http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/stuff/coots.jpg Life in black-and-white must get boring for these fellas cause this year they have added a dash of colour in the shape of a lone Red-crested Pochard that...
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    Wetland Raptors. ID Help Please.

    Hi, Merry Christmas everyone. I am just back from a trip to Hokersar Wetland Reserve in Kashmir. It is a major stopover on the Central Asian Flyway and according to the staff over a million migratory waterfowl visited Hokersar this year. There were still hundreds of thousands of migratory ducks...
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    Bird call for ID Please

    Can you help ID this bird from its call: http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown01.mp3 It was recorded in Dachigam National park, Kashmir. Thanks.
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    Diving Duck ID Please

    This duck was being harried by crows on the river Jehlum in Kashmir today. Seems to me to be a Common Merganser. http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown96.jpg ID confirmation please as Grimskipp ranks it as rare for the area even though it breeds in neighbouring Ladakh. P>S Please...
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    Mystery Warbler ID Please

    Hi. Its that time of the year again in Kashmir when the trees are bare and I can make a fool of myself by chasing tiny birds with a large lens. Not that I am getting any better at it. Anyway since the kind folk at this site have been very patient with me I shall again take advantage :-)...
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    Kashmir Lizard ID please.

    Need help in identifying this lizard: http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/reptile_01.jpg http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/reptile_02.jpg Thanks.
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    ID help needed for Warblers from the Western-Himalayas.

    Here are some warblers from a recent trip to Gulmarg, Kashmir. http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown89.jpg http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown90.jpg http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown91a.jpg...
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    Help with Kashmir finch? ID

    I photographed this bird in my garden in Kashmir today. The season here is early autumn. http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown88a.jpg http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown88b.jpg http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown88c.jpg...
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    Reopening the Drongo debate.

    I photographed this juvenile Drongo in my garden in Kashmir last week. http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/stuff/62.jpg http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/stuff/63.jpg ID confirmation help would be most appreciated. Thanks.
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    Small Bird in Kashmir. ID please

    I photographed this bird yesterday in Pahalgam ( 2000 metres+) in Kashmir. http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown87.jpg ID help Please, Thanks
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    Himalayan Raptor ID Please

    I saw this raptor being chased by a pair of Large-billed (Jungle) crows in Kashmir India. These photos were taken above Pahalgam (at around 3000 metres+) in Kashmir. http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown86a.jpg http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown86b.jpg...
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    Warblers in a willow tree.

    Warblers in a walnut tree. Warblers in a walnut tree in Kashmir. http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown85a.jpg http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown85b.jpg http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown85c.jpg...
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    Rosy Pipit confirmation [Manasbal Lake, Kashmir]

    My inability to indentify pipits is matched only by my ability to misidentify warblers, so will someone please confirm that this bird is a Rosy Pipit. http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown_85a.jpg http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown_85b.jpg It was photographed...
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    Mystery duck in Kashmir

    I found these pictures of what seems to be a long-necked duck of some sort in a camcorder that my kids use. The pics were taken at the Harvan reservoir in Kashmir in September 2005. http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown_84.jpg ID help please, Thanks.
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    Return of the Paradise Flycatchers

    Last year I posted a few pictures of a pair of Asian Paradise-flycatchers who I had observed building their nest just outside my office window. This nest was located in the same spot as the year before, even down to the exact same branch of a fig tree located in a ancient graveyard in the middle...
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    Small Warbler ID please

    Small Warbler in Gulmarg, Kashmir Hi, I photographed this small warbler at Gulmarg in Kashmir yesterday. The season here is early spring. http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown83a.jpg http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown83b.jpg...
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    North India trip

    I have just returned from a North India trip including visits to the Bharatpur and Ranthambore National parks. I tried to identify and note down the the birds I observed [70 lifers] but these few remain unidentified for one reason or another...
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    Winter warbler ID Please

    I photographed this warbler in Kashmir today. I think that it is a Lemon-rumped warbler. http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/lrw01.jpg http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/lrw02.jpg http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/lrw03.jpg ID confirmation please.
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    2007 Security Setup

    On my desktop I use the AVG Suite of security products: AVG Antivirus AVG Antispyware [The excellent Ewido antispyware in its new avatar] AVG AntiRootkit http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 http://free.grisoft.com/doc/20/lng/us/tpl/v5...
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    Accipter ID please

    At least I hope it is an accipter. I took the photograph in Kashmir today. http://www.kashmirnetwork.com/birds/unknown/unknown82.jpg The inset image is the actual image from my camera and the larger one is a an enlarged version. The most likely species would be a Eurasian Sparrowhawk but I...
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