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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...- MTem
- Post #7
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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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...- MTem
- Post #3
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Black-crowned Tchagra #3
... and did a bit of sun-bathing.- MTem
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- Category: Africa
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Black-crowned Tchagra #2
... then he walked along the side of the field in the open towards me.- MTem
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- black-crowned tchagra
- Comments: 0
- Category: Africa
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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...- MTem
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- Category: Africa
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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- MTem
- Post #7
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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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- MTem
- Post #3
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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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...- MTem
- Post #6
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Wood Sandpipers'
Think these are Wood sandpipers, SK.- MTem
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Louisville, Kentucky, March 11
Yes the same - Northern Mockingbird - just wet and bedraggled.- MTem
- Post #4
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Moroccan white wagtail
Like the coal tit this attractive wagtail has more black on the face and bib than the nominate- MTem
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- Category: Africa
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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!- MTem
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- Comments: 2
- Category: Africa
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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)- MTem
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- Comments: 4
- Category: Africa
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Western Sahara 2
Agree both are possible - I saw both in the last 2 weeks in S. Morocco. I went for Eastern as the bill looks small and pointed, but agree it's tricky to be definitive on a single photo like this. Agree Iberian Chiffchaff is possible (saw/heard them too) but these look clear enough on pp, cheek...- MTem
- Post #6
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Western Sahara 3
Certainly going by the small dainty bill and the rufous tertials I'd agree Andrew, I was just concerned about what looks to be quite a broad dark diffuse tail band. Seen many more Desert than Bar-tailed mind you! Mick- MTem
- Post #5
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Gull?
Looks like an immature Herring gull, most likely a first or second winter. Hard (for me) to be sure which from this angle! Mick- MTem
- Post #2
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Do Doves Mourn Lost Babies?
Also doves and pigeons are notorious for trying to breed year round - as they are one of the few non-carnivorous bird groups that do not require insectivorous food for themselves or their young this is feasible. But if as John says they get it wrong, and start at a time of low food supply (like...- MTem
- Post #7
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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Do Doves Mourn Lost Babies?
Sound advice from John here, both about removing the dead young, and getting the kids to watch Attenborough - any of his BBC series. I'm sure they're available in the US. Mick- MTem
- Post #6
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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Western Sahara 3
I'd say Desert for the first three (not seen Dunn's, but the bill looks too small, and the pp too long). Could be Bar-tailed, but the tail looks to have quite a wide diffuse dark tip from what little can be seen. Last two Thekla, (curved lower mandible) Not an expert by any means so wait...- MTem
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Western Sahara 2
I'd say WW, Chiffchaff, Eastern Olivaceous, WW, WW Mick- MTem
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Merlin? Eastern Ontario, Canada
It is a Merlin, a female and looks adult to me, but others more skilled might be able to age more specifically. Mick- MTem
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Tristram's warbler
And lastly Tristram's warbler - like a cross between a Dartford and a Subalpine.- MTem
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- Comments: 4
- Category: Africa