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  1. pbjosh

    Best site for Rock Partridge relatively close to Athens?

    I will likely have the opportunity to add a couple days to a brief trip to Athens in late May. It looks like Rock Partridge might be semi-reliable / at least worth a try on Mt Parnassos, best accessed via the Kelaria/Kellaria ski resort. I haven't found a ton online, though, just bits and...
  2. pbjosh

    Two people break 10,000 species, and on the same day? Can it be?

    For those that don't know, Peter Kaestner and Jason Mann have both self-reported their 10,000th bird species in the last day or so. Many people know or know of Peter and his quest to reach 10k. Jason Mann seems to be relatively unknown, and as far as I can tell basically only published his list...
  3. pbjosh

    Pakistan for Long-billed Bush-Warbler, June 2023

    A bit late with this one but at least I wrote a report. Anyways, Andrew Spencer was wrapping up a long trip in Central Asia with a quick visit to Pakistan and the timing worked for me so off we went. We both loved it and it was honestly logistically quite an easy trip and the birding, food, and...
  4. pbjosh

    French Guiana

    Bonjour ;) I just spent 12 days in Fr Guiana and really enjoyed a lot. It’s particularly well setup for independent birding with zero hassles other than the fact that there few flight options to get there. once there there is forest everywhere that is all freely accessible and easy access to...
  5. pbjosh

    The bird you’ve seen in the most countries?

    Skipping House Sparrow / Rock Pigeon or any other exotics, what species have you seen in the most countries? Some obvious contenders are Peregrine Falcon, Osprey, Great Egret, Western Cattle Egret (I don’t consider it an exotic in the Americas, it arrived on its own), Ruddy Turnstone, Common...
  6. pbjosh

    Your silliest/most entertaining/unlikely birding accomplishments

    I’m talking about things like getting a mega vagrant while going to the bathroom or otherwise jamming something ridiculously good in a bizarre manner, statistically ridiculous occurences, laughable holes in your lists, etc. IE I have a friend who got his lifer African Paradise-Flycatcher inside...
  7. pbjosh

    Munich area Barnacle Geese

    Hello, A quick question if anyone is familiar... it seems that Munich is about the latitude where there is a division between most/all Barnacle Geese being clearly feral (further S), and where they do really winter (further N). I would guess birds in city parks can be assumed to be feral, but...
  8. pbjosh

    New edition of Birds of India coming?

    I have recently had a driver in NW India who is also a birder who mentioned that an updated version of this guide (Grimmett/Inskipp) is meant to be coming in the next year or two. Anyone else know more about this? Would increase the likelihood of leaving my current book with someone here!
  9. pbjosh

    Qatar (Irakhiya Farm) in August

    Is this site generally open to the public or do arrangements need to be made? I have the option to have a 1/2 day layover in Doha in mid-August which would let me get out to the farm mid-late afternoon and bird for a few hours. I would also stay until after dark for Egyptian Nightjar, if...
  10. pbjosh

    Georgia / Armenia April/May 2022

    I've just had a very enjoyable trip to Georgia and Armenia, joining DMW and his friend Phil in the mountains Georgia which they had already planned, then adding a brief two days in the Georgian steppe prior and a few days in Armenia after. There's plenty of gen out there for these sites but I...
  11. pbjosh

    Wandering diopter - what is happening inside / technical explanation?

    First when I say wandering diopter, I mean a diopter that is clearly not functioning correctly - not a sneaky problem of having to adjust the diopter throughout the day a tiny amount depending on how tired you are, or having to adjust the diopter differently to achieve perfect near vs far focus...
  12. pbjosh

    Dealer recco’s for Fujinon TSX1440

    Hello all, I’m assuming I will find a better price in the US for this bin but can also buy in Europe with delivery to DE or ES or CH. just important to have a flexible return in case I get a lemon, I don’t intend to return them otherwise. Anyone have a recommendation on where to get these with...
  13. pbjosh

    Unfortunate news: WildWings apparently will be no more...

    Per a friend, and not personally confirmed, WildWings has gone into administration. A real loss to the expedition / pelagic loving folks among us!
  14. pbjosh

    Turkey Vulture vs Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, Argentina

    Either is an irregular wanderer here with between no and a small handful of records/year. Turkey is slightly more frequently recorded. I saw this bird very briefly and didn't get a good look at it. Two other observers independently got photos and appear to have come to differing opinions of the...
  15. pbjosh

    A couple questions about digi-binning

    Hello folks, I'm not particularly versed in digiscoping / digibinning but have done a bit here and there. In any case, lately I've been trying to understand optical distortion in binoculars more and I've been wanting to take photos of the FOV of some of my bins in order to see a fixed image...
  16. pbjosh

    IOC combines forces w/ NACC, SACC, Cornell, and more to produce "global checklist"

    IOC combines forces w/ NACC, SACC, Cornell, and more to produce "global checklist" From: https://www.internationalornithology.org/working-group-avian-checklists Working Group Avian Checklists A major IOU initiative Building on the IOC World Bird List begun by Frank Gill and David Donsker...
  17. pbjosh

    Kowa BDII 6.5x32 XD review

    Hello all, Travel misadventures left me in California to weather the Covid-19 global lock down, as I cannot get back to Argentina for the foreseeable future. Being 10,000km from my partner basically sucks. But the situation yields some niceties as well - seeing my mom, enjoying a bit of socal...
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  18. pbjosh

    Independent Sarawak birding

    Hello all, I recently spent a good bit of time in Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak, Sabah, Bali, East Java, and Lombok. I didn't write a full trip report but a synopsis can be found in a thread I started in another part of the site: https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=379807 I have just...
  19. pbjosh

    Canon IS bins for pelagic birding

    Hello all, I have been pondering for some time a pair of IS bins for pelagic birding. I did the South Atlantic Odyssey and in colder rougher waters 8x was necessary though I didn’t feel I wanted lower mag. In the tropics on flat water from a 90m long boat, 10x was preferable and some were using...
  20. pbjosh

    Indonesia- Black-crowned vs Rufous/Nankeen Night Heron

    No pictures to look at here, rather a question: For those with enough field experience, are these two Night Herons possible to separate on voice? I am in Bali where in theory both are well in range, and hearing Night Herons almost every night. Listening to Xeno-Canto, I don’t hear a difference...
  21. pbjosh

    Advice for Malaysia itinerary

    Hello all, A planned trip to Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Zambia has unfortunately been postponed. In the meanwhile I am going to have about 3 weeks to bird in peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo before my partner joins me and we do some less intense birding and more general ecotourism in...
  22. pbjosh

    2019 eBird/Clements taxonomy update - convergence with IOC/HBW mentioned

    From https://ebird.org/news/2019-ebird-taxonomy-update "This year’s taxonomy update will be a “big one”, although changes in North America and Western Europe are relatively few. The large number of changes is the result of a comprehensive review of African, Asian, and Australasian species to...
  23. pbjosh

    Bahia and Espirito Santo, Brazil, solo trip

    Hello all, I did a bit of a whirlwind solo trip around Bahia and Espirito Santo recently - 20+ days birding in late April and early May. I rented a car in Salvador and went to these sites: Fazenda Campina – just north of Salvador, one of the best sites for Fringe-backed Fire-eye, which is easy...
  24. pbjosh

    How to access Fazenda Agua Boa, Bahia, Brazil

    Hello folks, Does anyone have any contact info or know more about how to access Fazenda Agua Boa near Itacaré? It looks like going there for Bahia Tapaculo instead of to the Michelin reserve gives a better chance of the Bahia race of Great-billed Hermit. I understand it is a private reserve but...
  25. pbjosh

    A tidbit about a potential new Mexico guidebook

    FB showed me a post from Wings this morning, and this caught my eye: "The first-part of Steve Howell’s recent trip to El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve in southern Mexico, where he was researching for a new field guide to Mexican birds, co-authored and illustrated by Dale Dyer, who recently...
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