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  1. petemorris

    Hybrid baikal teal ? at Top Hill Low , Yorkshire last weekend.

    Why not Eurasian Wigeon x Northern Pintail?
  2. petemorris

    Collins bird guide 3rd edition in an App

    Does anyone use the Android app in their family library? If so, have you updated and managed to update any of the other phones without paying for each phone/account to upgrade? Surely the upgrade should be available to use in the family library in the same way as the App is?
  3. petemorris

    Rough-legged buzzard? - Northwest Turkey

    As Smiths has said, this is a very pale Long-legged Buzzard. Rough-legged Buzzard would never show those buffy and rufescent tones.
  4. petemorris

    Dodging Diver at Backwater Reservoir

    And, if you want to add likelihood into the equation, Red-throated is generally the rarer of the two inland.
  5. petemorris

    Dodging Diver at Backwater Reservoir

    Kind of think that's the point though... hard to confirm either way from the images provided. I wouldn't like to say with any certainty.
  6. petemorris

    Dodging Diver at Backwater Reservoir

    I'm not sure the photos are good enough to be 100% sure? The dark back, contrasting with paler nape, and a lot of white on the flanks, gives some Black-throated Diver vibes to me, but never easy from less than adequate photos, and may be a Red-throated.
  7. petemorris

    Trinidad - Shore Bird Identification

    Is it actually a 1cy bird though, or a moulting adult?
  8. petemorris

    Boat-billed Flycatcher (Manu road, Cusco, Peru)

    It's a Buff-throated Saltator.
  9. petemorris

    Waters Near Vancouver Island, Canada

    First a Rhinoceros Auklet, rest Common Murres (Guillemots)
  10. petemorris

    Storm Petrel

    99.9% chance it is Elliot's. Certainly looks like one, and they're abundant there. But without seeng the belly, it's tough to be categoric.
  11. petemorris

    Shetland UK - Redpoll ID

    Looks more like a Common (Mealy) to me, slightly overexposed, but would prefer to see more photos.
  12. petemorris

    Fawn-colored Lark

    I don't think they occur there...
  13. petemorris

    historical id- pipit spurn yorkshire 13/08/95

    Richard's is just about unheard of in August. Perhaps a Tree Pipit?
  14. petemorris

    Common pochard or Canvasback - Japan

    They are Common Pochards, which is also the expected species.
  15. petemorris

    Shrike juv Cyprus

    Juv Masked Shrike
  16. petemorris

    Chiff Chaff or Willow Warbler please

    Well I have to say, in my opinion, this is about as clear-cut Chiffchaff as one could hope for, and great photos to make it easy! Chiffy head pattern including nice eyering under the eye, plumage tones, dark legs, shortish pp etc
  17. petemorris

    ID Plz-Papua New Guinea, Central Province, Dist. Hiri, near Tabusereia Village, City Mission- Sept 3 2023

    Look more like badly-exposed Yellow-tinted Honeyeaters to me Phil?
  18. petemorris

    Denmark. Duck

    🤔 I think you'll find I did, which is why I expanded my answer. Apologies if my use of answers in the plural confused you. But the previous answers (in the plural) suggested teal with some degree of reasoning. With such a poor and pixelated image, it is not possible to go in to fine detail. Hey ho.
  19. petemorris

    Bunting ID (W France, january 5th)

    What pro Cirl Bunting features does it have? Cirl would not have crossed my mind really. Reed and Cirl are not typically confusion species, though granted, the pic is not great.
  20. petemorris

    Denmark. Duck

    The answers had already been given above! Clearly a poor photo of a dabbling duck, most likely a (Eurasian) Teal.
  21. petemorris

    Bunting ID (W France, january 5th)

    I think they often show a pale spot there, and if the highlights are blown out a bit, as is perhaps the case in the OP's picture, it could look more conspicuous than it really is. See the pic below from David Bradley's blog post for example.
  22. petemorris

    Denmark. Duck

    Oh no it isn't!
  23. petemorris

    Bunting ID (W France, january 5th)

    Well indeed, which is why I was non-comittal (other than pretty sure it wasn't a Cirl Bunting or Yellowhammer). However, I feel that the ear-covert pattern, particularly the obvious dark lower border, and thick eyestripe behind the eye, are wrong for Little Bunting.
  24. petemorris

    Bunting ID (W France, january 5th)

    What I mentioned before, and what I was referring to, is that it was one poor image. I was a little baffled why everyone was convinced it had to be a Yellowhammer or Cirl Bunting. You are correct that I only mentioned Reed Bunting when you asked me. Not really sure what the problem with that is?
  25. petemorris

    Bunting ID (W France, january 5th)

    As I said, one poor photo is not easy to judge, but I do not see why it is not a Common Reed Bunting.
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