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  1. leonardo_simon

    The Gambia - guides & prices

    Just faded in sunlight I think
  2. leonardo_simon

    The Gambia - guides & prices

    Hello - just got back and had a great time. We did some half days in the coastal region (leaving Kotu @06;30 returning about 14:00hrs) which we negotiated to £35 per person for two people with a guide + driver. (Plus we gave the driver a 200 Dalasi tip). We took a guide from the Kotu...
  3. leonardo_simon

    The Gambia - guides & prices

    I’ll be visiting The Gambia this week. Can anyone here recommend a good guide /guiding company also what are the usual prices please per day etc? I plan to arrange a guide when I get there thanks
  4. leonardo_simon

    raptor & ? shrike???? nepal

    oK - thanks - I'd not considered juveniles....duh.... might this be instead a juvenile long tailed shrike - they are super common in that area (I saw loads) whereas eBird suggests bay-backed is a rarity there? Or have I stumbled across a rarity? (Or ebird wrong?) thanks again!
  5. leonardo_simon

    raptor & ? shrike???? nepal

    any ideas on the 2nd bird please?
  6. leonardo_simon

    raptor & ? shrike???? nepal

    Thanks for that -- any idea of this one please? I'm thinking brown shrike. This was taken in Kingha, which is at about 3500m altitude just below Muktinakh (i.e.Lower Mustang region which is much more arid than Sikles). mid october 2022.....
  7. leonardo_simon

    Binoculars for Trekking in Himalayas

    UPDATE - trip happened this year, delayed by the pandemic. Anyway, simple answer to my original question (relating to the weight of full size binoculars causing neck strain) = a harness worked fine, rucksac straps didn't interfere, and I used a peak designs capture clip to carry the...
  8. leonardo_simon

    raptor & ? shrike???? nepal

    Any help with ID of these would be gratefully appreciated! photo taken in early october this year in Sikles, at about 2000m altitude (on the slopes of the annapurna range) thanks!
  9. leonardo_simon

    Nightingale or a sprosser?

    What is “sprosser “ please?
  10. leonardo_simon

    Stock dove?

    Looks like a stock dove to me!
  11. leonardo_simon

    Small (But Good?) Part 5

    Very nice review and recordings Thanks
  12. leonardo_simon

    Birdwatching in Finland - Rovaniemi area

    Have a look at eBird - check the hotspots in the area(s) you are interested in E.g. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L12591730 Also eBird can show you records in the region and you can then find where the birds you are interested in were last seen. This approach works best if you check regularly over...
  13. leonardo_simon

    Aahrus, Denmark info please

    Thanks that looks excellent- looks like can hire a bicycle from the city centre and get there easily
  14. leonardo_simon

    Black-throated Blue Warbler? N IL USA 5/12/22

    Ha, my first thought was great tit not a warbler……(obviously not a great tit as you don’t have many of them in USA)
  15. leonardo_simon

    Merlin Song Recognition and African Data

    Presume you have tried to contact Cornell?
  16. leonardo_simon

    Audio Recorder Recommendations?

    I have the Tasman DR05x and am happy with it. Sometimes I use it with a microphone sometimes on its own. Relatively cheap so happy to leave it unattended.
  17. leonardo_simon

    Aahrus, Denmark info please

    Hello, I have one spare day at the end of May in Ahrus at the end of a business trip. Please could someone advise me of any good birding sites in the vicinity. Ideally accessible by public transport as I would prefer not to hire a car. Ideally with a different mix to what I usually see in...
  18. leonardo_simon

    Shetland visit

    Whales- the ferries between Mainland - Yell - Unst regularly report whales etc.
  19. leonardo_simon

    unidentified call, In North Devon Semi ancient Natural woodland

    Any chance of a longer recording please?
  20. leonardo_simon

    Shetland visit

    Eshaness is an awesome place. Especially when the sea is big. Hermaness spectacular sea bird colony- especially Gannets, Puffins, Great Skuas
  21. leonardo_simon

    Kathmandu, Nepal - info please for a few spare days in October

    Hi @Andy Adcock - our trek is all sorted out re guides/porters etc - there’s a group of us going to the Annapurna region and there won‘t be much time for birding unfortunately so I’m hoping to get a bit of focused birding in Kathmandu before/after the trip. So it’s just some single day trips...
  22. leonardo_simon

    Kathmandu, Nepal - info please for a few spare days in October

    I will have a few spare days in Kathmandu this October- before/after trekking in Himalaya. I would appreciate any advice for birding day trips or local sites. Might take a guide for a day (any recommendations ?) but generally prefer going alone without guide. Thanks
  23. leonardo_simon

    sound recording problem noctmig

    I don't know -- I might ask Rode -- because maybe the TRRS is already supplying power to the microphone -- and if so then there is no problem. Powerbank for recorder works very well indeed.
  24. leonardo_simon

    sound recording problem noctmig

    Thanks — having done some more investigation it seems like the noise/interference issue relates to the USB connection between the power bank and the recorder. I tried all configuration of internal/external batteries. The recorder is fine with the USB power, just that the microphone isn’t...
  25. leonardo_simon

    sound recording problem noctmig

    Edit: by process of elimination I think I have found the source of the problem which is the external power supply to the microphone is adding the interference and causing the problem. So......how do I externally power my microphone without this??? thanks...
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