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    Are these Dusky Myzomela (Honeyeater) from Queensland

    Thanks for everyone's input on this one. John, thanks for getting in touch with Phil. He was away on a trip when we visited but we did enjoy the excellent breakfasts that Sue provided as well as the great gen she gave us on the birds. Interesting Phil's comment about pollen and I'm sure that...
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    Are these Dusky Myzomela (Honeyeater) from Queensland

    I have one other photo of the same bird taken 2 seconds later. The bill looks longer from this angle and the pink wash is less noticeable. If this is a Scarlet it would be the only one that I saw in north-east Queensland in the course of 4 weeks in Nov/Dec.
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    Are these Dusky Myzomela (Honeyeater) from Queensland

    John, They were both taken in the grounds of Cassowary House, Kuranda.
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    Are these Dusky Myzomela (Honeyeater) from Queensland

    I attach two photos of what I assume are Dusky Myzomela (aka Dusky Honeyeater) taken at Kuranda, Queensland. One shows a pink wash on the forehead and cheek. This is mentioned by HBW but I can't find it mentioned elsewhere. The other photo shows what I assume to be a juvenile with a more swollen...
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    Is this a Fairy Gerygone (Queensland, Australia)

    Thanks Nathan and Chowchilla.
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    Is this a Fairy Gerygone (Queensland, Australia)

    I'm trying to id this bird and the closest I can get is Fairy Gerygone but it doesn't look exactly the same as most photos I have seen. Taken near Kuranda, Queensland so, if it is Fairy Gerygone, it would be in the intergradation zone between G. p. personata and G. p. flavida.
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    Warblers, Abu Dhabi

    Can anyone help with the ID of these warblers taken from a balcony of Le Meridien Hotel, Abu Dhabi, in December?
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    Swallow ? in Bhutan

    Thanks for everyone's input. Red-rumped Swallow seems to be the verdict.
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    Swallow ? in Bhutan

    I attach photos of birds that were seen in April near Deothang, Bhutan at about 1300 metres. Can anyone help me to identify them?
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    Ext Tubes and Birds

    There is some interesting information at http://www.shutterfreaks.com/Tips/ExtensionTube.htm
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    Damselfly in Suffolk

    Hi Keith, Many thanks.
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    Damselfly in Suffolk

    I attach 3 photos of a damselfly I had near my garden pond in Suffolk on 11th May. I can't identify it but I am new to the world of dragonflies. Can anyone help with the id?
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    Buteo in Bhutan

    I attach two photos of a bird seen in the Mo Chu Valley (Tashithang Road), Bhutan, in late March this year. I originally thought that it was Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius but it has been suggested that it might be Himalayan Buzzard B. burmanicus (a taxon I can find very little reference to)...
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    Which Giant Petrel (Southern Chile)?

    From the colour of the bill tip I would agree with Northern which I understand is, curiously, normally found in more southerly waters than Southern.
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    Steamer-Ducks in southern Chile - which?

    I think you will find that Alvaro Jaramillo states that while Flightless is exclusively marine, Flying Steamer-duck can be both marine and fresh water. I think your ids are correct. Have a look at my pages www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/flyingsteamer-duck.html and...
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    Female Sunbird, Bhutan

    Marie, I'm sure from your location that you know more about sunbirds than I do but I wonder if a male, eclipse or otherwise, would be collecting nest material. Being early April, would males still be in exclipse plumage? The date presumably rules out young birds.
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    Female Sunbird, Bhutan

    I attach a photo of a female Sunbird taken in early April just below the Kori La Pass in Bhutan at a height of about 2,000 metres. From the pattern on the wing and the colour of the sides of the tail I assume that it is a female Fire-tailed Sunbird. Can anyone confirm this?
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    Identification sylviidae

    It looks like a juvenile Red-billed Leothrix to me.
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    Falcon and Prinia in Bhutan

    From a photography point of view it was good and I am now editing about 4,000 photos from the trip before I put the best on my website. We did miss a few good birds which was largely due to the incompetence of our bird guide so I would not recommend our ground agent, Blue Poppy Tours, to anyone.
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    Minla (?) from Bhutan

    Thanks Stuart. It's not very like the illustration in Inskipp IMHO.
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    Minla (?) from Bhutan

    I have a feeling that the id of the attached must be blindingly obvious but I can't work out what it is using Inskipp's "Birds of Bhutan". Can anyone help?
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    Falcon and Prinia in Bhutan

    I'm just back from a trip to Bhutan which is a new part of the world for me. Could someone with more experience of the area help with the attached photos. In the field, I thought that the falcon was a Peregrine Falcon of the race perigrinator. Now that I am back with my books I feel it is more...
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    Blue-crowned Trogon, Brazil

    I was just about to upload the attached photo of what I thought was a female Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui when I thought I had better check the tail pattern. On looking up the Handbook, I noticed that the bill colour is illustrated as bright yellow and this feature is mentioned in the...
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    North Amazon, bird ID please

    It looks like a female Yellow-crested Manakin to me being fairly bright olive above and with dark grey cheeks. Is the female's throat not grey rather than white?
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    White-bellied Parrot, Cristalino, Brazil

    Rasmus, Thanks for the benefit of your experience in this matter. It does make me wonder just how accurate subspecies distributions are in other species where the visual differences are negligible. At least in White-bellied Parrot the differences are fairly easy to see. I think you are a bit...
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