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    Gilded Flicker ID ?

    Hi: A friend take this photo in our birding trip to California in November. The photo was taken about 100 metres. from the Big Bear Lake (San Bernardino Mountains). Looking at the Sibley it looks like a Gilded Flicker but I think the habitat is not the correct for the bird¡. We don´t know very...
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    Mountain Plover California

    Hi: First sorry but my english is not too very good. I´m a spanish birder that I´m going to a birding trip to California from 19 nov to 2 dec. I´m going from San Francisco to San Diego visiting the best places. I wanna ask for the best places to watch two species that I wanna see a lot...
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    Cyprus or Lesvos in April?

    Hi friends: I´m a spanish birder who I´ve got holidays the first week of april and I want going with my family to birding in Lesvos. I think is superb birding in Lesvos but the last days I readed a few trips reports of Cyprus and is superb also¡¡. What do you prefer?? I have a lot of...
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    A small problem with Zeiss FL 10x42

    Hi: The first sorry but my english is too bad. This summer I bought a pair of Zeiss FL 10x42, they´re excellent but.... sometimes (when it´s cold and foggy) the right glass is mist when I´m watching more than 30 seconds, (the left glass too but when I´m watching more time). With normal...
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    What magazine??

    Hi friends: I´m a spanish birder that I´m going tu subscribe to one birding magazine, I have doubts to what subscribe. What of this 3 birding magazines do you prefer, Alula, British Birds or Dutch Birding? Thanks
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    Ring-necked duck or hybrid?

    Hi friends: I took this photos in Catalina Garcia , a very small lake in Fuerteventura (Canary Island). In a first moment I hadn´t no doubts, a Ring-necked duck however watching the photos in my house I think that could be an hybrid of Ring-necked duck x Tufted duck. What do you think??
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    Fuerteventura (Canary Islands)

    Hello: In October I´m going 5 days to birdwatch in Fuerteventura to watch the specialities Canary Island Chat, Cream Coloured Courser, Houbara....etc. I like that you give me some advises to watch this birds like sites, etc. Regards.
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    Fuerteventura in October

    Hi: The second week of october I´m goint to make a birding trip to Fuerteventura to see the chat, cream-coloured courser,etc. Any birder has stayed recently in Fuerteventura? What about Embalse los molinos?? Regards
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    Marsh Sandpiper?

    I made this photo the last sunday on a ricefield in the Ebro Delta (Spain). I think that there are two Marsh Sandpiper, not a common bird in Spain, a migrant, but could be Green Sandpiper?? Regards
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    Monoculars Zeiss

    Hi: My father has problem in one eye, and his vision is very bad with it eye. Consequently, he doesn´t like binoculars, he says that his vision with them is bad. What about monocular Zeiss? Are good for birding? Regards
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    8,5x or 10x

    When I decided the brand of my new binoculars, Swarovski, I have doubts in the power....all my life I used 8x but in ocasions I think that a quite more power could be very good but.....the change is very big for my eyes?? I don´t know. Sorry for my bad english¡¡ Regards.
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    8x5x or 10x

    When I decided the brand of my new binoculars, Swarovski, I have doubts in the power....all my life I used 8x but in ocasions I think that a quite more power could be very good but.....the change is very big for my eyes?? I don´t know. Regards.
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    The Good Bird Guide: A Species-by-Species Guide to Finding Europe's Best Birds

    I read a few of this book in Internet and I´m going to buy one. Is it good? Regards
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    Birdwatch Fair

    I´m spanish birder that this summer I´m going to the Birdwatch fair (waited.....). There are good sites to birding in August near?? Regards
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    Hi

    I´m spanish birder that this summer I´m going to the Birdwatch fair (waited.....). There are good sites to birding in August near?? Regards
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    Montagu´s or Hen Harrier?

    Hello: I taken this bad photo in a field near the road Monroy-Trujillo (Extremadura, SPAIN). I think that there´s a Montagu´s Harrier but...could be a Hen Harrier? . I have my doubts.... Regards
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    Golden Eagle??

    A friend (Angel Negro) send me this photo taken this weekend in Epila (Zaragoza). I think that it´s a Golden Eagle but my friend say me that it was as bigger as a Griffon Vulture..... Thanks
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    EL 10x42 vs SLC 10x42

    Hi: The next month I´m going to buy my new bins. I decided the Swarovski EL 10x42, I love it. But....what´s the main difference (optical) with the SLC 10 x 42?? Regards
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    Melodious Warbler???

    I took this photo the last weekend near my house in Ricla (Zaragoza-Spain). Light is very bad. I think that it´s a Melodious Warbler but.....Could be an Olivaceus Warbler?? Help please. Regards from Spain Javier Traín.
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    Swarovski 10x42 Vs Zeiss Fl 10x42

    Hello friends: I´m going to buy a new pair of binoculars the next month but I have doubts between Swarovski EL 10x42 and Zeiss Fl 10x42, What of the two advise me?? Thank You Regards from Zaragoza (Spain) and sorry for my bad english¡¡
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    Monfragüe (Extremadura)

    The days 18,19 and 20 of March I will go to Trujillo (Extremadura) to visit Monfragüe. A friend say me that this year in Portilla del Tietar (Monfragüe) you can see Black Stork, Eagle Owl and Spanish- Imperial Eagle. It´s fantastic¡. Regards
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