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  1. Xenospiza

    "Erasing history" in the WP

    If your mother tongue is English, I doubt that you are pronouncing e.g. Stejneger, Krüper, Radde, Güldenstädt, Ménétriés or Cretzschmar correctly. So basically I am doing you a service! (To be fair, the English pronounce "Cetti" better than the Dutch). Many of the names below do not deserve...
  2. Xenospiza

    Earthcreeper in the Campos de Cultivo de Asia, Peru

    In the late afternoon of 29 July, we came across this earthcreeper in the Campos de Cultivo de Asia, on the Peruvian coast south of Lima (here). With its long tail, plain reddish wings, long curved bill and strong supercilium it looks to me like a (somewhat dishevelled) White-throated...
  3. Xenospiza

    Hooded Seal gives birth on Dutch beach

    Beach access closed off. https://nos.nl/artikel/2469199-klapmuts-geboren-op-vlieland-strand-afgesloten
  4. Xenospiza

    1st year Little versus Least Tern

    This must be very useful for people who can actually remember such stuff. I see so few terns that any bird not in summer plumage has me in despair...
  5. Xenospiza

    Nominees for the least intelligent bird in the world

    Mine is: Canada Goose I would't dare call a bird "stupid" of course, although it is tempting in this case. At my local patch, a pair of Mute Swans is nesting. In itself this is quite stupid, because they haven't been successful in the last ten years. A pair of Canada Geese also seems to like...
  6. Xenospiza

    More Atlantic forest destruction

    The horrible government of Brazil takes another horrible decision: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54338892
  7. Xenospiza

    Eagle Owls nesting on a Dutch balcony

    The poor chicks are already addicted to television: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ik29zMbHaY
  8. Xenospiza

    Dutch and Belgian Wolf cubs

    Both in the Netherlands (somewhere north of Apeldoorn) and in Belgium (somewhere in the northeast), wolf cubs have been sighted. The first ones since they returned – probably even earlier than expected. Some bad video: https://www.nu.nl/273888/video/drie-jonge-wolven-gespot-op-de-veluwe.html
  9. Xenospiza

    Snake, Mishmi Hills, NE India

    Can anyone shed light on this one? I was thinking of an Amphiesma species, but (other than the family) I am likely wrong! See also: https://observation.org/waarneming/view/172215558
  10. Xenospiza

    Alaska ornithologist charged with smuggling endangered, protected birds

    http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Alaska-ornithologist-charged-in-Florida-for-smuggling-endangered-protected-birds-383890641.html An Alaska ornithologist and longtime research associate with the University of Alaska Museum of the North was recently charged with several counts of illegally...
  11. Xenospiza

    Snake Guyana

    A very slender diurnal snake, first on the road, then climbed into low vegetation upon being disturbed by me.
  12. Xenospiza

    2000 pairs of Agami Heron in one colony

    I always thought chancing upon one in a rainforest creek was the best you could get. Apparently not: http://www.dutchbirding.nl/news.php?id=1040
  13. Xenospiza

    Bat roosting, distant pic, Germany

    While searching for Rock Bunting at the Drachenfels south of Bonn this afternoon I found this (small) bat that flew about and decided to roost on the nicely warmed-up rocks. It was very distant, but would any id be possible?
  14. Xenospiza

    Ornamental Elm-like tree

    I found this impressive tree in my neighbourhood. At first I thought "that's a bright elm!" but it's obviously something else. Any ideas?
  15. Xenospiza

    Snake in Panama (Nusagandi)

    I had to prod this fierce-looking individual in Nusagandi a bit to see if it was alive. It was still on the same rock a week later. Any ideas what it could be? It was probably my first venomous snake in the Americas.
  16. Xenospiza

    Summer Ladies-Tresses (Netherlands)

    These grow "somewhere" within their former distribution, where they had gone extinct about half a century ago. Discovered just two years ago on some recently scraped ground, the number of flowering plants has apparently quadrupled since last year. I assume they are the real deal, although a few...
  17. Xenospiza

    Dragonfly, Hebei, China

    Crappy picture of a very distinctive and abundant dragonfly (or is it something else?) in flight... Over a lake-that-shall-not-be-named in Hebei province.
  18. Xenospiza

    Qinghai (Tibetan plateau) rodents

    Could anyone enlighten me on what I have photographed? The grey rodent is quite large, inquisitive, lives in colonies and warns with double "chk" sounds. Seen on the plateau at about 4300 m and at Er La Pass at 4600 m. At first I assumed I was dealing with a pika... The bicoloured one was...
  19. Xenospiza

    Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell invasion Netherlands

    A few dozens noted over the last week! They entered last week with warm weather from the northeast... http://www.vlinderstichting.nl/actueel.php?id=8&nieuwsid=1099 (in Dutch). Who knows how far they may head west!
  20. Xenospiza

    Honey / Common Buzzard: direct comparison

    Maybe a picture says more than a 1000 words? Seen this evening, just north of the less-than-picturesque town of Marl, Germany. The one on the left is the Honey Buzzard in case you're wondering.
  21. Xenospiza

    Apamea or something completely different?

    Found this one in a grassy verge next to a corn field in western Germany. To me it looks like Reddish Light Arches, but this would be most unexpected... so I'm likely wrong.
  22. Xenospiza

    Death Adder, Tanimbar

    We managed to almost step on this species twice on Yamdena (Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia). I'm pretty sure it is a Death Adder, so would that make it Northern Acanthophis praelongus? The reptile database also lists laevis for Tanimbar.
  23. Xenospiza

    Orchids on Terschelling (NL) - status of "podesta"?

    I went for a hectic plant twitch on the Dutch island of Terschelling yesterday. 6.5 hours walking & cycling in strong winds turned out to give just enough time to see most of the targets, some of which –in a Dutch context– only occur on this island. The late spring cost me a Scirpus... Two of...
  24. Xenospiza

    Observation databases

    Let's stop clogging up a bird id thread any further... I have (active) experience with various observation databases (and no vested interests in any of them): - http://www.ornitho.de (which has national sites in various other countries, such as LU, CH and FR). It's most useful when you are (1)...
  25. Xenospiza

    Jandaya Parakeet, Golden-capped or intergrade?

    A few snaps from near Estância (Sergipe), where we saw a few dozen of these birds. The greenish tones to head and breast on most birds are wrong for Jandaya, but the Golden-capped Parakeets we saw further south had their breasts the same colour as the upperparts. Should I log them as intergrades?
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