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  1. deborah4

    Moult and Ageing of European Passerines

    This has been on my bucket list for years so really exited it's been reprinted. Not a ringer but moult strategy is helpful not only for identification of species ie. confusion species where locality/time of year can be a key to separation depending on moult condition, but also aging individual...
  2. deborah4

    ''Atlas Headlines''

    ''202.7 million birds of 567 species (including escapees and races) submitted by 17,000 volunteers over four years of fieldwork.'' With a purported 55 million birds killed each year by cats (don't go there!), (http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/cats-birds.html) it occurred to me the number...
  3. deborah4

    Bears, Birds and Belugas, Manitoba and the U.S.

    .. in the meantime, hope you don't end up as a family picnic in park ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJeOMfMDdTs ... and stay focused on the job in hand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNRkKi6Dc6E
  4. deborah4

    Strange Bunting - Sussex

    Juvenile Reed Buntings? Not sure whether they've fledged in Sussex yet but they're quite early breeders afaik...
  5. deborah4

    Loch Garten Ospreys 2011

    THIRD egg at Loch Garten!
  6. deborah4

    Loch Of The Lowes Osprey Webcam 2011

    Yep... EGG 2!
  7. deborah4

    Loch Of The Lowes Osprey Webcam 2011

    Marge appears to be very near second egg. She's nestled in and looks about to lay any minute - nope false alarm!
  8. deborah4

    Which Warbler taken in Preston in April

    Not that Jane needs 'seconding' but agree wings look long and face pattern (pale ear coverts) favour Willow Warbler
  9. deborah4

    Buzzard id

    or more strictly speaking, Hooded Crow (separate species now)
  10. deborah4

    "Surprise" at Disappointing Windfarm Results

    preferable to decapitated WTE's and probably more efficient ;)
  11. deborah4

    Northern Goshawk or Northern Sparrowhawk

    For the reasons stated in post #6 agree it's a female A.nisus (cf. underwing pattern and tail etc http://www.birdphoto.fi/lajikuvat/kuvahtml/9accgen001.html )
  12. deborah4

    nigricans? uk

    Thanks both. (I've already sent in a description/ID so good to know in advance that it's fairly 'safe'!)
  13. deborah4

    nigricans? uk

    Can anyone confirm please?
  14. deborah4

    Christmas ROBIN X Factor

    finally! Love the Yellow Robin Dave, I did originally google 'robins' but there were so many species but of course should be included B (: Working non stop up until yesterday (which was spent shopping and cleaning!) but I've had a regular Robin for a few weeks but too busy to sketch .... and...
  15. deborah4

    Ed's thread

    lol, poor ed - confused? He will be! ;) So I'll add my halfpenny's worth ... 1. Colour/contrasts - Love it and it should stay - Very Ed! 2. Upperwing/banking view of SEO - again, Love it - contrasty colours work great against landscape and also - Very Ed! 3. Not sure re: eye level that Phil...
  16. deborah4

    crazy scottish beaver news

    That was tried in Michigan without much success http://www.beaverdam.net/message.htm
  17. deborah4

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    A comprehensive investigation into HOSP decline that does take in a wide range of variables and comes to rather different conclusions about the effects of Sparrowhawk predation on its ability to depress national population trends. (scroll down for effects of predation on HOSP p24)...
  18. deborah4

    Hey :)

    Hi Amy Welcome to BF. You may find the Starling roost at the W. and Brighton Piers an interesting subject to film (and photogenic too, especially against a winter sunset) - you'd need to get there around 4pm. Good luck with your new hobby.
  19. deborah4

    Christmas ROBIN X Factor

    Well apart from the humbug sentiments ;) , it's an excellent sketch BBB (hope it's your own work or we can't allow it!) Reckon a card design like that would sell like hot cakes - with the ho ho caption inside - reckon you should put the holly round it and enter it into the BF Christmas Card...
  20. deborah4

    Christmas ROBIN X Factor

    The taxonomic name pyrrhula pyrrhula may derive from the greek/latin words for fire ([Latin pyra, from Greek purā, from pūr, fire.] and may in part refer to it's color, but that's guesswork on my part. In one of my bird reference books All the Birds of the Air by Franscesca Greenoak 1979 (a...
  21. deborah4

    Christmas ROBIN X Factor

    Beautiful shot!
  22. deborah4

    Cedar Waxwing? U.K.

    not even a stuffed Turkey? :eat:
  23. deborah4

    revivingKensArt

    Looking very good indeed so far Ken! Excellent CGeese sketches btw
  24. deborah4

    Recent sketches

    Outside? At this time of year? Producing top notch sketches of Shovelers? Easy? Not at all! (Of course you could sit in the warm like the rest of us and work some of your fieldwork up into paintings :-O - have a nice cup of tea while you're doing it ( and sketch the passerines on your...
  25. deborah4

    Christmas ROBIN X Factor

    Lovely diversity of images appearing folks - from Arthur's watercolour so full of presence, Paschalis's stunning rendering of such a familiar songster and Andrew's capture that leaves you hoping the car won't move! Christmas? Artists do it better! ;) (Enji - A Bulfinch as the 'equivalent'...
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