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  1. lewis20126

    Two people break 10,000 species, and on the same day? Can it be?

    Just to tackle a few of these - Jerdon's Course was readily available in the early 1990s - plenty of birders saw it in that time and suspect Peter saw it when he was based in Dehli; Blackthroat was reliable in both Sichuan and Shaanxi for a period in the 2000s (and may still be, not sure...
  2. lewis20126

    Scottish independence and your UK list....

    Rather suspect you are the only birder alive to keep an EU list - if indeed you really do. Almost all keen birders keep a WP list and a few keep a European list though that is entirely geographic.
  3. lewis20126

    Ivory-billed Woodpecker: Debunking the Critics

    I think your tag line is never more appropriate than this - albeit that was clearly not the original intention! Although that said, belief, in the absence of evidence, is seemingly central to this unique case. cheers, alan
  4. lewis20126

    Imm skua ID, Sussex

    LTS for me based on the very clear 2 white primary shafts on the upperwing Central tail feather shape does look anomalous however cheers, alan
  5. lewis20126

    Corona virus threat to birding

    Best isolation for vulnerable people would be ...ironically - on a cruise ship! Pre-tested staff, doctors and patients, keep them safe. cheers, alan
  6. lewis20126

    Rhinocryptidae

    Very much so - Neils Krabbe's work goes back many decades - I seem to recall using some of his recordings of Scytalopus on my first trip to Ecuador in the early 1990s. Without those, we wouldn't have had a clue which ones we were watching. cheers, alan
  7. lewis20126

    Taxonomic changes since the Birds of East Africa was published.

    I don't think that one will stand the test of time! cheers, alan
  8. lewis20126

    Taxonomic changes since the Birds of East Africa was published.

    There are a lot of splits / 'new' taxa in Tanzania, eg 'Broad-winged White-eye' group hugely split, key in Tanzania are South Pare, Kilimanjaro and Mbulu White-eyes Usambara DC Sunbird Tsavo and Pemba Sunbirds (from Violet-breasted agg) Rubeho Warbler (should be lumped with Moreau's; same...
  9. lewis20126

    Cuc Phuong Natl Park 2 weeks past (21 Nov '19)

    yes, Japanese Thrush cheers, alan
  10. lewis20126

    Extinct

    Andy Sumatran Rhino is still present in Indonesia, Sumatra and presumably Kalimantan. You link to the local extinction of Javan Rhino in Vietnam; it is still extant on Java. cheers, alan
  11. lewis20126

    Owling trip to Comoros

    Yes, brilliant read as always - very jealous over your Moheli Scops Owl sighting - it hadn't even been discovered when went to that island. We didn't go out a night as there 'weren't any owls'.... cheers, alan
  12. lewis20126

    Water Pipit, Jersey

    Good quality Water Pipit in the first post cheers, alan
  13. lewis20126

    Spectacled Flowerpecker

    I think one type is acceptable given the widespread distribution. I would prefer to avoid, but the conservation status is unlikely to be affected. cheers, a
  14. lewis20126

    Cherries and lemons

    I'm not an optics obsessive, but a keen birder - just bought a Kowa 883 with the 'new' zoom eyepiece - very happy with that. Alternative for me was the Swaro 95mm modular but put off by connection issues for modular system reported by heavy users. Optically very similar. cheers, alan
  15. lewis20126

    new paper on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker

    This is the best technique to help the IBWO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-extinction cheers, a
  16. lewis20126

    2019 eBird/Clements taxonomy update - convergence with IOC/HBW mentioned

    Tom, many thanks for all of your hard work - despite a few minor gripes from folks above, I still think it amazing you manage to hit the deadline. It is much appreciated as are all the efforts you are making on convergence of the IOC and other lists. cheers, alan
  17. lewis20126

    Kakamega RFI

    Likely my bad there - I need to sharpen up as I'm in Tanzania in a month! :eek!: cheers, a
  18. lewis20126

    Kakamega RFI

    I've never been, but my targets would be: Turner's Eremomela - effectively endemic! Chapin's Flycatcher - very local, only other spot is West Uganda Uganda Woodland Warbler - ditto Kakamega Greenbul (part of Toro Olive) There are lots of other more widespread forest species, some of which are...
  19. lewis20126

    2019 eBird/Clements taxonomy update - convergence with IOC/HBW mentioned

    thanks for posting! B (: cheers, a
  20. lewis20126

    2019 eBird/Clements taxonomy update - convergence with IOC/HBW mentioned

    If somebody spots the spreadsheet online, please let us now on this thread - thanks cheers, alan
  21. lewis20126

    ABA Big Year 2019

    Please advise John, if he is trying to future proof his year, to try and see the Hawaiian Band-rumped Storm-petrel - the latest paper published in Ibis makes it very clear this is a separate species from the 'North Atlantic Band-rumped (=Madeiran)' (which s also separated from the Azores and...
  22. lewis20126

    British Counties and their National Firsts

    Although nobody I know believes the Spurn record. :eek!: cheers, a
  23. lewis20126

    2019 eBird/Clements taxonomy update - convergence with IOC/HBW mentioned

    I reckon you'll get at least 75% of those right, not sure of the White-eye lumps (direction of travel normally the other way) or the Munia status, but all of the others are pretty thin - the tinamou aligns with SACC deletion so a gimme I think. cheers, alan
  24. lewis20126

    Birding Kashmir

    OK, thanks - if I go, I'll probably be trying the same approach, ie tagging on to a trip to GHNP, so good to know the WT Bush-tit is straightforward there. Another (better) site needed for the Kashmir Nuthatch in the south perhaps. Thanks, alan
  25. lewis20126

    Birding Kashmir

    Great news that you got the Bullfinch - presume they are breeding in May - the recent records from Ebird certainly go through June-July. In relation to the other stuff, how easy was Kashmir Nuthatch there? Presumably no rare Bush-tits or Bush-warblers? cheers, alan
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