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  1. lewis20126

    Kowa 883 v Swaro ATX 95

    Hi Which is best? Are there any reliable technical comparisons online. Thanks Alan
  2. lewis20126

    Wryneck impersonating snake

    https://twitter.com/MPoulussen/status/1038056754339295233 This Wryneck looks so like a snake dancing before a strike - and then striking that presumably this is adaptive and a well known behaviour? cheers, alan
  3. lewis20126

    Bluetooth adaptor for MP3 player

    Can anyone recommend one that works - I've just bought one from Amazon and it won't pair with either of my two bluetooth speakers. I've got a nice flashing green light though. cheers, a
  4. lewis20126

    Butterfly field guides - south-east Asia

    Are there any out there? I've got a checklist of butterflies for Vietnam but only 100 species illustrated. cheers, alan
  5. lewis20126

    Brachypteryx montana

    Brachypteryx montana https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29305243 Thanks to Pete Simpson for the link. Apologies if this is a cross posting and this has already appeared here. Importantly further evidence that there are two species on Mindanao. cheers, alan
  6. lewis20126

    Slender-billed Barn Owl - Fuerteventura?

    I think I've asked this before - does anyone have any good sites on this island - it seems easier on Lanzarote perhaps? cheers, alan
  7. lewis20126

    Fuerteventura - butterfly, dragonfly, plant gen?

    Hi all Twitching the Dwarf Bittern this Friday and will try and see the other gear as well but am keen to see some other things - does anyone know any good sites for any of the interesting other non-bird stuff? cheers, alan
  8. lewis20126

    New Striped Manakin in North Peru - described at last

    Someone may have already posted a link, if so, I've missed it: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4320.2.11 I'm not sure why this is called 'Painted Manakin' in some places - it's 'just' another Striped type. cheers, alan
  9. lewis20126

    Snow Leopard Trophy Hunter - petition

    https://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/111/531/275/bring-hossein-quotsoldyquot-golabchi-the-us-snow-leopard-poacher-to-justice/ Please sign cheers, a
  10. lewis20126

    Barbuda Warbler - any left?

    https://www.razoo.com/story/Birdscaribbean-Hurricane-Relief First surveys cannot find any vegetation or any birds. Hopefully there are some left somewhere. cheers, a
  11. lewis20126

    The Butterflies of Sussex

    If you are interested in UK butterflies, this book is a must - quite simply brilliant. Lots of amazing photos, lots of up to date information relevant UK wide and tips on how to see / photograph them. My favourite book of the year so far. cheers, alan
  12. lewis20126

    Mashpi Lodge - Amazing Hotels - Life beyond the lobby

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08l2m2x I've just watched this on BBC2 - I guess it will be on the IPlayer for the next week or so. Excellent insight into this top end lodge and the people behind it. The lodge is also featured in the current Neotropical Birding and looks like a great place...
  13. lewis20126

    Gran Canaria

    Does anyone know the pond(s) which hold the long-staying Pied-Billed Grebe and Ring-necked Duck? Also any ideas for places to get nice views and photos of things like Canary, Spanish Sparrow and Plain Swift in March. I guess there won't be many butterflies, dragonflies or plants in flower but...
  14. lewis20126

    xeno-canto grinds to halt

    I'm a frequent user of xeno-canto but have never tried to work through the large number of recordings for common European species. I've just tried European Robin and Common Chaffinch and all functionality, eg maps, searches, susp links all seem to die. Anyone else have the same problem? It's...
  15. lewis20126

    UK - Helm - Where to Watch Birds - World Cities - £1

    Noticed this in a bargain book shop today for £1. Not a book I would have bought but worth it for that price. Keep a look out for it. Also "100 Birds to see before you die" at £4.99. I passed on that. cheers, alan
  16. lewis20126

    cheap books

    I picked up a copy of the field guide to birds of south America - passerines- today for £13 and birds of Suffolk for £8; from a roadside bookstore east of leek, staffs. Plenty of copies so presumably available elsewhere Cheers, alan
  17. lewis20126

    Birding near Wroclaw, Poland

    I'm off to see Iron Maiden in Wroclaw on 3rd July and am there for the weekend - I've got a hire car and am keen to do some birding although won't be driving huge distances. Any ideas? cheers, alan
  18. lewis20126

    Picumnus (Neotropical Piculets) - Mysteries

    I'm aware that there is a long-running Woodpecker thread in this forum but thought I would post a few Picumnus mysteries here. These will cover the status of White-bellied and Arrowhead Piculets in the north of Guyana and the status of White-barred Piculet of the form confusus in the south, all...
  19. lewis20126

    Tundrius Peregrine

    This must surely be a (wintering) juvenile "tundrius"? The bird on the left! Photographed today on Grenada. The other alternative would be "anatum" but not sure they winter in the Caribbean. cheers, alan
  20. lewis20126

    Guyana - recent trip reports or information?

    Hi folks Off at Christmas for a standard circuit - there is relatively little information available from recent trips , so wonder if anyone has got any recent tips for the key birds: eg Red Siskin, Sun Parakeet, White-winged Potoo, Rufous-winged Ground-cukoo, Crimson Fruitcrow or the more...
  21. lewis20126

    Makira Moorhen - not found...yet

    No sign in brief search! http://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Birdlife_Search_for_the_lost_Makira_Moorhen.aspx?s_id=1013416626 I notice this is another project funded by the CEPF. One might hope that given the BLI involvement there was no specimen collection on this trip, cf recent CEPF...
  22. lewis20126

    Advancing a Conservation Strategy for the Uplands of Guadalcanal: Phase II

    More unwarranted collection for AMNH? You may want to write to CEPF (you fund it if you are in the EU) and enquire whether collection of threatened bird species is part of Phase 2. Email: [email protected] cheers, alan
  23. lewis20126

    Long-tailed Blues - Sussex

    I only picked up on these last week and finally got to see 1-2 males today at the Brighton Racecourse site. I guess most people saw them in Kent or Sussex in 2013 so not as much interest as there might have been? Anyway many thanks to Mark Colvin (who found the first male today) and all the...
  24. lewis20126

    Is avian taxonomy still dependent on ongoing specimen collection?

    Several posters to the current (Sept 2015) Guadalcanal Moustached Kingfisher thread: [http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=312128] suggested setting up a new forum on (the acceptability of) collecting, to avoid individual threads being diverted onto this subject. It is not within my gift...
  25. lewis20126

    World Population projection

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150810110634.htm "The world's population will increase from today's 7.3 billion people to 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion at century's end, John R. Wilmoth, the director of the United Nations (UN) Population Division, told a session focused on...
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