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    RFI Kenya

    I've just posted a thread over in the Kenya local patches forum, but thought I'd mention it here too. Details here: RFI: Southern Kenya in Jan/Feb 2024 TIA
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    RFI: Southern Kenya in Jan/Feb 2024

    I've just booked two weeks in Kenya in Jan / Feb 2024. The flights and a 7-day small group safari are booked (locations below) so I'm looking for advice on the remaining days. I've got two days to play with at the start. It's my first time in East Africa so there should be more than enough...
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    Hooded Grebe and other Patagonian endemics

    Hi Later in my upcoming trip (see the Buenos Aires thread below) I am visiting Patagonia. I'm definitely including El Calafate/Perito Moreno and El Chalten and I am trying to decide if I should also head up to the Strobel plateau to look for Hooded Grebe and a few other species that don't quite...
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    Argentina trip - request for info

    Hi. I've posted a request for info about sites around Buenos Aires in the Argentina Local Patch forum here: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/birding-sites-within-a-days-travel-of-buenos-aires.416564/ Any help appreciated. Thanks
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    Birding sites within a day's travel of Buenos Aires

    Hi I'm off on a six week trip at the end of the year - three weeks in Argentina, then three weeks at sea visiting the Falklands, South Georgia and the Antarctic pensinsula. I'm spending my first week based in Buenos Aires, and am looking for advice on birding sites within easy reach of the...
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    A first trip to Peru

    Hi I’m planning a first trip to Peru for next year and looking for thoughts on what to include in my itinerary: a bit of an open question, I know. I’ve only got two weeks to play with, frustratingly, so will have to be brutal about what I include/leave for another visit. Here are some random...
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    Chinese Pond Heron

    Discussion thread for Chinese Pond Heron. If you would like to add a comment, click the Post Reply button.
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    Recommendations for lightweight recording equipment please

    Hi I’m looking for something I can use to record bird sounds on foreign birding trips instead of taking my full kit with me, something which meets as many of the following criteria as possible: - small & lightweight (ideally able to be handheld and operated while using bins) - usable in humid...
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    Khao Nor Chu Chi - guide recommendations

    Hi Does anyone have any recommdations for guides for Khao Nor Chu Chi? I understand that the long-standing guide Yothin has passed away. Thanks in advance Steve
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    Toronto/Niagara in Sept/Oct

    I've posted a few questions about an upcoming trip here. Any help you can give would be appreciated. Thanks
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    Pennsylvania in Sept/Oct

    I've posted a few questions about an upcoming trip here. Any help you can give would be appreciated. Thanks
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    New Jersey in Sept/Oct

    I've posted a few questions about an upcoming trip here. Any help you can give would be appreciated. Thanks
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    RFI Washington DC to Toronto in September/October

    Hi I'm visiting the US and Canada for two weeks in late October / early October, flying into Newark airport and visiting Washington DC, Philadelphia, Cape May, Hawk Mountain, Ithaca, Niagara and Toronto. I've got lots of gen already from eBird, Sibley's Cape May book and the numerous trip...
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    Juvenile gulls in "Britain's Birds"

    At this thread a while ago, there was some discussion on misidentified birds in the WILDGuides photographic guide "Britain's Birds". Most of these were resolved one way or another, but I never satisfied myself that all of the juvenile gulls were identified correctly. I was reminded of this...
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    Location names

    I'm trying to pinpoint some locations from my 2006 trip to The Gambia, and wondered if anybody in this forum might be able to help. First up, a wetland site which in my notebook I've got recorded as Nanya Bantang - however Google fails to return any results for this place. I know it's west of...
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    Raptor ID help

    Hi I've posted a few raptor photos over on the ID forum and would appreciated second opinions on the IDs. www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=3533078 Thanks Steve
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    Raptors from South Africa, Feb 2017

    I've just returned from my first trip to South Africa and have a few raptor identifications which I'd like a second opinion on, starting with this one from Kruger, which I think is an adult Tawny Eagle (plenty of other photos of it, in case other features are needed to confirm the ID). Thanks
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    "Missing" endangered species

    Is anyone familiar with the science behind this petition? http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/140/912/768/help-save-endangered-birds-update-iucn-red-list-criteria/?z00m=28656122&redirectID=2256116494 Interested to know if others think it's worth supporting.
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    White-tailed Eagle Blagdon & Blackdown

    Here's a summary of this bird's wanderings today, in case it helps anyone planning to look for it tomorrow. Nigel Milbourne and Andy Davis found it at Blagdon Lake at around 11.30 and it spend two hours or so there, or close to there (heading east towards Chew Valley Lake before heading back...
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    Munich RFI

    Hi I'm having a long weekend in Munich at the start of November and would be interested in details of any birding sites in (or within easy reach by public transport from) the city. If anyone has any reliable sites for Grey-headed Woodpecker, that would be particularly appreciated. Steve
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    New/updated (?) Bikram Grewal India photo guide

    Does anyone have any more information about the book shown at this link: http://www.ombooksinternational.com/Birds-of-India_3.html I'm trying to work out: a) if it's a brand new book, an updated version Grewal's earlier book, or the same book with a new cover b) if it is an updated, how...
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    Some bird identifications from various CR sites Feb 2016

    Hi I've posted a few photos over at http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=320193 and would be interested in informed opinions on the identifications. Thanks
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    Costa Rica identifications Feb 2016

    I have a few photos of birds from a recent trip to Costa Rica and would appreciate informed opinion on identifications. Starting with ... this woodcreeper from Carara NP, which is think has to be Cocoa Woodcreeper on the basis that it has a monster bill, darker upper than lower mandible, strong...
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    Beware carbon fibre tripods

    if you're considering purchasing a carbon fibre tripod, you might want to read this piece of "research" from Anna Hickey-Moody of Goldsmiths, University of London. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273793754_CARBON_FIBRE_MASCULINITY It's a little heavy going, so I'll attempt to précis...
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    Lightweight jacket for cloud forest birding - recommendations?

    Hi Does anyone have any recommendations for a good lightweight rainproof jacket for use in cool to warm weather? I'm spending three weeks in Costa Rica in February, with visits to several mid-elevation cloud forest sites, and I'm looking for something compact enough to fit in a rucksack but...
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