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    Santa Marta Wren and Blue-Bearded Helmetcrest december 2016

    Hi All, I'm in talks with Pablo Florez to go for the Santa Marta wren and blue Bearded Helmetcrest (and any other isolated high altitude species we can get) in December 2016. Provisinal dates 14-21 december. Anyone interested to join? KR, filip
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    days birding in the Belgian Ardennes

    Great days birding starting with a flight of cranes driving through Limburg. A single distant black Grouse on the Fagnes, A cracking male Hen Harrier, a 'kettle' of 200 more cranes, hundreds of Siskin, Brambling and crossbill, some crested tits and last but definitely not least a very obliging...
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    Birds of Brazil

    Anyone have any up-to-date news on the publication date of Kevin Zimmer's Birds of Brazil? Is the current publication date of 'January 2014' still correct? KR, filip
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    birding guide bangkok area

    Hi All, i'll be in bangkok for work the week of Nov 25th and in between work will have 1 day I can actually bird. Anyone know a good guide that does day trips in that area? I contacted Nick Upton from Thai Birding, but so far no reply yet. thanks for any info you can provide. KR, filip
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    Zeeland

    A quick nip accross the border to the Flauwers en weversinlagen near Zierikzee really paid off. A fine juvenile broad-billed sandpiper (lifer), hundreds of dunlin and common ringed plovers, knot, little stint, sanderling, more bar-tailed godwits than you could shake a stick at, spoonbills...
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    a day in the belgian ardennes

    Every odd year we head up to the Ardennes in early spring to look amongst others for black grouse on the moorlands and the ever more elusive grey-headed woodpecker in the remaining beech forests and patches in the german speaking part of the Belgian Ardennes. No luck with the WP, but still a...
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    Gyrfalcon in Zeeuws Vlaanderen and cetti's warbler in the harbour of Antwerp

    Woken up today by the male peregrine bringing prey to their nesting site on the Police tower. A good start :-) Weather started overcast but cleared up to a nice spring day in the afternoon, just about the time I was admiring the female juvenile Gyrfalcon that spent the winter in the vicinity...
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    prosperpolder bird of prey bonanza

    Boss approved leaving early this evening to try and go watch a Pallid Harrier that was found yesterday. Set of with low expectations (the polder is big), but good numbers of raptors along the way (15-20 kestrels, 10+ buzzards, a few Marsh Harriers and a juvenile Peregrine plucking away at a...
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    From dawn till dusk at the Belgian east coast

    The appearance of a Snowy Owl at the Uitkerkse Polders had me and 3 friends out and about yesterday, and it proved to be a smashing day. Highlights were: peregrine, a black redstart and long-legged buzzard at Doel near Antwerpen. A fly-over Great Egret along the way to the coast. A hunting...
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    New field guide for Brazil published

    Just received the message below in my inbox: No doubt interesting to all those planning a trip to Brazil or living there. As a note: I have the "Birds of Brazil, an artist's impression" by the same author. I found the quality of the drawings uneven (Images of the ducks were quite poor, but...
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    Southern Mexico: dec 2006-January 2007

    Finally got round to uploading the finished report of a birding trip a pal and I did through the south of Mexico (Mexico City surroundings, Oaxaca and Chiapas) from December 13 until january 12, 2007. It's a long text, but couldn't find a way to simply attach the word document, so here it goes...
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    Birds of the Palearctic: Passerines (Collins Field Guide) (Hardcover)

    Anyone know if the new Birds of the Palearctic: Passerines (Collins Field Guide) (Hardcover) is any good? I've come accross it, but haven't found any reviews yet and it seems rather thin for such an enormous area. Thanks for any input. Filip
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    Birds of East Asia

    Hello All, I just noticed surfing the AC Black site that they have a (new?) field guide for the birds of East Asia (japan, etc...) listed (Author is Mark Brazil). Is this a brand new book or a reprint, and more importantly is it good? Cheers, filip
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    Question Status Oaxaca

    Not a report but a question regarding the current state of affairs in Oaxaca. A pal and I are leaving for a birding trip to Southern Mexico in about 10 days time, and were planning to head to several sites near Oaxaca, also, our travel route to other places would take us through the city. I...
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    great egret

    Coming back from lunch, 8 great egrets coming over the office building. Cheers, filip
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    Identification tiger heron from Costa rica

    Hello from Costa rica 'llo All, A colleague of mine took the attached picture of a (young) tiger heron while on vacation in Costa Rica in September last year. Can anyone confirm which one it is Rufescent or bare throated tiger heron? Can anyone give some good pointers for identifying the...
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    Hello from Costa rica

    Identification tiger heron from Costa rica 'llo All, A colleague of mine took the attached picture of a (young) tiger heron while on vacation in Costa Rica in September last year. Can anyone confirm which one it is Rufescent or bare throated tiger heron? Can anyone give some good pointers...
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    Day out to the Ardennes

    Headed out for a days birding in the Belgian Ardennes last sunday together with a colleague of mine and one of his pals. Despite the weather being fickle (heavy clouds and showers of rain) and there still being patches of snow on the ground in some places we had ourselves a fine day out. Not...
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    Belgian Coast day

    Had a great day birding the coast with a pall from my uni days on friday. First spot we hit was the baai van Heist which had a lot of songbird activity: Dozens of coal tits, song thrushes, wheatear, redstart, black redstart, lesser whitethroat, a single snow bunting (which I managed to miss by...
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    Lazy sunday afternoon at the local reserve

    What with the great weather on sunday, went for a late walk over to the nature reserve by the river. Not much singing or calling anymore excepting a couple of unenthusiastic chiffchaff and blackcaps. A couple of mediteranean gulls by the river. Female marsh harrier hunting over the reedbeds at...
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    Spring trip to central Florida and Key West

    This is the first post on my trip to Florida last April 5-14. April 5: up at 6, met up with Tony Menart, a resident of Florida who was going to be my guide for the next 6 days, had a quick breakfast and off we went for the east coast. First birds along the route were BOAT TAILED GRACKLES...
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    Blokkersdijk- Antwerpen

    I Finally managed to get out of the door again on sunday to do some birding. Followed the path along the dike of the river Schelde, which has reed beds , scattered bushes and trees along the bank, all the way to the nature reserve and had a good day. A lot of the warblers were already on the...
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    Arizona May 7-16, 2004

    Just back from a trip to South-east Arizona. The areas visited were: Greater Tucson, Saguaro NP east and west, Santa Catalinas, Mount Lemon, Aravaipa Canyon, Santa ritas, Madera canyon, California Gulch, Patagonia lake, Kino springs, Huachucas, Chiricahuas. We had 210 species, 90 of which were...
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    red rumped swallow

    Well, Had a mad day yesterday while a whole bunch of us were counting the migrating birds at Breskens. The species of the day was the red rumped swallow :bounce: which flew past, but honorable mentions go to the black stork, tawny pipits, gull billed terns and zitting cisticola which came...
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    Mystery warbler?

    'llo All, I went birding last saturday in one of the nature reserves near Antwerpen (Belgium) and came up on a warbler? that completely baffled me. I'm very sure it's not a European species and after double checking my books on North and central America and East and west Africa I'm no nearer to...
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