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  1. Steve G

    Confirmation of Cisticola ID

    Like most people I struggle with Cisticolas! This image was taken in a damp hollow by the edge of the Ol Tukai swamp in Amboseli, Kenya. Is it a Winding Cisticola? Whatever you think it is I would be grateful for your justification/pointers. I did not hear the bird call.
  2. Steve G

    Last Chance To See?

    Unfortunately there is serious competition between two species for the unenviable title of rarest antelope in the World. Both competitors are so seriously weird that they each deserve the utmost effort to save them. Sadly the Saola is most probably doomed. It is a bizarre bovid -less like an...
  3. Steve G

    Three from Kakamega Forest, Kenya

    The first two are Greenbuls of which there are a few in Kakamega. The first image is I think a Cabanis's Greenbul and certainly I remember this bird being part of a small group. They were wing-flicking and tail-dipping which is I believe a feature of this species however my Field Guides show...
  4. Steve G

    A Tale of Two Lakes: Lakes Baringo and Bogoria

    KENYA: A Tale of Two Lakes: Lakes Baringo and Bogoria PART 1 Rather than a full trip report this is really about our brief experience of these two lakes in 2010 and why we felt we needed to return in 2011. Though not without its problems there are few countries in Africa that can match the...
  5. Steve G

    Brown-eared Woodpecker

    An image of Brown-eared Woodpecker here: http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/386915/ppuser/4381
  6. Steve G

    Costal Kenya On A Package Holiday

    Whilst undoubtedly this is yet another report written by a Dude about his summer holiday I implore all birders –serious and casual alike to read on as the place of which I write has some real hidden gems and might just offer the answer to that perennial problem of where can one go on holiday...
  7. Steve G

    Brown-capped Weaver (Ploceus insignis)

    A bird of Highland forest from 1200-3000m. Images taken in moist forest on the mid-slopes of Mount Kenya near Serena Mountain Lodge. This weaver creeps Nuthatch-like along the moss-covered boughs of forest trees in search of food. Both images below are of a male bird (chestnut cap).
  8. Steve G

    Broad-ringed White-eye subspecies

    Okay not a new species but Broad-ringed (Montane) White-eye (Zosterops poliogastrus) occurs in a number of subspecies, some of which are quite distinct. Below is an image of the Kikuyu White- eye (Zosterops poliogastrus kikuyuensis). Image taken in forest on the slopes of Mount Kenya.
  9. Steve G

    Sri-Lankan Whistling Thrush

    There is a superb image of a male bird taken by Firecrest here: http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=308797 Currently there is only a single picture (of a female) in Opus. This is a bird that is very rarely photographed so this excellent and very rare image is well worth...
  10. Steve G

    Sri Lanka Spurfowl

    There is an image of a female Sri Lanka Spurfowl in the gallery here: http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/307534/ppuser/35179 -posted on Firecrest15's gallery. This Sri Lankan endemic is a nightmare of a bird to see, never mind photograph -so very well done to the individuals...
  11. Steve G

    Crow predating a swimming phalarope!

    I was sent this link by a friend. The image (by top photographer Ramki Sreenivasan) shows a House Crow "taking" a swimming Red-necked Phalarope. The image and associated text explain what unfolded. Link: http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=146319 and the scene from a different...
  12. Steve G

    Kenya's Carbofuran Killing Fields -please Read!

    Hi everyone, Apologies for the length of this post but please scroll down to the images at the foot of the page to see why this needs your attention (these are our Wood Sandpipers, Ruff, etc that are being poisoned!). I have friends in Kenya who are struggling to gain support in their campaign...
  13. Steve G

    Sri Lankan Scimitar-Babbler

    Sri Lankan Scimitar-Babbler is currently regarded as a sub-group of Indian Scimitar-Babbler in Opus with the caution that it's often treated as a full species. There are currently no images of either Indian or Sri Lankan Scimitar-Babbler in the database. The images below are all of the "Sri...
  14. Steve G

    Brown-capped Babbler (Pellorneum fuscocapillus)

    I noticed that Wintibird had just completed the Opus text for this species and realised that I have a couple of images of this bird. They're not the best images in the world but this endemic Sri Lankan Babbler is a real skulker. These images were taken in late July 2009 at a small waterhole in...
  15. Steve G

    THE SPLENDOURS OF SERENDIB (Sri Lanka: july/august 2009)

    Apologies in advance for the length of this first section but hopefully the information contained will be of some use. PART 1: Organizing the itinerary, how many endemics and what’s the point of Martin’s place? Over the last few years I’ve tried to organise summer holidays which have offered...
  16. Steve G

    Sri Lanka Bush-Warbler (Bradypterus palliseri)

    Not the best of pics but getting any image of this wee skulker is a real nightmare!!! A Sri Lankan endemic confined to the undergrowth of damp forests above 1000 metres.
  17. Steve G

    Clarke's Weaver

    Clarke's Weaver (Ploceus golandi) images taken in Arabuko-Sokoke forest in Kenya thanks to the great birding skills of David Ngala. This enigmatic wee forest weaver is a Kenyan endemic which is only found in the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest & in some patches of Brachystegia forest to the north & west...
  18. Steve G

    Vitelline Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus)

    I think this is a male Vitelline Masked Weaver (photographed in savannah woodland at Faraba in The Gambia). If confirmed by others then it's a new one for the database. Cheers, Steve
  19. Steve G

    Whistling Cisticola

    Whistling Cisticola (Cisticola lateralis) -image taken at Makasutu, The Gambia. Like all Cisticolas -an ID challenge > limited confirmation of ID on this thread: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=133074
  20. Steve G

    Gambian Cisticolid/Warbler

    Image taken in savannah woodland at Makasutu, Western Division, The Gambia in november 2005. Sorry I only have this single image. At the time it was taken I thought this bird to be a Cisticola sp -probably Whistling Cisticola (Cisticola lateralis). I would be grateful for any opinions...
  21. Steve G

    A yellow-billed Tern in The Gambia -but which?

    This picture was taken in mid-October on the Gambian coast by Mallorcan birder Juan Jose Bazan. Royal Tern is the commonest 'yellow-billed' species in The G but is a larger bird (than Grey-headed Gull) with an obviously drooping orange-yellow bill. Lesser Crested Tern is less common in West...
  22. Steve G

    Rufous & White Wren (Thyrothorus rufalbus)

    Rufous & White Wren (Thyrothorus rufalbus): This is a juvenile (dingy greyish spotting on underparts). Adults are much whiter below.
  23. Steve G

    Costa-Rican Wren?

    This medium-sized Wren with a prominent supercilium was skulking in the lower canopy of low semi-deciduous forest on the lower slopes of Rincon de La Vieja (image taken in July 2008). This was a hyperactive, skulking wee bird that appeared a little more rufous above in life than this image...
  24. Steve G

    Stub-tailed Spadebill (Platyrinchus cancrominus)

    Stub-tailed Spadebill is a tiny (9cm) Tyrant Flycatcher which ranges from Southern Mexico to North-west Costa Rica. It prefers dry to wet, semi-deciduous & gallery forest where it frequents the understorey perching low, just above (or even on the ground) where it scans the vegetation above...
  25. Steve G

    Yellow-naped Parrot for the DB

    Yellow-naped Parrot (Amazona auropalliata). A stop-gap record shot taken at dusk of a bird coming in to roost. Taken in Guanacaste, Costa Rica in July 2008.
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