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  1. Hyrax

    Bird call with recording - Scotland

    Hi all, This attached was recorded remotely at about 6pm this evening (would still have been light). The device is in a tree in mixed woodland right next to open water and reedbed. I feel like I've heard it before but I'm completely stumped to be honest. To be clear it's the repeated sets of...
  2. Hyrax

    Crossbill, Aberdeenshire, UK (description only)

    I was out in woods West of Inveurie, mixed mature scots pine and larch, and came across a flock of 14 crossbills, probably common or possibly Scottish. One of the males was very distinctively bright orange (Brambling orange), in contrast to the darker red/orange of the others that I'm used to...
  3. Hyrax

    Scoter, Musselburgh, UK

    I was going through some photos my wife had taken of Velvet Scoter at Musselburgh on boxing day and noticed the individual on the left has a markedly pinkish bill compared to the others, which I thought suggests one of the White-winged Scoter sub-species, stejnegeri or deglandi. It also appears...
  4. Hyrax

    Firth of Forth

    Hello Scotland! I'm staying with my in laws near Edinburgh over Christmas so I want to take the opportunity to catch up with some some over wintering seaducks in the firth. Target species include Long-tailed Duck, Common Scoter, Velvet Scoter and Red-necked Grebe. I'm also not going to turn my...
  5. Hyrax

    Description only, Gloucestershire, UK

    Hi all, Out on Chipping Sodbury common - an area of unimproved grassland and thick hedgerow - we went to see the Woodchat Shrike, which we found. Amongst the numerous Goldfinch and a few Bullfinch were 2 birds, substantially larger than the Goldfinches, at least as large and possibly even...
  6. Hyrax

    More Gulls - Dungeness Spit WA

    1 and 2 I think are Glaucous Gull, but they look so ragged I didn't want to rule out heavily bleached Glaucous-winged/Olympic Gull without a nod from those experienced with these species. 3 and 4 look more like Iceland Gull on structure to me, but according to Sibley this would be unlikely in...
  7. Hyrax

    Gulls - Dungeness spit WA

    I've put these all down as California Gull - various ages, but it's not a species I'm familiar with so I'd appreciate confirmation or otherwise
  8. Hyrax

    Various 2 - Olympic Peninsula WA

    1. and 2. On a pelagic trip. A Pink-footed Shearwater I think but the dark head threw me 3. Bushtit?
  9. Hyrax

    Various - Olympic Peninsula WA

    1. and 2., different birds in different places (marsh and coast respectively) but I think they're both Western Sandpiper. 3. House Finch I think, but the males were usually nice and red, so I got lazy with other features until I ran into this group of around 40 birds all completely...
  10. Hyrax

    Trip to Washington state this summer, need an ID guide

    Hi all, I'm visiting Seattle in June for a conference and taking the opportunity to get a holiday in afterwards, so I've got 2 weeks to see the sights. I've borrowed an old US field guide but after doing some 'target practice' in the bird forum gallery, it's a bit limiting for my purposes. I...
  11. Hyrax

    Need help untangling Sanderling legs

    Unfortunately I only noticed this/these bird(s) was/were ringed when I uploaded the photos at home. I'm pretty sure it's one bird with both legs ringed but I thought I better check before sending the info to the BTO. Cheers, Owen
  12. Hyrax

    Mid-Wales, UK

    Best guess juv. Wheatear taken in bracken/gorse common land in the hills
  13. Hyrax

    2 Wader species, Devon, UK

    I've had a bit of a knock to my Id confidence the last few days and here's why: The first 3 photos are of a pair of Dunlin size/shape waders. Perhaps it is the limitations of my collins guide but I can't find anything with such a sharp contrast between the breast and belly. The fourth I'm...
  14. Hyrax

    Peregrine? Devon, UK

    I saw this whilst out fishing, assumed it was a peregrine, took a few reference shots and got back to not catching anything but on closer inspection at home it looks very dark. Possibly a juvenille? Just thought I'd check
  15. Hyrax

    Duck, Devon, UK

    Seen on Dawlish Warren this morning with a group of Mallard. I suspect a hybrid of some sort. It showed no signs of stirring and there was a Black Redstart to be found so this is the only angle I got.
  16. Hyrax

    Blurring out backgrounds using photoshop?

    My current telephoto (Sigma 70-200 f/2.8) has some serious chromatic aberration issues when used wide open (below f/4) and generally I need to use it with my 2x converter which makes f/7.1 my widest usable aperture. The results are fine for subject sharpness and detail but the backgrounds are...
  17. Hyrax

    Meadow Pipit? Devon UK

    Is this a very dark looking meadow pip or am I way off? hand held in low light but should be enough for a decent ID I hope
  18. Hyrax

    Scaup/Tufty/both? - Wales,UK

    Hi all, I was at RSPB Ynys-Hir in Mid-Wales the other day and saw 2 birds in particular that had me scrabbling for my bird guide. The first I was convinced was a juvenille scaup (no photo), based on plumage around the face and bill size in particular, plus a very distinct black nail to the bill...
  19. Hyrax

    Egret - Mallorca - August '09

    Is this a juvenille little egret? Note the lack of contrast in leg/feet colour and undefined bill colour, they confuzzled me!
  20. Hyrax

    First scope, is this a good deal?

    Hi all, Having lived on an estuary for a year now, I've finally conceded that scopes are essential in this habitat. I have a limited budget, £2-300 so I hit my 2 local stores today and tried out a few in my price range (neither had many). The best I found was a second hand Kenko pro field 80A...
  21. Hyrax

    The Dolomites - July '09

    I recently returned from a walking holiday in this spectacular mountain range, summiting peaks was very much the focus of the trip but I did my best to see some alpine species and managed a surprisingly decent list considering - I took my light weight 8x25's and as much ID knowledge from memory...
  22. Hyrax

    Where to go?

    Hi all, I have a honeymoon to plan for mid August, unfortunately we only have 6 days so I don't plant to travel for more than a few hours which limits us to mainland Europe (travelling from Glasgow) - budget, for once, is not so much of an issue due to very generous parents. We'd love to go...
  23. Hyrax

    Gull ID, Devon, UK

    We caught a distant glimpse of this gull on the bowling green reserve near Topsham. It was flitting about over a pond looking like it was taking insects just above the surface. From the behaviour and the the dark underwings with the white trailing edge I'm going for little gull. In a second...
  24. Hyrax

    California Gnatcatcher

    Discussion thread for California Gnatcatcher. If you would like to add a comment, click the Post Reply button.
  25. Hyrax

    2 more from Southern California

    The second photo I'm 99% sure is a Heermann's gull, but they were all much browner than any I can find n a google image search, is it regional variation? The first I think is a Say's Pheobe but there's no scale in my US bird guide and other pheobes I saw were much larger than this bird (which...
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