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  1. birdboybowley

    Birding around Glasgow sites

    Hey all, am finally taking the plunge for the Myrtle Warbler on weds (please, please stay 🫰🫰) will be on site around 1030, gotta drop car back at airport at 1900....so are there any good spots in which to spend the afternoon? Don't mind a drive, girlf would love to see a grouse of any...
  2. birdboybowley

    Anoles, Jamaica

    Hi, photographed last Nov/Dec. This small green one was at Mockingbird Hill Hotel grounds in Port Antonio - the only green anole that comes up in searches is the Giant The brown one was at Rocklands...Cuban Brown? Just don't remember them having that weird nose shape...? Any help appreciated as...
  3. birdboybowley

    Jamaica info

    Off in a month for a clean up as not been there since the Internet (young listers don't know how easy.they've got it nowadays 😂) Most things look pretty easy but does anyone know if the White-tailed Tropicbirds at Strawberry Fields are gettable in Nov/Dec or are they only there at breeding times?
  4. birdboybowley

    Long-eared Bat sp, West Sussex

    Ok, girlf got home tonight and called me to say there was a bat hanging up in the garage! Rushed out expecting a Pipistrelle of course, only to be confronted by this beauty! Now, question is,,,,is it the 'usual' Brown or could it be a Grey....?
  5. birdboybowley

    Corsica info

    Hey all, have manged to squeeze in a cheeky 3.5 day getaway on 20th May and was wondering if anyone had any great sites to visiting? We're flying into Bastia and staying west of there, will have a car so no worries on distance. Obviously the nuthatch and finch are top priorities but any other...
  6. birdboybowley

    Pterodroma sp. Southern Chile, 14/02/23

    Right, sorry about pic quality as had to do BOC as no laptop available here but am hoping there's enough to gain an id. Seen from the Punta Arenas to Porvenir ferry this morning. In the Chile fieldguide all Pterodromas occuring have white underwings so a bit clueless now. Any help, as ever...
  7. birdboybowley

    Rodent, Lauca NP, Chile

    Saw this little beastie on the edge of Lake Chungara and have no mammal fieldguide for Chile with me and all the Internet throws up is Viscacha 🤷‍♂️ any help, as always, greatly appreciated
  8. birdboybowley

    Chile info

    Am off to Chile for 3 weeks next month, taking in north, central and south. Would love to hear from those of you that have been and any nuggets you can share? Anyone know of a reliable place for Chilean Woodstar? Anybrecent DSP sites? Anything else will always be of use, places to stay, places...
  9. birdboybowley

    Lesser Whitehroat ssp, West Sussex, UK October

    Seen in my garden Sunday, looks Eastern...ish? Lots of white in outer tail, very late date for a 'normal' one. Anyone got any ideas as to (sub)species.....?
  10. birdboybowley

    Northern Spain

    Hey all, off to the Picos in a couple of weeks for 5 days...usually just loaf around there but this time wanna head downwards and look for some other things like Dupont's etc. Not been in those areas for 18yrs so if anyone has some good places to try for larks, bustards, sandgrouse, bee-eaters...
  11. birdboybowley

    Pelican, Salinas, Ecuador Feb 2022

    Saw hundreds and hundreds of Browns down there....and single figure Peruvians, which were simple when sat next to each other. Slowly going thru my photos and this one is the only one not really sure of. Was a singleton so no other pelicans to gauge size with but it's the bill colour that just...
  12. birdboybowley

    Southern Ecuadorian reptiles

    Any help with these 3 would be much appreciated. Above was on the Pacific beaches south of Ayampe Below was in Yankuam Lodge, so southeast......Trop House Gecko? And bottom was in the San Vincente area, so just east of Salinas Thanks
  13. birdboybowley

    South Island Kokako......?

    Always hopeful.....🤞
  14. birdboybowley

    Manfrotto plate problem

    OK, so I basically hate my tripod....worse £300 I've ever spent. But the worst annoyance is the availability of the little 'screw peg' that stops the telescope rotating off the attachment plate. Does anyone know where I can buy these little bugger - or use something completely different - to...
  15. birdboybowley

    Sign this for Turtle Doves

    https://www.change.org/p/president-of-italy-sign-to-save-7-5-million-turtle-doves?recruiter=11371608&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_medium=whatsapp&utm_content=washarecopy_28628536_en-GB%3A4&recruited_by_id=f76d8880-2051-11e7-8951-a985f7c538be
  16. birdboybowley

    Imm skua ID, Sussex

    This bird has caused a bit of a split opinion locally. Didn't see it personally (do have togger's permission to use pics tho ;)) but would love for the experts here to give their verdict and more inportantly, why. I just don't see skuas enough - let alone imms - so would look at this as a great...
  17. birdboybowley

    Save the Choco rainforest from mining companies!!

    Featured in the latest Birdwatch mag these forests need all the help they can get. Was there in February and it's an amazing - if bloody wet 😂 - place. If u can donate before Weds then your money is matched. Win win https://www.worldlandtrust.org/appeals/saving-ecuadors-choco-forest/
  18. birdboybowley

    Large stick insect, Playa de Oro, Ecuador

    Hey guys, Did pretty well on the spiders so was wondering if anyone had any ideas on this big bugger? In the forest this Feb Cheers, Ads
  19. birdboybowley

    Spiders, El Oro, Ecuador

    Saw these two around said area in February - the big and frankly terrifying one was above the door of the eating area - I assume a huntsman sp? U dunno how fast I ran in and out of that place :-O Second was in the forest itself... Any arachnid experts out there to put a name to them? Cheers, Ads
  20. birdboybowley

    Canaon 7dmkii in-built flash problem

    Had this problem for a while now.....and no shop can help. If I go to use the in-built flash I get a message on the back saying "...Menu not available. Flash is off or unsupported, or an accessory is attached..." Now, I did have a hot shoe cover in place for a few months until that fell off...
  21. birdboybowley

    Subalp Warbler, Algarve, Portugal - March 2020

    Found this looker (allowing for lack of face feathers of course!) at Lagao dos Salgados on 20th March. The underpart colouring is the only thing just niggling at my mind....don't have enough experience of Western Subalp vs Moltoni's and a (admittedly brief) net search didn't really clear it up...
  22. birdboybowley

    Maltese *****

    Shocker: https://www.birdguides.com/news/malta-approves-hunting-season-despite-coronavirus/
  23. birdboybowley

    California info

    Literally just booked a last minute trip to Cali for end of the month....and would like to pick any brains on here as would love to catch up on some species that I missed before, Am checking eBird rare birds daily for anything interesting but wondering if anyone on here has any sites for OWLS...
  24. birdboybowley

    Mouse from Cuba

    Just back from a Cuba trip and we saw this mouse at Cueva del Jabali on Cayo Coco. Obviously an introduced species but the big ears are throwing me and can't find a list of intro species for the island. Any ideas?
  25. birdboybowley

    First butterfly of 2019

    Surprised to see a Red Admiral on the wing in Chichester this past Monday, 14th January!
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