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    Jordan's Birds - 2013

    This may be of interest: http://jordantimes.com/kingdom-home-to-434-bird-species----book David
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    Jos in Canada

    This looks mouth-watering: http://josstratford.co.uk/index.php David
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    A (rather ungrand) USA Tour

    We recently spent about 10 days in southern USA. It was primarily a visit to family and friends plus a post-Katrina look at New Orleans. So hardly in the class of MKinHK's much more interesting account of a US visit at http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=196350. We left Amsterdam on...
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    Interesting Swallow in the Netherlands

    At about 07:30 (CET) today I watched a Barn Swallow fly north over the River Lek near Vianen in the Netherlands. It was strikingly chestnut red underneath from throat back to tail. This would appear to be an example of either of the two Middle Eastern sub-species savignii or transitiva. Not...
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    Having a Ball in the Low Country

    No, not the Bruce Hornsby song but an occasional thread about birding in the Netherlands. We moved here, from Paris, a month ago and once we had (more or less) unpacked and got the house looking more like a home than a warehouse the serious birding began. Well, not that serious as we still don't...
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    Cats - Not Raptors: No surprise there

    Those who claim to care so much for the songbird population and call on reduction in raptor numbers will, no doubt, now be seeking a major cull of domestic cats. See http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/110314.html Of course, they might not. They will probably say that American cats...
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    A Few Days in Yangzhou

    I did my annual trip to give a series of lectures at a government senior managers' training college in Yangzhou from 6-10 September. Yangzhou is a small city by Chinese standards (with a population of a measly 4m in the city and the suburbs). It's situated on the north bank of the Yangtze River...
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    Little Gull Passage off Cap Gris-Nez

    Interesting record of 900+ Little Gulls passing south at Cap Gris-Nez last Saturday (6 March). About 50 flew north. More info here - http://seawatchcgn.free.fr/ DiP
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    Trip to Southern England-land

    Here's a brief report on a holiday trip to the UK. It was a combination of family visiting, general relaxation and some birding. It was my first birding in the UK for some 20 years so fellow Brits may find some of it a bit odd! To England by Eurostar on 13th October. Picked up a hire car at...
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    Pallid Harrier - Kent (almost)

    There is a report of a male Pallid Harrier seen leaving Cap Gris Nez yesterday and heading across the Channel. Unfortunately (for Kent birders) it changed its mind after a few minutes and turned back to the French coast. Maybe he'll try again?!! DiP
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    Java Sparrow Status in USA

    On my recent trip to Georgia (see http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=140962) I found a Java Sparrow in Savannah. According to Sibley it's an escapee found in Florida. Obviously Savannah is not that far from Florida so two questions: Have they established a breeding population in the...
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    Savannah, Forrest Gump, a Wedding - and some birds

    This was a family trip to Savannah (Georgia) for a wedding but some decent birding was had in between the necessary family duties. We flew Delta from Paris CDG changing at Atlanta and picked up a hire car at Savannah Airport. We stayed at the Ballastone Inn in the centre of the historic downtown...
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    Brasilia

    This was an on/off-on/off business trip that wasn't confirmed until less than 24 hours before departure. So little time for preparation birdwise and no fieldguide as I had never been to South America before. So into the suitcase went binoculars and a notebook - and I ordered Sousa's "All the...
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    The White House and a Bald Eagle

    Yesterday I had the dubious pleasure of birding Washington. Dubious? Well, the NW wind was ripping in at sub-zero temperatures with water from the Potomac freezing on hitting the ground around Hains Point. So, few birds showing themselves. But after watching a Red-tailed Hawk breakfast on a grey...
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    Brasilia

    I will likely be going to Brasilia for a few days in early March. I hope to be able to get some birding in whilst there - although South America is virgin territory for me and the research that I have done so far suggests that fieldguides for the region are not exactly brilliant. Brasilia...
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    Cape May - with a touch of Philadelphia

    Off to Philadelphia on 1st December, primarily a family visit to see dear daughter who has just got a job as a fashion designer with Anthropologie (something that will be lost on most birders (and me!), but also the hope of seeing a first Bald Eagle. Equipped with a copy of Clay & Pat Sutton’s...
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    Cape May - with a touch of Philadelphia

    Off to Philadelphia on 1st December, primarily a family visit to see dear daughter who has just got a job as a fashion designer with Anthropologie (something that will be lost on most birders (and me!), but also the hope of seeing a first Bald Eagle. Equipped with a copy of Clay & Pat Sutton’s...
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    Philadelphia: City

    I will be in Philadelphia for about 9 days (visiting family) starting early next week. I'm planning a trip down to Cape May for a couple of days but would welcome any advice about birding in the city itself. Anything on parks, river and other areas that can be reached by public transport and...
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    Cape May: early December

    I will be in Philadelphia next week and am planning a two-day jaunt down to the Cape May area. I will probably arrive in the area around 10:00 and head back to Philly the next day around mid-afternoon. From what I've read, Jake's Landing and Delaware Bay areas might be good at this time of year...
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    Non-stop Flight Record

    From today's Guardian newspaper in the UK. A Bar-tailed Godwit flies more than 7,000 miles non-stop from Alaska to New Zealand. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/22/wildlife-conservation. I get tired just thinking about it.
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    A Day Around Barcelona

    I was recently in Barcelona for a few says of work but managed to squeeze best part of one day (9th October) birding the LLobregat Delta and the hills at Garraf. The weather was warm and sunny but quite a strong wind from the NE kept a lot of birds down. Llobregat got off to a slow start with...
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    Auvergne: July 2008

    I visited the Haute-Loire department in the south-east of the Auvergne region from 18 - 22 July. I drove down from Paris and stayed at Pont d' Alleyras. The main objective was to bird the Gorge d'Allier (and hopefully find Short-toed Eagle). I also took a day to go over to Cantal. Friday 18...
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    Savannah GA

    This is probably the worst vacation report ever but reviews a week in May in Savannah without transport or binoculars. It was our daughter's graduation from the Savannah College of Art & Design so everything was geared around that. I decided that as this was primarily a family event with some...
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    Bonjour

    Hi I live in Paris, right opposite the Bois de Boulogne. I was a fairly serious birder back in the 1970s and 80s but bringing up children and developing a career meant that birds have been lower on the priorities for the last 15 years or so. I hope to get back into the swing in the coming...
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