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    ID please plus behaviour?

    The pictures included I took in early May, 2009 on a high hilltop in the Alentejo, Portugal. These beetles (?) were settling on the base of a fire watch tower and on rocks nearby (with a few other species - inc. earwig sp). I've seen this phenomenon at the same place a number of times - always...
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    RFI: Communication technologies and negative effects on birdlife

    Please don't shoot me down! As all of us on here, I am concerned about birdlife conservation. I am the last person to be drawn into conspiracy theories about 5G networks. In my limited capacity regarding real knowledge about this technology I have shunned all the rantings and pseudoscience. In...
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    Extraordinary dispersion of a Eurasian Black Vulture

    One to Norway and another to Mauritania! https://www.facebook.com/proyectomonachus/photos/a.746724828816421/1505645779590985/?type=3&theater
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    House Martins returned

    I thought it may be of some interest that 2 of "my" (well the next door neighbour's) House Martins have returned today around half an hour before sunset to roost in their nests. Yippee - they are wonderful aren't they! Hopefully a few more will come very soon. This is coastal western Algarve...
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    Bird Studies with a Camera, Frank.M.Chapman

    I feel lucky ;) I've just been given a first edition (1900) of this fascinating book. Its in reasonable condition, complete and the text and photos are in fine condition. I wondered if it had any rarity value. I don't think its worth much money, and anyway its a treasure to keep. As far as I...
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    Spider for ID - west Algarve - today

    Can anybody reliably identify this spider? Its not my photo but a lady who lives nearby - she has been bitten and is reacting quite badly and has conflicting tentative IDs. Many thanks in advance
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    Korean Summit bird

    Just seen on BBC News; a large photo backdrop to the 2 leaders sat side by side shows some very nice looking old conifers with an obvious raptor perched, looking as a large female Goshawk/Peregrine/Gry - anyone notice it? - looks as a wild bird. I wondered what it was about the photo that Kim...
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    Sagres Birdwatching Festival, 4th-7th October, 2018

    The ninth Sagres Birdwatching Festival runs this autumn from 4th-7th October. The programme for booking activities will be online from the beginning of August. Its a great opportunity to take part in pelagic trips from Sagres at a budget cost and for seeing a large variety of raptors and...
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    Gay Griffon's surrogate released in Sardinia

    No jokes please :gh: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43786685
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    Birds and planes

    Interesting piece about birds and aircraft, with a lovely little peep into the Smithsonian bird museum. http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-43730214/bird-v-plane-the-battle-for-airspace
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    Wallcreeper - when do they arrive on breeding grounds?

    There's been a Wallcreeper on coastal cliffs in SW Portugal (Cabo Sardão) found on 13th March and still present on at least 1st April. I was wondering how likely it is to stay a little longer. BWP concise states that birds occur outside breeding grounds from Oct-Apr but little else. Does anyone...
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    Day trips birding in Vietnam?

    I posted this on the Vietnam forum but I thought it might be better here: A close friend is off to Vietnam for 3 weeks next week with family and asked me if there are any recommended bird guides for a guided tour, so I said I'd ask around. She will be staying in Hanoi at first but will travel...
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    Day trips birding in Vietnam?

    A close friend is off to Vietnam for 3 weeks next week with family and asked me if there are any recommended bird guides for a guided tour, so I said I'd ask around. She will be staying in Hanoi at first but will travel to the south and many spots between. Its not a dedicated birding holiday but...
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    Birdwatching "trip"

    Often, when I'm trundling over uneven ground while looking all around for birds I sort of half trip as my feet catch rocks and things I haven't seen. Over the years my reaction has become very subtle, I relax my leg so that the strike force is absorbed to avoid stumbling so much. This way my...
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    House Bunting - in Moroccan folklore

    House Bunting in Moroccan folklore Recently on a thread here in Birdforum it was mentioned how tame House Buntings (Emberiza sahari) were breeding, resting and feeding in shops - with little or no regard to people. On one of my visits, a long time ago, I asked a kind gentleman why - and he gave...
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    AIRO - Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds - now free and open access

    AIRO is the scientific publication from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds. The latest; Volume 24 has just come out and all issues, going back to when they started in 1990 are open access to all - fantastic :t: The new website: http://www.airo-spea.com/
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    Thekla's Lark

    I noticed, while looking at a friend's Collin's Bird Guide app. that Galerida theklae is called Thekla's insted of Thekla Lark now. I suppose this is an update? As Thekla is named after a person the apostrophe does make sense; Dupont's Lark, Montagu's Harrier, Sykes's Warbler for example. Maybe...
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    Hen Harrier, Jan 2017, Portugal

    I saw this photo some time ago and tried to contact the photographer but got no reply, so I thought I'd put the link on here to see what the raptor folk say: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gilbertofotos/32196220976/ I thought Hen on its heavy structure but I'm having difficulty finding similar...
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    October plover, Algarve, Portugal

    This Pluvialis plover looks like an American Golden Plover - what do others think? It was seen on Quinta do Lago golf course last 5th Oct. AFAIK it wasn't reported. Only this photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/valter/30422255691/
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    Buteo - near Sagres - old photo

    Buteo - near Sagres, Portugal - old photo I have meant to post this digiscoped shot of a juv. Buteo perched (Nov 2005) near where I used to live (and Common Buzzard is a common winter visitor and passage migrant). Although this bird looked quite good for a Long-legged I was put off by the...
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    Northern Wheatear - longest migration for weight

    Evidence showing Northern Wheatear's incredible migration routes: http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/8/4/505 I see that this is from 2012 - apologies if its already been covered. I thought it was worth posting anyway - a very good read!
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    Singing fish

    http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37440748
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    Sagres Bird Festival, Portugal - 30th Sept - 5th Oct,2016

    The 7th edition of the Sagres Bird Festival will run for a whole week this year. As always it will focus on the wonderful autumn migration in the area and provide a multitude of activities for visitors, many of them free. Very soon the programme will be online - I'll post the link here when it is.
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    Pelagic hen

    Alright, I know its not a real birders bird - but I couldn't resist posting this because its extraordinary - and it made me laugh|=)| http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36475672
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    Sagres Bird Festival, Portugal - 1st - 4th October, 2015

    Sagres Bird Festival runs again for 4 days this year. Anyone wondering about a comfortably warm European autumn destination with great birding should consider a visit. See the website in English (and Portuguese and Spanish) here: http://www.birdwatchingsagres.com/?lang=en Even more...
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