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    Heron sp. Oman

    Heron sp. Masirah island, Oman. Anybody like to confirm or deny this bird. Seen over wednesday/thursday just gone by two different viewers, both experienced birders and used to seeing Grey Herons, great white egrets etc on a regular basis. The lady who saw it on the first day on the ground...
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    Wader - Oman

    What am I missing, this has got to be an easy ID but I think I have just confused myself with the curve of the bill and the colouring |:S|
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    Broken link?

    I can't seem to get the photograph of the Black-browed Albatross up in the bird database, is the link broken? http://www.birdforum.net/bird_view.php?bid=897 Colin
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    Double vision

    Who's a clever boy then, managed to put 'Falkland Skua portrait' http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/171132/limit/recent on twice, can you remove one please. Thanks Colin |8)|
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    Update for Sheathbill

    Not a new species for the database but an update with an improved picture. I am currently updating the information on the Opus with the following but my connection is a bit slow tonite. Pale-faced Sheathbill, Chionis Alba 12 11 2007 Saunders Island Nikon D200 AF Zoom-Nikkor ED 70-300mm...
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    South Georgian Shag

    Beautiful blue eyes for the database. South Georgian Shag Phalacrocorax [atriceps] georgianus Grytviken, South Georgia 18/11/2007 Nikon D200 AF Zoom-Nikkor ED 70-300mm f/4-5.6D Largish black and white, blue-eyed marine shag, restricted to South Georgia, South Sandwich and South Orkney...
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    Tagged Albatross

    I have just been going through my pictures from a recent trip to the South Atlantic and have a very clear shot of a colour ringed Wandering Albatross, and the ring is readable. Anybody have an idea who or where I can report this information to and get some more info on the bird. Colin |8)|
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    Any eggsperts out there?

    Can anybody help with the ID of these eggs taken by a beach in Oman, the only picture of the bird is very poor and at very long range, a plover of some sort no doubt. And before anybody starts complaining about disturbing nest sites, the nest was only noticed after we had been sitting down for...
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    Cuckoo species

    Anybody up for a definite ID on this cuckoo species taken just over a week ago here on Masirah island, Oman. We have come up with 2 choices but i'll withhold the thoughts on the names for a bit so as not to colour anyones opinion as the bird shows bits of both! These are the only photos worth...
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    Juvenile Eagle

    One for the Raptor experts. Taken on Masirah Island, Oman yesterday, this very obliging juvenile eagle sat unconcernedly within 6 metres of me for over an hour, on the high res shots you can even see the thousands of bluebottles on it! Question what is it, a juvenile Bonelli's?? a juvenile...
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    Red Backed or Isabelline

    Perched on my fence in Masirah, now is this a Red-backed Shrike or an Isabelline phoenicuroides. Thanks in advance. :cool:
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    Starling species

    What species of starling do I have here, Rose coloured? Wattled? both? rose coloured is a passage migrant, but wattled very few records here on the island. All shots taken today at dusk on Masirah. Colin :cool:
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    Eagle Silhouette

    Anyone up for an ID of this Eagle, taken against a very bright sky :cool: near Muscat in January this year. I've lightened up the second shot as far as possible to try and get some sort of pattern under the wings. Colin
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    Lizard or Gecko

    Having absolutely no knowledge whatsoever of Lizards anywhere, especially Arabia, can anyone ID this one for me. It was taken yesterday on the beach on Masirah Island, Oman. Taken with a very long focal lens (only one I had with me) and in very bright sunlight, they are two different individuals...
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    Saunder's Tern

    One for the database, the Saunders Tern [Sterna saundersi] is a fairly common breeding resident and migrant breeder in Oman. Looks like a little Tern I know, but thats a rare migrant here. ;)
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    Wood Sandpiper?

    Is this a Wood Sandpiper that I photographed today? TIA Colin :cool:
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    Falcon and Gull

    Falco amerensis (Amur Falcon) and Larus Heuglini (Heuglin's or Siberian gull) for the database. And finally managed to edit the pictures in my gallery after days of trying, must be something to do with the appaling connection rate out here. :h?:
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    More waders

    Another 2 waders that are causing me confusion, easy hits for the experts of course. Both taken at the same time a couple of months ago.
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    Sandpiper?

    Up to my usual standard with the ID of little waders, can the experts tell me what make this one is, seen a few weeks ago here in Oman. :cool:
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    Amur and Siberian gull

    A correction, update and an new addition to the database required for the 3 latest photos in my gallery. My 'Peregrine' photos have now been positively identified as an Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis), so the title, data and range of the pictures needs to be changed, sorry I can't help with...
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    Peregrine or Amur

    Having posted 3 photos of what I'd Id as a Peregrine in my gallery http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showphoto.php/photo/49498/sort/1/cat/500/page/1, comments about the possibility of it being an Amur Falcon were made. I must admit that I wasn't 100% convinced myself about the ID as the gizz...
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    L white-headed gull species

    Help with ID please, is this Larus cachinnans, fuscus or heuglini (called Caspian, Baltic and Siberian respectively here in Oman) or maybe barbensis, all are around at this time of year, photographs were taken a month ago Thanks in anticipation.
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    DB - Megallenic Oystercatcher

    1. Megallenic Oystercatcher - Haematopus Leucopodus Photographed in the early 90's, East Falkland, Falkland Islands. 2. Richard's Pipit - Anthus Richardi Photographed 19/04/04 on the Thumrait to Salalah road Southern Oman 3. Spotted Sandgrouse - Pterocles Senegallus...
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    White Bellied Go-Away-Bird

    White-Bellied Go-Away-Bird (Corythaixoides leucogaster), not a great photo but taken in the Masai Mara some 5 years ago, and I'm afraid thats about the only thing I can recall apart from it being a top holiday destination. Colin
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    Not another willowchiff

    So, I've read all the threads, looked at all the pictures and I'm still no closer to deciding which this is - Willow or Chiffchaff. We had it in hand to untangle and release it but it didn't make a sound so no clues there! It looks like a juvenile and as both types are in passage here at the...
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