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  1. rupicola

    Anaplectes

    Within the Ploceidae family we find the Genus Anaplectes. 3 species are described: 1. A. leuconotos, Northern red-headed Weaver 2. A. rubriceps, Southern Red-headed Weaver 3. A. jubaensis, Red Weaver All species are listed as 'Least Concern' and therefore populations initionally should be...
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    Quelea question

    Hi everybody, Hopefully it is allowed to aks my question here. In Africa the Red-billed Quelea is considered a plague, but many people consider them to be very beautiful little Birds as well. After studying this species a little more I discovered they actually appear in more than one...
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    Ringing in Holland

    Spring is in the air! We caught and ringed our first 3 Chiffchaffs of this year today. We also spotted the first 2 Barn Swallows here in the centre of the Netherlands. I also was observing several different Great spotted Woodpeckers chasing each other. This time I was able to see one pair...
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    Identification guide

    I just found out from the Dutch Ringing Station that the new Svensson (5) is due to be released later this year! This is such good news, for the previous released issues are very hard to find. Cheers
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    Northern Long-tailed Tit A.caudatus

    I could use some help on determination of Aegithalos caudatus caudatus. the Northern Long-tailed Tit. I would like to get some information on the differences between cautatus and europaeus and especially the colour of the head, which is obviously white in caudatus, but how about the ground...
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    frontyard visitors

    today's Frontyard visitors were: Blue Tits 2 Great Tits 2 House Sparrows 15 robin 1 Greenfinch 1 Dunnock 1 Blackbirds 3 Goldcrests 5 Short-toed Treecreeper 1
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    what's up in my frontyard

    Hi Birdo's My frontyard is a small (5 x 8 meters) but obviously well arranged garden. There are quite a few birds visiting on a daily basis and every now and then someone new comes along. what's up in my frontyard recently? on a daily basis: some 15 House Sparrows (official declared a...
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    Birding in Holland

    I went birding to the Oostvaardersplassen (central of the Netherlands) today. last week I posted my OVP list in Birds and Birding (sorry) but this seems to be the right place. today's list spotted from one viewpoint in about 5 hours: Great white herons (8), Grey herons, lots of Barnacle...
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    birding in Holland

    Hi birdo's I went birding yesterday 22/10/04 at the Oostvaarderplassen central Holland. the birds I spotted: 1 Great Grey shrike, 20 white storks, 1 woodcock, long tailed tits, white wagtails, chaffinches, goldcrests, wrens, a couple of weatears, hundreds of white fronted geese, hundreds of...
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    Hurricane impact

    Watching the news these days, seeing and hearing about Frances and Ivan roaring in the Carribian, makes quite a lot of people worried about the Island-populations of different species of animals, and especially about the vulnerable species of amazons. In the worst case scenario we could have...
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    anyone ever seen a parrot being predated?

    Hi birdypeople, I'm still lookin for information on parrots being predated in the wild. As there is very few information available on this subject I will try to gather as much as I can and use the information to publish an article. By showing there are much more threats to the parrots in the...
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    looking for predation on parrots info

    looking for information parrot predation Is there anyone out there who ever witnessed a parrot being predated by a bird or any other animal? I try to make an inventory of predators of this kind.
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    Photo's of Pyrrhura's

    Hi everyone, I am looking for photo's of wild Pyrrhura's to study this Genus of beautiful small South American parakeets. All photo's of wild pyrrhura are welcome but I'm especially looking for: Pyrrhura viridicata Pyrrhura albipectus Pyrrhura calliptera Pyrrhura rupicola rupicola/sandiae...
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    the Genus Pyrrhura

    anyone who has any information about members of the genus Pyrrhura (South American parakeets) in the wild, feel free to share your information here. I am very interested in Pyrrhura nestsites, percievings of all members of this genus, natural predation on Pyrrhura's, information about geophagy...
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    rupicola says hello

    Hello birdypeople, this is 'rupicola' from the Netherlands. I've been very interested in all wildlife for as long as I can remember. Though birds have always had my preference. During the last decade I got to know the members of the genus Pyrrhura in captivity and I got real caught by these...
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