Dave B Smith
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I got one look in a flowering Flamboyane tree where I had two Turquoise-browed Motmots, a pair of Altamira Orioles and their nest, all in my bin sights at once! What an eyeful!
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best pair in one binsview (1 Viewer)
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edenwatcher
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Broad-billed Sandpiper and white-tailed eagle in Finland. Was watching the former flying about over our heads when I noticed the "barn door" way up above!
Rob
Will think of some others ...
Rob
Will think of some others ...
CornishExile
rydhsys rag Kernow lemmyn!
White Gyr and Long-tailed Skua
Olivaceous Warbler and Spoonbill
Olivaceous Warbler and Spoonbill
Gill Osborne
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My two, bearing in mind how often I dip out LOL, would have to be July 2003, East Chevington...
Black Tern & White-winged Black Tern.
I'd been really stressed out that I would have problems id'ing them but when we got to East Chev I lifted up my bins to scan the pool and they were the FIRST birds I saw!!! And they were SO obviously black and white-winged I felt a right nitwit for worrying LOL
GILL
Black Tern & White-winged Black Tern.
I'd been really stressed out that I would have problems id'ing them but when we got to East Chev I lifted up my bins to scan the pool and they were the FIRST birds I saw!!! And they were SO obviously black and white-winged I felt a right nitwit for worrying LOL
GILL
Phil Carter
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Recently,Buzzard and Raven,in Essex!
Phil
Phil
White*Kite
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Not particularly rare, but I had 2 male Blue Rock Thrushes and one atricapillus Jay in southern Turkey in the same bins view. A gorgeous splash of colour.
Edward woodwood
Member
the ibisbill/wallcreeper duo isn't that tricky at Ramnagar....has been done by a few people...
Caucasian Snowcock and Crimson-winged Finch
Several Macaw/Parrot species at a clay lick
Giant Otter and real wild Muscovy Ducks
Horned Screamer, Black Skimmer, Sand-coloured Nighthawk and Ladder-tailed Nightjar
Nordmann's Greenshank and Great Knot
Tim
Caucasian Snowcock and Crimson-winged Finch
Several Macaw/Parrot species at a clay lick
Giant Otter and real wild Muscovy Ducks
Horned Screamer, Black Skimmer, Sand-coloured Nighthawk and Ladder-tailed Nightjar
Nordmann's Greenshank and Great Knot
Tim
jurek
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Skimmers, Great Thick Knee, River Lapwing and 3,5m Gharial (Chambal, India);
3 marsh terns (Poland);
Elk and Lynx (ditto);
Great and Little Bustards (Spain)
Just remembered that I can also score in category "put the scope at random an get...". In Spain I mounted scope at the random roadside stop and given it to a friend. He looked and yelled that I pointed it exactly at a very distant troop of Great Bustards.
happy memories...
3 marsh terns (Poland);
Elk and Lynx (ditto);
Great and Little Bustards (Spain)
Just remembered that I can also score in category "put the scope at random an get...". In Spain I mounted scope at the random roadside stop and given it to a friend. He looked and yelled that I pointed it exactly at a very distant troop of Great Bustards.
happy memories...
edenwatcher
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As Tim says - several parrot/macaw species at a clay lick
Also in Manu - scarlet-hooded barbet and long-billed woodcreeper
Still thinking ...
Rob
Also in Manu - scarlet-hooded barbet and long-billed woodcreeper
Still thinking ...
Rob
Ranger James
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Peregrine and SEO last week on the Clyst. Yummy.
Followed by pint of Branoc in the Bridge. Yummy.
Followed by pint of Branoc in the Bridge. Yummy.
Kev Rylands
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Had Ringed, Little ringed, Kentish and Semi-palmated Plover together at Dawlish, but only ever managed two different combinations of three in the same bins!
peregrine falcon and black (verrauxs) eagle- south africa
this brings to memory several experiences where i remeber hearing phrases such as "ok, do you see the woodpecker, now behind it there is a pale branch, on that branch...." etc
or to be more extreme- "ok.. behind the lion there is a small bush. There's a litlle brown job jumping around the lower edge!"
this brings to memory several experiences where i remeber hearing phrases such as "ok, do you see the woodpecker, now behind it there is a pale branch, on that branch...." etc
or to be more extreme- "ok.. behind the lion there is a small bush. There's a litlle brown job jumping around the lower edge!"
Jane Turner
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Mine is Citrine Wagtail, Semi-palmated Sandpiper and Reed Warbler in one view one August on Tresco
Went for the wagtail and blundered into the Sandpiper... it was fun using Citrine Wag as the size comparison for the description of the Sandpiper!
Also seen Firecrest, Yellow-browed and Pallas' Warbler in one view in an orgy of wing bars at Filey
Went for the wagtail and blundered into the Sandpiper... it was fun using Citrine Wag as the size comparison for the description of the Sandpiper!
Also seen Firecrest, Yellow-browed and Pallas' Warbler in one view in an orgy of wing bars at Filey
Andy J
Member
A couple of trios for me - the three Redpolls at Titchwell were a nice comparison. Best for me was Black Duck, Pec Sand and Buff breasted Sand at Stithians a few years back. Found the Buff breasted whilst watching the Black Duck, then a Pec Sand dropped out of the sky next to them!
Andy J
Andy J
