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Recent content by Dewcal

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    Bird ID please

    Many thanks for your prompt replies with the identification - very much appreciated.
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    Bird ID please

    I was sent the attached image from a friend who found it on "Queenscliff Beach" today (13th Feb) and I have failed to be able to ID it any more than as petrel (and even that may be wrong!). Only comments were that it has webbed feet, long wings and a hooked, blue tipped beak. I can't see a...
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    3 pin 125W MV lamp bulb holder

    HoneyM, Have been in contact with Paul and he has been able to offer me a 3 pin lamp holder so I can use existing lamps. Many thanks for this - much appreciated. Dave
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    3 pin 125W MV lamp bulb holder

    HoneyM- Many thanks for link will check it out today. Dave
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    3 pin 125W MV lamp bulb holder

    Andy, Many thanks for this suggestion - I did not realise there were adaptors to go this way - will check it out. Dave
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    3 pin 125W MV lamp bulb holder

    Many thanks for suggestion - will check them out and see what happens. Dave
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    3 pin 125W MV lamp bulb holder

    Screw thread Hi Andy, Thanks for reply and I suspect that you may be correct. However being a tight fisted old codger and having three spare bulbs for bayonet... I am loathe to effectively through them away! It is only the metal connectors in the existing holder that have corroded - so hoping...
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    3 pin 125W MV lamp bulb holder

    I have been given a home made Robinson trap to repair / use and have all the various parts except that the current ceramic bulb holder is missing the metal "prongs". Can anyone advise where I may obtain a replacement bulb holder? I have tried a couple of the specialist moth trap sites and...
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    Frigate Bird - Galapagos

    Magnificent it is! Thanks for all responses - I am settling for a blue ring a a magnificent bird! Dave
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    Frigate Bird - Galapagos

    Larger head image Thanks for replies to date & sorry (!) that the picture is taken from the wrong angle but I was unable to get underneath and that is the only picture of this bird that I can be sure of. (If interested it was taken with 70-200mm lens). I have enlarged and cropped the head so...
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    Frigate Bird - Galapagos

    Hi Folks, the attached image was taken in Sep 2007 and is of a Frigate bird. My question is whether it is a magnificent or a great species and why? Any help appreciated. Dave
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    Petrel & Frigate Bird ID help please

    Another image Thanks again for responses - not easy to decide between north & south! I am going to try and attach a cropped image that indicates the tip of the bill has a greenish hue (on my colour calibrated monitor). I also understand that the Southern can have a pale iris - the following...
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    Petrel & Frigate Bird ID help please

    Thanks Many thanks for the two replies for the S gP ID - much appreciated. (Belated response as I have been painting ratehr than surfing!). Now all I need to do is ID the frigate...... Will repost in ID section as suggested. Ta again.
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    Petrel & Frigate Bird ID help please

    I am writing to ask for some help in making a positive ID for the two images attached. One is a Frigate Bird photographed in the Galapagos in August '07 - am I correc tin saying female great? The second is a giant petrel (New Zealand, March 08) that I am inclined to think is a "southern" as...
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