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    Port Meadow, Oxfordshire Gull ID

    Hi all, I'm having trouble IDing these two gulls I saw today at Port Meadow in Oxford. I'm not quite convinced the first one is a Herring Gull, but not not too sure about Caspian either. In the second photo the center gull looks very light and I'm not sure if it is actually a Herring or LBBG...
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    Which species is this?

    I agree with Microtus, based on the bird in the background on the bottom of the second image, the dark brown of the central rectrixes and "short feel" of the tail for a Canastero I'd say it's a Cordilleran Canastero.
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    Pelagic trips Chile

    Albatross Birding is also a very option for a pelagic off Valparaiso, the guide is a very experienced birder. http://www.albatross-birding.com/birding_trips/tours_04.html
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    chile

    Hi Valéry, Number 7 looks like a Cinereous Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola cinerea) to be because of the light colouring, posture and sharp bill. The quebrada de San Ramon is in the mountains east of Santiago which would be in range for this species. Possibly the coordinates they gave you are...
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    Bird id in Argentina and Chile

    Hi, The Ground Tyrant is a Ochre-naped Ground Tyrant The third picture of the secund post is a Buff-winged Cinclodes And the last picture of the second post looks like a Black-hooded Sierra Finch to me. Cheers
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    Chilean "finch"-like bird, from description

    I be sure it's a female Patagonian Sierra-Finch and not a male Gray-headed Sierra-Finch, do you remember how green its back was and if the belly at the level of the feet was white? If the belly was white at that level and the back was quite green I'd say its a Gray-headed
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    guides and pelagic trips central chile

    Hi James, For your part of the trip in southern Chile, Chiloe will be great for shorebirds and maybe a couple pelagics on the ferry cross onto the island. You should still be able to see Chilean Flamingos. Puyehue is a great place for rinocriptids and forests birds. Also some Magellanic...
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    guides and pelagic trips central chile

    Hi James, I've gone on a pelagic tour off of Valparaiso with Aconcagua Birding and there were great. I would highly recommend them for the pelagic trip as well as any guiding in central Chile. The guides English is fine and I can guarantee that would have a great trip and a fun time. Hope thats...
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    New Blog for Ecuador

    Great blog Steve. I wish there was a blog like this when I visited Ecuador a couple years ago. I bet it could have made my trip even better. It great to know about less visited places. I just started a blog like yours for Chile a couple weeks ago and I see a few things in yours that would be a...
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    Orchid ID Chile please

    Hi Dieter, Thanks Willito for the information. Here just a few kilometers out of Valdivia we have amazing patches of valdivian forest with trees covered in Hymenophyllums (small ferns used as bioindicators) andbryophytes (mosses and liver worts). But not only small ferns can be found, also big...
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    Chile November/ December 2009 Part 3

    Hi Dieter, In Chile we are lucky to be one of only 5 places in the world to have mediterranean habitat like what surrounds Santiago and the central zone. Unfortunately the development in the area is taking a toll on the area. Not much has been done in terms of conservation, but some small new...
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    White-throated Hawk vs variable (Chile)

    Hey Neils, Yeah the last name is Norwegian. Take care
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    Birds of Argentina, Patagonia

    #1.- Def. Spot-billed Ground-tyrant. No supercilium for it to be a Miner. Beautiful pic. #2.- I agree with Niels that it must be a female Black-throated Finch because of yellow primaries and yellowish throat, chest, and belly. #3.- I'd say Lake Duck as well because of the amount of white on the...
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    Chile November/ December 2009 Part 3

    Hey Dieter, Looks like you had a great trip through Chile and a good list of sightings. Conguillio N.P. is definitely my favorite place you visited in the lake district. Just to clarify a couple of the species, by Common sierra-finch did you mean a Mourning sierra-finch or maybe Common...
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    Orchid ID Chile please

    Hey Dieter, I second Willitos identification. Its a Chloraea disoides. Take care
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