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Recent content by Harrybongo

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    Please Name This Bird

    I agree with all of you! 😉
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    Limburg, Netherlands, I guess a Dunnock?

    Hi. Yep, Hedge sparrow! (Dunnock).
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    Whitethroat? Warbler? Oman Feb 2024

    Hi. looks ok for a Lesser - white eye ring, female Menetries would be orangey/red, dark grey/black bill, Menetries, would be yellow on bottom mandible, also, a female Menetries iris, would be an orangey red colour.
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    VietNam: possible Bunting?

    Hi. Wild guess..... Richards, maybe?
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    Stonechat - Cyprus

    Hi. Agree with European (rubicola), in pic 1, I/you, can just make out spotted /streaked markings on the uppertail coverts.
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    Connecticut USA May 2020-Least Sandpiper?

    Hi. Looks OK for a Least to me - slightly drooping bill, greenish/yellow legs.
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    Goshawk or Sparrowhawk? (Norfolk, UK)

    Hi. Gos for me too! The tail in the first pic, shows a rounded edge/end to it... length looks pretty good too.
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    Sand Plovers from Oman, 02/2024

    Hi, again. Agree on pic 1, could be greater?.... Looks like there's two birds in the set - lesser and greater?
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    Sand Plovers from Oman, 02/2024

    Hi. Chunky, but too short, I think?
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    Sand Plovers from Oman, 02/2024

    Hi. By the length of the bill, leg colour, I would lean toward Lesser. Also, the pics show a short tibia, a Greater's would be longer and slightly, lighter in colour. Just to add, in general, a lesser, has a steeper forehead. The only thing that's not in favour of a lesser, as you mentioned, is...
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    Diver ID please?

    Hi. Yep, paper every time! 👍
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    Which monocular as a substitute for binoculars...?

    Hi. I use monos quite alot, I find them easier to use. I don't have any top notch alphas, but my preferred ones are: my komz 8x30 porro - excellent portable mono, Tento 10x50 (porro), and when rainy/wet, a Minox 8x25 macroscope, and finally, an 8x36 vortex solo.... all excellent monos! Have a...
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    Diver ID please?

    Hi. I use the Collins 2nd ed - excellent illustrations and text, also, Rspb British birds 2nd ed, both are excellent guides... If l was just starting out, I'd get one of each. 👍
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    Which Skua? Iran, Hormozgan, Mar. 2024

    Hi. Yeah, agree with, Alexander. A pomarine would have more of a spotted pattern on the head/nape, and not streaked, as is obvious in the pic.....as for the ageing 🤔 🤔
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