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  1. Hor Kee

    Two-Barred/Greenish Warbler? Penang Island, Malaysia 30.04.2021

    Dear all, is this a Two-Barred/Greenish rather than Arctic Warbler? This warbler had features more in common with a Two-Barred/Greenish type warbler. The mandible is pale and unmarked, and the beak looks proportionately long and fine. The supercilium eye-stripe appears to reach all the way down...
  2. Hor Kee

    Whistling ducks in south-east Nepal, lesser or fulvous?

    Dear Michael, The most important feature to distinguish Lesser and Fulvous WDs is the colour of the uppertail covets and lower rump - chestnut-red in LWD and white in FWD. LWD also has a darker blackish-brown crown and hindneck than FWD overall, but it seems that lighting and individual...
  3. Hor Kee

    ED78 vs ED82, a true difference?

    My experience exactly, having both the ED78 and ED82 with the super bright 30x DS eyepieces stuck on them.
  4. Chestnut-Necklaced Partridge

    Chestnut-Necklaced Partridge

    Nominate charltonii subspecies from northern Peninsula Malaysia, near the border with Thailand.
    • Hor Kee
    • Media item
    • arborophila charltonii charltonii chestnut-necklaced partridge
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    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. Hor Kee

    Immature Great or Christmas Island Frigatebird?

    For completeness sake, here's a shot from below of my frigatebird.
  6. Hor Kee

    Immature Great or Christmas Island Frigatebird?

    Dear all, Once again thank you very much for your feedback. I have managed to get my hands upon the article by David James - thanks to those who have sent it to me. What a difference it made! My opinion is that this is a juvenile Great Frigatebird. The key feature in distinguishing this...
  7. Hor Kee

    Immature Great or Christmas Island Frigatebird?

    Ive tried repeatedly but its no longer available
  8. Hor Kee

    Immature Great or Christmas Island Frigatebird?

    Thanks Niels. The main confusion species for Great here in South-East Asia is the Christmas Island Frigatebird which is of similar size and build - we don't have Magnificents. As far as juveniles of this age are concerned, apparently the CIF has a hexagonal white belly patch, meaning that the...
  9. Hor Kee

    Immature Great or Christmas Island Frigatebird?

    Thanks Andy. You're right that it is rare record. In fact, it could be the first confirmed record from the Straits of Malacca in decades, so all the more important that it is confirmed to be a Great rather than Christmas Island. May i know the reasons why you think that it is a Great please...
  10. Hor Kee

    Immature Great or Christmas Island Frigatebird?

    Dear all, During a pelagic trip from a working anchovy purse seiner yesterday, I had the fortune of seeing my first two Frigatebirds ever. One was an obvious nearly-adult male Lesser Frigatebird. It was accompanied by this much larger bird which was about 30% larger. Opinions from my birding...
  11. Hor Kee

    Canon 500mm F4 lens - should I get one

    I have the 400mm 5.6 and it's a lovely lens. Easily as sharp as the great white primes at a fraction of the cost and weight. Its limitation as all of us know is its lack of IS. I recently purchased a 100-400mm II to complement it. It's a great lens that is sharp wide open at 400mm. And that...
  12. Hor Kee

    Canon 500mm F4 lens - should I get one

    If it's the 500mm f4.5 you're really interested in, Canon did use to make an autofocus EF model. But Canon doesn't service it anymore should it break down.
  13. Hor Kee

    100-400 Mk2 vs Tammy zoom vs Siggy zoom

    Does anyone have any practical experience with the image stabilization systems of all the three said lenses?
  14. Hor Kee

    Panti Forest, Malaysia: June 2015

    Great haul you've got there
  15. Hor Kee

    Singapore escapee ID please

    Galapagos Finch?
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