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    Errant Bulbul - Shiga, Japan

    As they are just about no1 nectar drinkers or flower eaters, yes i would think a pollen stained Bebulbul. Cheers G
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    A gull and a godwit -- Oostpolder en Onnerpolder

    haha, of course... We are pretty proud of our few pairs in the North (although not nearly as stoked anymore as we were 20 yrs ago) then, not sure what we have in N Netherlands that you don't have in Brandenburg. cheers G
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    A gull and a godwit -- Oostpolder en Onnerpolder

    Naught wrong with that ID. Did you get to see the White-tailed Eagle...and the Black-necked Grebes of course? cheers Gerben
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    not my record: Swan Goose near Wuhan, Hubei Province, China | january 2025 | domestic or genuine?

    I am beginning to think that I may very well be over cautious (zealous more like) on this subject. I am used to peer-dismissing various knobbed, long-billed swan geese-type birds in Japan on inaturalist. Of course many 'swan geese' there are in fact domestic type Chinese Geese. Yet I suppose...
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    White Egret, March 2025, Bohol, Philippines

    If you see them on a near daily basis, you may well be perfectly capable of telling the two apart every single time. When checking Inaturalist/Japan regularly I -with limited live experience with both taxa- often see problematic cases where more information seems to be needed for a positive ID...
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    White Egret, March 2025, Bohol, Philippines

    I may not understand what you meant, but I suggested we look at a different part of the bill (not the gapeline). I said dagger shape but the curve, it seems, is more gradual in Cattle Egret than it is in Median Egret (pardon my English) cheers, Gerben
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    White Egret, March 2025, Bohol, Philippines

    As this duo often leads to some confusion...is there not a pattern to be found in the shape of the bill? It seems that Cattle Egret has more or less an even dagger shaped bill, whereas Median Egret has a curved down tip of the upper mandible. still in the Median camp, but a bit flustered by...
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    White Egret, March 2025, Bohol, Philippines

    Looks rather Median E to me. Cheers G
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    Swift - Bali Indonesia 300m

    Could the long tail be the tip of the right wing instead? I suppose the photo leaves a lot of room for interpretation. Cheers G
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    Swift - Bali Indonesia 300m

    Wingshape is house swifty... But that is a layman speaking... Hope to hear from those more knowledgeable. Cheers G
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    Warbler from the Russian Far East

    Could an overshooting Japanese be firmly excluded, in light of eastern crowned records in Western Europe..sure rare vagrants... But still... Or should i read all ruling out species comments with an asterisk: not considering rare vagrants. I should probably read it like that. Cheers Gerben
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    Warbler from the Russian Far East

    You can't tell the 3 species in the arctic warbler complex apart other than by sound, unfortunately. There will be those far more experienced that will tell that it most probably is species X. But during migration surely anything can just about turn up anywhere. cheers, Gerben
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    Kenya Audio, Oriole?

    Sorry for the distraction Jay. I am not familiar with Kenian avifauna, hence my disclaimer. Cheers G
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    Kenya Audio, Oriole?

    Sorry, i should have recognized my kin... My username is from back in the nineties i believe when a few House Crow hung around a fish n chips shop in Hoek van Holland. They were extinguished later following exotic pest guidelines in the Netherlands*...poor sods. Cheers Gerben It appeared...
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    Kenya Audio, Oriole?

    Unless it is an imitator, it sounds like one....the fluty notes only Cheers G
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