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Recent content by James Lowther

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    RFI - Mt. Pulchowki (Kathmandu) solo biridng?

    I am literally on Phulchowki right now, taking a break waiting for bird activity to build up. I’ve not had any problems and spoke to a young lad today who had never heard of robberies here so hopefully a thing of the past. It will be busy on Saturday though. Road is very rough but there’s a...
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    At least on my browser the box showing the species information is quite narrow too, so there is a lot of wasted space at the sides of the screen. If you could make that wider, and the English names column narrower that would be fantastic Cheers James
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    Monkeys - Roatan Island, Belize and Panama - Feb 2024

    Species ID as per Welsh Peregrine’s post above then Cheers James
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    Monkeys - Roatan Island, Belize and Panama - Feb 2024

    Locations are a bit confusing as Roatan is in Honduras, not Belize. Are the two photos from Roatan and Panama respectively, or Roatan and Belize? That could impact the ID of the howler monkey James
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    How Do You Pronounce ____________?

    But those people pronouncing it are American. The point is that all of those pronunciations are “wrong” in the sense that they aren’t actually how that name would originally have been pronounced in Denmark or Norway or Sweden. So why arbitrarily decide that one new way is right and one way...
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    How Do You Pronounce ____________?

    Proper Danish pronunciation of that name is given here; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmussen First syllable apparently rhymes with southern English arse i.e long a, no r sound Pronouncing it like either razzle or wrasse is wrong I very much doubt many British people get it right. James
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    Name a Bird You've Seen 2

    Another species that occurs in Kenya and Tanzania 9450 blue-shouldered robin-chat That’s me out barring new splits opening up opportunities!
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    Name a Bird You've Seen 2

    Pied goshawk has a white throat 9434 white-throated tapaculo I’ve only one more card to play now…..
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    Name a Bird You've Seen 2

    More alliteration 9434 Tawny Tit-spinetail
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    This does raise the question as to how an alt-right birder is supposed to feel about patronymics originating in difficult to pronounce foreign languages? Confusing! Cheers James
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    Latest IOC Diary Updates

    I think it’s not too bad, something like Sechenyee James
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    Mexico - Summer Tanager?

    I think the restriction is to prevent discussion of aviculture topics. However like you I think ID requests for captive birds are not harmful to the integrity of the forum James
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    Madeira

    Pigeon and firecrest both fairly easy in the gardens, I don’t remember if we saw chaffinch there but we definitely saw them at ribeiro frio James
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    Madeira

    I’ve done the night tour, it was a good experience, I think your chances of seeing anything resembling a petrel are slim but you should hear them, if you’re lucky you might get Madeiran barn owl on the way back James
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    Name a Bird You've Seen 2

    Still brown, but an obvious, sky dweller 9354 red-throated rock Martin
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