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Recent content by mikus

  1. M

    Tricky tern, Polish Baltic coast

    And this is what I've been subtly ( ;-) ) trying to hint at. I do believe Roseate is due serious consideration here.
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    Tricky tern, Polish Baltic coast

    ...which means that the collective effort to ID this particular tern is just as thrilling as I anticipated. I had got earlier three votes from knowledgeable and experienced Polish ornithologists, with a rich portfolio of superb finds each, all in favour of, albeit unusual, Arctic Tern! This blew...
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    Tricky tern, Polish Baltic coast

    After a friend of mine saw this bird (beginning of October, Hel Penninsula, N Poland) it became immediately clear to us that the identification here will be far from straightforward. Or, then, maybe it won't be? What are your thoughts?
  4. M

    Mouse ID needed, Poland

    Right enough, my bad! But then (sorry for being a pain and for only posting in the thread which I myself had started every few days - I've had a bit too much on my plate lately) what would make you go for Wood and so rule out Yellow-necked?
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    Mouse ID needed, Poland

    Thank you guys! Are you absolutely sure though? Aren't the eyes and ears a bit on the smallish side for Yellow-necked / Wood and more fitting for, say, House Mouse (paler, yellowish variants of which also do occur)?
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    Mouse ID needed, Poland

    Can anyone offer any help with the ID of this mouse, photographed a couple of weeks back by the side of a canal in the North of Poland?
  7. M

    Large gull, S Baltic (Poland)

    Really interested to hear your thoughts on this bird, photos taken today in a fishing harbour, rgds
  8. M

    An argentatus / cachinnans / michahellis perpetual problem, N Poland

    thanks a lot lou - that is exactly the answer I had been secretly hoping for ;-)
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    An argentatus / cachinnans / michahellis perpetual problem, N Poland

    the amount of black on primaries seems interesting to me; bird seen yesterday at dusk in Wladyslawowo, S Baltic coast, Poland; sorry for the photo quality
  10. M

    Skuas, S Baltic coast

    Same, obviously.
  11. M

    Skuas, S Baltic coast

    and here individual two with an additional photo as well. True, the birds (flying together) were distant and gave not too prolonged views, but still – an overall structure and even some important plumage characters can be seen in both individuals. I have every confidence in your ID skills.
  12. M

    Skuas, S Baltic coast

    Fair enough, fair enough. If you need additional encouragement, I am happy to provide some. So, for the sake of clarity, here is again individual one only, with one extra photo:
  13. M

    Skuas, S Baltic coast

    What are your thoughts on these two skuas, photographed two days ago in Gdansk, N Poland? First individual on 6472 and 6473, second on 6474; rgds
  14. M

    Large gull, South Baltic coast, April 2018

    Ok, just cleared the backlog in my knowledge of heuglini plumages - it apparently can have this much white
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    Large gull, South Baltic coast, April 2018

    graellsii or intermedius - understood, but not just slightly too much white on outer primaries for heuglini?
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