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    Tundra Bean Goose vs Pink-footed Goose in Tver Region, European Russia

    Additional shots with GWFG
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    Tundra Bean Goose vs Pink-footed Goose in Tver Region, European Russia

    Dear colleagues, please help with ID of geese recorded on April, 23, south of Tver Region, European Russia 2 birds in the flock of GWFG: similar in size to GWFG, noticably short necked, relatively short-billed, grayish upper wings color We suppose 2 species: Pink-footed Goose (rare in the...
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    Shearwaters in the Okhotsk Sea

    Another similar specimen:
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    Shearwaters in the Okhotsk Sea

    A bird that looks somewhat intermediate between Flesh-footed and Short-tailed:
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    Shearwaters in the Okhotsk Sea

    Supposed Flesh-footed Shearwater:
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    Shearwaters in the Okhotsk Sea

    One of thousands of Short-tailed Shearwaters (quite steep forehead):
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    Shearwaters in the Okhotsk Sea

    Possibly another Sooty (too much white on the underwing, sloping forehead) trying to escape from our ship
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    Shearwaters in the Okhotsk Sea

    Here we suppose a Sooty Shearwater that flies above the light morph of Fulmar:
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    Shearwaters in the Okhotsk Sea

    Dear colleagues, Recently we returned from the birding trip to Sakhalin Island, Far East. There we took a 4-days round-trip in Okhotsk Sea on a board of the passenger ship (Sakhalin -> Kuril Islands -> Sakhalin) to get some pelagic species. Actually, the trip was quite successful, we got...
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    Help in gull ID from Moscow, Russia

    Dear colleagues, Thanks a lot for a thorough study of the pictures and valuable discussions! Nice, that we eliminated RBG and MG from the possibilities list. We will consider HG and AG and will try to find the bird once again, hope that it will winter on our grounds. Take care and have a nice...
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    Help in gull ID from Moscow, Russia

    If the tertials are light, we have to look for the 2cy gull, correct?
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    Help in gull ID from Moscow, Russia

    Thanks a lot Ken, Steve, Phil and Steve! The Armenian Gull is an interesting idea, however I can not image how it can reach Moscow from its limited range on the Middle East... As far as I understand the terminology, the plumage parts are as follows on the attached pic. So the tertials are quite...
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    Help in gull ID from Moscow, Russia

    Dear colleagues, Please, help Moscow birdwatchers with a gull identification that was found at Mosow River, Russia on Dec 7. A considerable distance of viewing and hard sunlight do not make the identification easy, so we are considering the following options: 1) quite compact and small...
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    White egrets (little or great) in Moscow Region, Russia

    Thank you Andrew! I also think so, but light conditions are rather bad (morning fog), so dull yellow can be quite dark... I would relay mostly on proportions and the length of legs…
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    White egrets (little or great) in Moscow Region, Russia

    Dear colleagues, In the last decade here in Moscow Region we repeatedly registering Great Egrets, mostly in spring and in autumn. Sometimes over hundred birds can be simultaneously seen at the fishfarm ponds. So, this rather southern species is no more a rarity here. However, still there is no...
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