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Recent content by phyllosc

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    New Phylloscopus Warbler found in Vietnam

    Excellent!
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    Collins Bird Guide 2nd Ed; Reviewed

    Fondly remembered... John, I was attempting irony. My recollections of the Cantelo household 10 years ago was one of under nourished children sent to school barefoot as family budgets were squeezed in order to obtain first edition Poyser monographs. Even Mrs C had to stand as the encroaching...
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    Collins Bird Guide 2nd Ed; Reviewed

    Are bird books your 'thing' then, John? Dave C Suffolk
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    Colour-ringed Gull Cyprus

    Check out this site http://www.cr-birding.be/ It has 100's of colour ringing scheme listed. Dave C
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    Spurn in the 1950's - video

    Dear All I found this link on the Spurn Bird Observatory web site. The film was made in 1950 and shows ringing and birding activity. Check out the clothing and optics! Apologies if this has been around on Birdforum before but as Spurn is an old stomping ground of mine - though not in 50's! - I...
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    Nero and the like...

    Thanks for the advice guys.
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    Nero and the like...

    Hi All I am looking to buy some software allowing me to burn/copy DVD and CDs. I have used an earlier version of Nero on a previous PC and was considering buying it. However, when I looked at the latest version I see it comes with video editing and photo manipulation packages. The simple fact...
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    Amazing photos of Great Black-backed Gull Predation on American Coots

    A great set of shots. Remined me of something I saw many years ago on the east coast of England at Hornsea Mere. The lake was frozen and GBBG attacked a Eurasian Coot. With that, all the Coots that had been scattered over the ice ran together and formed a big pack to repel the gull. It was very...
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    Panasonic with x70 zoom

    I know some Panasonic models have been criticised for their image quality on Birdforum, but has anyone had a look at the Panasonic SDR-H90? It has a x70 optical zoom, 80 gig hard drive, and an SD card slot. It also has a 'pre-record' function that will record the three seconds before the...
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    Warbler ID, UK

    Not forgetting the primary projection! Also, ringers and birders - chalk and cheese!
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    Roseate Tern Question

    Thank you Graham. I can see the logic but anyone would still need to be quite close to read the numbers. I would have thought conventional colour ringing would be more effective. In terms of recovery rates is this double ring sceme as effective as colour ringing? Dave C
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    Roseate Tern Question

    Can anyone tell me, why are Roseate Terns rung with a metal ring on each leg? I've heard said that it is BTO policy, but it seems a little strange. Dave C
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    Do you miss getting lifers?

    I started birding as a teenager and have now been at it for 34 years. True I don't get many full lifers in the UK, having a bit of a twitching past (and 'present' but on a smaller scale) and few trips abroad to build up my world list. That said I do still find inspiration in my birding. My...
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    Lesbos suppression?

    I've just returned from the island and I thought I'd share something with you all that I heard a few days ago. I was chatting to a couple of birders at the Kalloni saltpans, the usual stuff swapping gen etc, when they mentioned having seen a Roller. In fact they'd seen more than one. As Roller...
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    Right click problem

    Thanks everyone. Some 'techie' answers here that will take my semi-computer literate mind time to sort out. As for the copy right issues, for the record I save the photos to my hard drive, changing the file name to record who was the photograper. If I print them out to stick in my notebook (and...
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