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    What bird's feather? Iran

    Apart from the yellow colour, the feathers look very much like the tail feathers of domestic pigeons to me. I don't know if it is also common in Iran, but in some countries owners mark their pigeons with colour. This is practised particularly excessively in Spain, see for example here: The...
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    Most Evil-looking Birds

    Two examples from Germany: The brother of Darth Maul? and likely one of the Angry Birds... Greetings!
  3. Barn Swallow

    Barn Swallow

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  4. Great Reed Warbler

    Great Reed Warbler

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  5. Middle Spotted Stock Dovepecker

    Middle Spotted Stock Dovepecker

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    Europeans, which American bird would you most like to see?

    It was the other way round for me as a European: Not the Tits, the Warblers. In Europe there are a bunch of brown-green-grey-yellowish birds of different families, often very similar and difficult to distinguish. Usually only seen briefly hopping around in dense bushes. When I started birding in...
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    Avian misnomers

    Oh yes, you are absolutely right! I remember countless frustrating seawatch early mornings in the late 80s at the North Sea coast, where I had no breakfast, got rained on and blown through for hours in the cold without seeing anything exciting (except maybe Sandwich Terns...). The best part...
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    Avian misnomers

    Have we actually looked at the name Sandwich Tern yet? Ok, named after the type location: Sandwich, Kent, UK and therefore probably scientifically named T. sandvicensis. Which is again very confusing, as all other XY. sandvicensis-birds are named after their distribution on Hawaii (formerly...
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    Avian misnomers

    Otherwise I am still looking for the "buttons" on Buttonquails and the "boots" on Booted Warblers and haven't found them yet.
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    Avian misnomers

    Oh, in German you can do even better :cool: The German name for Yellow-legged Gull translates also to "Mediterranean Gull", the German name for Mediterranean Gull translates also to "Black-headed Gull", the German name for Black-headed Gull translates also to "Laughing Gull", the German name...
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    Avian misnomers

    Bald Eagle... Has anybody ever seriously seen a "bald" one?
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    Google Street View birding

    My fault again :-C But the Maned Ducks are much better!:t: Second try: Australian Ringneck https://www.google.com/maps/@-23.7099968,133.876954,3a,15y,6.87h,125.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPeh-GIuy8c65ThtAWfLBFA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en About the Emus and Koala: Cheating 8-P I made the search a...
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    Google Street View birding

    Australia: Maned Duck https://www.google.com/maps/@-35.3048149,149.1510357,3a,15.1y,355.44h,83.45t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWWceW3seOdbAR3cToP_QgA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en Dusky Moorhen...
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    Google Street View birding

    Black-necked Stilt - Mexico https://www.google.com/maps/@20.8951666,-90.3830528,3a,15y,54.77h,74.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPaWo_YplbuvjE4rJnGqNEQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en American Flamingo - Mexico...
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    Google Street View birding

    Arrrgh, yes, jurek is right. I hadn't seen this frame and was probably too optimistic... so the Little Blue Heron is still missing. I keep on looking, also for the still surprisingly missing Wood Stork.
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