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  1. pbjosh

    SFL vs. Aurora...

    And to loop back to the original Aurora comparison... if it's somewhere between the MHG and the SFL, at the price of the MHG, it sounds like a real winner.
  2. pbjosh

    SFL vs. Aurora...

    Nice comparison / topic. I've still not seen or used an Aurora, but I increasingly find myself moving towards lighter and lighter binoculars for most of my birding. The little 8x30 SFL is a marvel, I adore it. It's everything I loved about the MHG 8x30 for years but just a little better on all...
  3. pbjosh

    The ebird update - How do you like it?..

    I dislike the fact that hotspots pages now are focused on monthly birding and not most recent sightings or all time statistics. Essentially what was useful before is now one click further away. I personally don't care about monthly stats or community targets. Seems a kind of cheap way to try...
  4. pbjosh

    Switzerland 2024

    Apparently both species were present Saturday but the SC not refound after. And yeah, the weather is a rude home coming 🤣
  5. pbjosh

    Switzerland 2024

    Collared Fly is a nice one! I would probably make an effort for that as it’s an easy bike ride but I doubt it’ll be there until I’m home in a few days. Meanwhile preparing to come home to winter again…
  6. pbjosh

    Chile - El Yeso Valley or Farallones ?

    Have a look at the eBird hotspots for both and particularly the bar charts. It should answer all your questions about species and relative abundance :)
  7. pbjosh

    AOU-NACC Proposals 2024

    First just want to say that I think it’s really great that names are being circulated and feedback sought! For the wren, given that one form is already extinct and another presumed, a pragmatic answer would just be Dominica Wren, no? If it is rediscovered on Martinique it will be just be...
  8. pbjosh

    AOU-NACC Proposals 2024

    I think this is a case where maintaining a link to the original or a novel name that provides some context is desirable in order to aid people in associating the name with the correct bird as wren names are kind of a soup of descriptors already. Spot-backed is apt but perhaps doesn’t help link...
  9. pbjosh

    Amazon / Yasuni birding

    Sandro was ok as a guide. Not amazing but knew the birds and critically the territories for key birds. But that was 10 years ago now. I believe Rufous Potoo is no longer staked out at Gareno, unless it has changed again.
  10. pbjosh

    Amazon / Yasuni birding

    Also worth adding - for several of these options you would need to speak Spanish. At Rio Bigal and for Shiripuno english should be fine. For a lot of the smaller places you'll be better off either with some Spanish or being good with google translate and the like :)
  11. pbjosh

    Amazon / Yasuni birding

    Rio Bigal is amazing, some of the best birding in S America IMHO. It's a hike in and probably worth having gum boots, but once there it's tremendous. I believe they will prefer you to be in a group or overlap with another group for logistical reasons - not sure if they'd be keen on a solo...
  12. pbjosh

    The 10% Club - Milestones

    You can perhaps become the person to cross the 50% threshhold the maximum number of times. Like sports / racing type statistics, find the right metric and you can be the best in the world.
  13. pbjosh

    The 10% Club - Milestones

    English is either entertaining or maddening I guess, depending on your mood / point of view :) The older I get, the less I care about spelling and grammar on a lot of these kind of cases and I see english sort of simplifying over the next couple of generations. It is one thing to try to sound...
  14. pbjosh

    The 10% Club - Milestones

    This (purposefully provocative) opinion on hummingbirds are particularly popular w/ my European friends hehe.
  15. pbjosh

    The 10% Club - Milestones

    Well done. There are no hard birds, only lazy birders, right? :ROFLMAO: On the Phaethornis front, possible splits off the top of my head: For hard ones, particularly Great-billed Hermit has a few that are likely to be carved out. Certainly margarettae which is vocally distinct in flight and...
  16. pbjosh

    The 10% Club - Milestones

    And to get back to Tyler's original post, I know it sounds really cliche but I don't have any milestone or particular goal from a numbers perspective. My eBird "life list" is kind of messy with heard only birds in there and it wouldn't surprise me if some species had slipped in from birding in a...
  17. pbjosh

    The 10% Club - Milestones

    Just a bit of provocative fun with my granola and tea :)
  18. pbjosh

    The 10% Club - Milestones

    My guess is at some point this bird will become reliable somewhere, there's plenty of habitat out there. Almost all "mythical" hummingbirds eventually get sorted out, at least temporarily, and over its range on the E slope of Peru there is a lot of forest to explore are arguably fewer security...
  19. pbjosh

    Is this a Double-toothed Kite? Tortuguero, Costa Rica

    Agree with DT Kite
  20. pbjosh

    Unknown - Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Apr 2024

    Agree with Crane Hawk here.
  21. pbjosh

    Becard - Puntarenas, Costa Rica, April 2024

    What Niels said... RT Becard, minus the rose throat.
  22. pbjosh

    BOP - Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Apr 2024

    I'd lean towards Double-toothed Kite. The large eye with a bit of a pale eye ring, the sort of large, cylindrical (I've heard it called "can shaped") head, shorter legs, perhaps a hint of rufous from the breast visible... Crane Hawk to my eye has a smaller eye and a smaller head. The photo is...
  23. pbjosh

    The 10% Club - Milestones

    There are a couple of tricky birds there, security wise, and a good number of tricky birds, difficulty/logistics wise. Glow-throated is hard to access (Cerro Hoya) and far from guaranteed once there. Colorful Puffleg is basically not accessible for security reasons though occasionally it is...
  24. pbjosh

    Switzerland 2024

    Apparently at least one Savi's Warbler @ Katzensee over the weekend, and a good mix of migrants in general. We spent the weekend cycling, perhaps missed the best weekend for local birding but c'est la vie :)
  25. pbjosh

    Switzerland 2024

    Two Northern Wheatears locally this morning were my first of the year. Otherwise I've not been able to kick up many migrants the past couple days.
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