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    Redpoll in Warwickshire

    Classification aside, what I find weird is that both my 2 editions of Collins make no mention of Lesser Redpoll - it's like they've expunged the name from the record. It's not as if it's a new name, my old books (T A Coward, 1950, and Collins Pocket Guide, 1959 & 1973) all mention the bird.
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    Redpoll in Warwickshire

    I have other pics, but none truly side-on.
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    Redpoll in Warwickshire

    I've not seen a single bird on the seed feeder outside my window in suburban Leamington Spa this year, until yesterday when the attached showed up! Can someone confirm this is a Lesser Redpoll? I think it's a first for me. It's spent around half an hour filling up before it disappeared. I'm...
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    Waders, Port McNeill, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

    Hey, I'm getting better! Thanks.
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    Waders, Port McNeill, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

    Can you help id these waders on the foreshore in Port McNeil, Vancouver Island on 6 Sept? My guesses: the first 2 Western Sandpipers, the third a Short-Billed Dowitcher, the last 2 a Least Sandpiper.
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    Gull, Atnarko River, Tweedsmuir National Park, BC, Canada

    Thanks.
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    Gull, Atnarko River, Tweedsmuir National Park, BC, Canada

    Can someone id this gull for me? Perhaps immature ring-billed?
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    Sandpiper ID. please. Ontario, Sept. 2023

    Nice pics!
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    Whinchat? Boyton Marshes, Suffolk, UK

    Whinchat? Possibly two separate birds. Eye-stripe precludes Stonechat I think.
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    Warbler? Warwickshire UK

    Sorry, no more photos (if I did perhaps I wouldn't have needed to post!). I took this so I could id the bird later on - so that worked out well :confused:. There were Blackcaps around so I kind of assumed this was one but since I couldn't see it clearly I took the picture. The woods abound with...
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    Warbler? Warwickshire UK

    I took this in my local wood. I thought I was taking a picture of a blackcap, but when I eventually came to look at the photo, it doesn't look like one. All brown head? Is it just a common bird in strange illumination?
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    What gull is this? - Warwick UK

    Taken yesterday, 7th April, over the suburbs of Leamington Spa. Not too much sea around here. I was confused by what appears to be a black tip to the bill. Re. name - yes, that would be about right :)
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    What gull is this? - Warwick UK

    I'm rubbish at sea birds, seeing I live in the middle of the country. What is this gull? It was flying around while I was taking shots of buzzards.
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    2 waders - tattler + ? (Brisbane, Wynnum)

    I also went for the grey-tailed tattler, for the reason that grey-tailed = common, wandering = uncommon to rare. Sharp-tailed sandpiper is also common so likely as well. Thanks.
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    2 waders - tattler + ? (Brisbane, Wynnum)

    Both birds seen on 23 Dec 2022. Waders are not my strong suit, esp. Australian ones. Any help appreciated. The first (2 pics) I think could be grey-tailed tattler. The other, a small sandpiper?
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    Keyhaven, UK - are these dunlin?

    Thanks. I do visit Brandon from time to time. I should go again, thanks for reminding me.
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    Keyhaven, UK - are these dunlin?

    My shore bird skills are not great - not much call for them in Warwickshire :(. Are these dunlin? Their neck "collars" seem darker and more well-defined than in my bird book, but the bills look right.
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    Duck at Titchwell, UK

    A query I sent to RSPB Titchwell came back with a definite: Pochard.
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    Duck at Titchwell, UK

    It wasn't diving, the water was very shallow so it was feeding by just sticking its head underwater. Also I used minimal sharpening so I don't think there are any artifacts. I can post the original (5.1MB)
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    Duck at Titchwell, UK

    A few although they don't show much more. It was swimming with a ?gadwall.
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    Duck at Titchwell, UK

    which I guess is most likely, otherwise I'd be reading reports of it?
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    Duck at Titchwell, UK

    Took this at RSPB Titchwell UK last week. Not so good at ducks, thought it was a weird coloured pochard, now not so sure. Is it possible it's a canvasback??
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    What hawk? (in Canada, BC)

    What - questioning my memory?? Well, I took your advice and looked at the photo exif data - seems my memory is indeed faulty |:$|. The bird on the stump was taken 22 minutes after the other two, not quite as I remember it, so there's no reason they can't be different birds. I agree the bird on...
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    What hawk? (in Canada, BC)

    All three are the same bird - the first is actually the last, after it landed.
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    What hawk? (in Canada, BC)

    I came across these photos I'd taken in Knight Inlet, BC, during a bear watching visit a few years ago. I'd put the bird down as a Cooper's Hawk but now I'm not so sure. I'm from the UK and not too familiar with North American raptors. If I remember, it looked to be after the Stellar's jays that...
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