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    White Mandarin duck?

    Hi For a few days now, I see a totally white duck here on lake Geneva. It is always together with a male mandarin duck, so I wonder, are there white mandarins? Thank you in advance.
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    A few birds seen in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana

    Hello I am just back from a three weeks trip around the Kalahari, and I do have a few bird photos I can not identify, hope some might help here. 1. Is this a Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor) http://www.pbase.com/tcom/image/123685806 For the others, I guess these are some kind of Larks: 2...
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    Duck on Lake Geneva, Switzerland

    Hi I saw this duck this morning for the first time, and it was the only one looking like that. Can anyone id it? Thanks in advance
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    Lilian's Lovebird

    Hi Long time I did not post on this forum. I am just back from a wonderful tour in the South Luangwa NP in Zambia. The tour was more aimed to the larger animals, but we also saw around 150 species of birds, the biggest surprise was the lilian's lovebird. Please see...
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    Waxwings in Switzerland

    In fact I wanted to go to the lake (Lake Geneva) to make a few photographs of Gulls when I heard some waxwings. Their noise guided me to the trees where they were. There were about 20 waxwings, going between a high tree to a thankfully not so high kaki/Persimmon tree: 1...
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    South Africa: some birds to ID

    Hello everyone. I need your help. I would like to identify these two birds, taken in northern South Africa, in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Parc. http://www.pbase.com/tcom/image/84832507 Unfortunately, the second one liked to hide deep in the tree, making it difficult to photograph properly...
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    South Africa: who is this guy?

    Here is a photo of a smaller bird, photographed in the De Hoop Nature Reserve, close to Cape Town in South Africa: http://www.pbase.com/tcom/image/84830104 Does anyone know who it is?
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    South Africa: Hartlaub's Gull ?

    I am just back from a trip in South Africa. I have quite a few birds which needs to be identified. I start with this one: http://www.pbase.com/tcom/image/84834520 http://www.pbase.com/tcom/image/84834531 http://www.pbase.com/tcom/image/84831696 Is this the Hartlaub's Gull (Larus hartlaubii)...
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    ID two birds from Egypt oasis Dakhla

    I am just back from a trip through the Egyptian desert. It was not a birding tour. I could however see some birds in the oasis Dakhla, mainly some European Bee-eater and a few Eurasian Hoopoe. But there are two birds I could not identify. Hope you can help...
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    Bird ID from Botswana (1)

    Hello I am just back from a short two week safari in the Okavango delta and have a few birds I would like to have identified. Here is the first post with birds taken just outside of Maun: Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4
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    Green or Amazon Kingfisher ?

    Hi I tried to identify two kingfishers I photographed in Costa Rica in the Cano Negro: 1. http://www.pbase.com/tcom/image/58677532 2. http://www.pbase.com/tcom/image/58677514 I identified the first one as Amazon Kingfisher and the second as Green Kingfisher. Can anyone confirm or correct it?
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    Identification please (insects from Costa Rica)

    I have photographed two insects in Costa Rica which I can't identify. Can anyone help ? Here are the links to these insects: 1. http://www.pbase.com/tcom/image/58677542 2. http://www.pbase.com/tcom/image/58676812 Thank you
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    Frogs in Costa Rica ID

    Hi everyone I have taken the pictures of three frogs in Costa Rica. I tried to ID them but would like a confirmation. Dendrobates pumilio (strawberry poison dart frog) Dendrobates auratus (Green and Black Poison Dart Frog) Eleutherodactylus megacephalus (Broad-headed Rain Frog) Link...
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    Birds ID of Costa Rica

    Hi Can anyone help by identifying the birds in the attachments of this post? Thank you very much in advance.
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    Hummingbirds ID - Costa Rica

    Hi everyone I am just back from a very nice walking tour in hot and humid Costa Rica. I tried to identify what I can on the photos published on my web page (Costa Rica ). I would need some help for the birds I could not identify and would like to start with the Hummingbirds: 1...
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    Namibia: ID of two grasshoppers

    Hi Here are two photos of what I suppose to be grasshoppers in the southern namib desert. Can anyone id these insects ? The first has a length of about 2cm and is perfectly camouflaged among the stones. The second was sitting on the wall of a house with a body length of about 5-6cm.
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    Namibia: ID birds mainly from Etosha park (3)

    Hi again Here are the last four birds I would like to have identified. My guesses: 1. Yellowbilled hornbill 2. Darter 3. Whitequilled korhaan 4. ?? (this bird was taken near Swakopmund, in the Namib desert) Is this correct?
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    Namibia: ID birds mainly from Etosha park (2)

    Hello again Here are a few more birds I would like to have identified. My guesses are: 1. Cape glossy starling 2. Grey lourie 3. Blue crane 4. Blackshouldered kite Is this correct ?
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    Namibia: ID birds mainly from Etosha park (1)

    Hello I have taken a few pictures of birds I can't identify, mainly in the Etosha park in Namibia. Unfortunately, I have no books about southern african birds and any help in id them is welcome. My guesses: 1. Whitetailed shrike 2. Marico sunbird 3. Masked weaver 4. ?? There are 8 more birds...
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    Iceland

    I am just back from a three week trip around Iceland. It was an organized tour and birding was not the main goal of the tour, but the birding spots of Iceland such as Arnastapi, Latrabjarg and Lake Myvatn were on the program. Latrabjarg Kittiwakes, a lot of gulls, northern fulmars, razorbills...
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    Could this be a Anas penelope ?

    Hi everyone I have seen this duck this morning on border of lake Geneva. I am not sure if this can be an Anas penelope.
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    Bohemian Waxwing in Switzerland

    Hi all Bohemian Waxwings were said to be in Switzerland. I was finally able to see them this evening. It was a flock of probably more than 30 around. There are two pics of them in the attachement. There are two more pictures on my page under http://www.pbase.com/tcom/oiseaux&page=4
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    Turtus philomelos ?

    I am still quite new to birding, I sighted this bird this morning. My guess it is a turtus philomelos (Song Thrush). Am I right ?
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    Good birding weekend here

    Hi I have been out this weekend here in the nature preserved areas of the Lake of Neuchatel and Lake Geneva. Yesterday at Cudrefin (Lake of Neuchatel): - about 30 Greylag Gooses - about 20 Common Redshanks - a few Little Grebes, Common Shelducks, Common Greenshanks, kingfisher, White Wagtail...
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    Please ID (Common Greenshank ?)

    I was out this morning trying to photograph a few birds and I have got these two which I can't identify. I guess the second is a common greenshank, is this correct ? And what is the first one ? Thanks in advance
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