Andy Adcock
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It definitely wasn't a Hobby, I'm very familiar with them.
With respect, not sure it would be so easy on a fleeting view but I've admittedly never seen Eleonora's?
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It definitely wasn't a Hobby, I'm very familiar with them.
With respect, not sure it would be so easy on a fleeting view but I've admittedly never seen Eleonora's?
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With respect, not sure it would be so easy on a fleeting view but I've admittedly never seen Eleonora's?
I think it can be a stable form. Certainly that is how it used in my line of work.
Genuinely curious here, as everyone still uses it for skuas.
Rob
BTW Richard, where did you look for your records? I'm not familiar with French birding online sites. I'll be returning to the area again and it would be useful to see what's about.
Don't forget it was a dark p***e bird ( ), so a dark chocolate brown as opposed to a Hobby which doesn't generally have a dark side there ...
But presumably many dark falconers's birds/hybrids can't really be excluded ...
It used to be the standard term in use before 'morph' became more popular (and I largely agree with the change, because phase is arguably a less precise term).
We birders don't generally accept new changes and developments without a bit of resistance, and for that reason I think phase will still be used widely and interchangeably with morph by many of us for a few more years to come...
So not so much wrong, but just falling out of fashion. How many of us still call them Bearded Tits for example...? I certainly do
Loon will most certainly NEVER be heard in my house......:t:
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Hmmm, I bet your wife uses the word from time to time Andy
Here you are Steve, for the PACA region (roughly from the Camargue right across to the Italian border after Nice), it's this one:
http://www.faune-paca.org/index.php?m_id=1
Going the other way (past Montpellier,Carcasonne as far as Perpignan/Spanish border) use this one:
http://www.faune-lr.org/index.php?m_id=1
Even without registering (it's free by the way) you are able to look through all the sightings (for up to the past 15 days) at different levels (common through to very rare etc) for the whole of each region or by département. Have a play with them and let me know if you get stuck or need a hand navigating around them.
Cheers,
Richard
I believe there is a report somewhere of Eleanoras wintering in inland Spain.