Yes, now that they have posted more photos, which include the 'pair' together, its clear that the second bird is a Lesser Scaup (and the original blog-image is one of the Tufted Duck).
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2017 Western Palearctic Big Year (2 Viewers)
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Yes, now that they have posted more photos, which include the 'pair' together, its clear that the second bird is a Lesser Scaup (and the original blog-image is one of the Tufted Duck).
Paul Chapman
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Today, they appear to have seen a Canary Islands Chiffchaff on Fuerteventura:-
http://www.bigyearwp.com/index.php/igoterra-ticks/
Of course, it will be just an input error. I wonder when they are moving on. I suspect that they have left the islands today?
Always a chance of finding a vagrant of course.
All the best
http://www.bigyearwp.com/index.php/igoterra-ticks/
Of course, it will be just an input error. I wonder when they are moving on. I suspect that they have left the islands today?
Always a chance of finding a vagrant of course.
All the best
Following the above on the possible Grey Throated Martin:
Over the last few days there have been POSSIBLE Grey Throated and POSSIBLE Pale Martin/s at Jahra Pools. They are not 100% confirmed; given the extreme difficulty in identifying them, and indeed the general confusion around taxonomy of these species.
Having seen both Grey Throated and Pale Martins in the UAE and Asia, and then having seen these birds also, I am still not 100% sure of their ID.
They have yet to be submitted to KORC for acceptance and we have firstly reached out to several riparia experts and are awaiting their feedback.
Of course they WP Team wouldn't need the Pale Martin since they saw the bird in Jan but I guess the GT Martin would interest them. There's still one or two Shikra knocking about as well...
Captain_of_Crunch
YVdpep_re64
They just bagged Siberian Tit in Sweden. That's some change of climate
Will they now look for Gray-headed Chickadee?
Richard Prior
Halfway up an Alp
Oh no, not another two bird theory
Andy Adcock
Worst person on Birdforum
As others have said, surely the application of European rather than American bird names should be used on this side of the Atlantic? I do realise that many of you don't care but some do!
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Edward
Umimmak
Or people can just choose themselves what they want to use?
Andy Adcock
Worst person on Birdforum
Why confuse people as it has on this thread at least once that I know of?
Th. Stegmann
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According to artobservasioner.no the now last remaining 'likely' species (White-billed Diver/Yellow-billed Loon) was recently quite regularly recorded with up to 3 individuals around Trondheim. So maybe they should give it a try, as it is obviously quite easy to get there from Sweden?
Greetings
Thorsten
PedroNicolau
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They are still likely to get AHG too. And then it depends on which birds they still want to try.
Well that was an exciting 11 months..... A really fascinating adventure to follow.
I guess they will take it relatively easy for the next month, and maybe just twitch a couple more species (Ross's Gull must be likely somewhere, given the weather in NW Europe currently, and perhaps an over-wintering American passerine somewhere?).
I guess they will take it relatively easy for the next month, and maybe just twitch a couple more species (Ross's Gull must be likely somewhere, given the weather in NW Europe currently, and perhaps an over-wintering American passerine somewhere?).
Andy Adcock
Worst person on Birdforum
I assume they got Siberian Jay and Pine Grosbeak, have the racked up all the Woodpeckers and all the Owls?
Was Western Brown Fish Owl available this year, did they go?
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CerambyX
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They have already seen all of those species :t:
DanielDoer
Well-known member
Will they now look for Gray-headed Chickadee?
Fortunately we just have one - and really WP - German name for that species: Lapplandmeise!
Hopefully they'll go for Pine Bunting in Switzerland next...
Richard Prior
Halfway up an Alp
DanielDoer;3649487 Hopefully they'll go for Pine Bunting in Switzerland next...[/QUOTE said:Well hopefully the PBs are still there, I’ve seen no reports of them on Ornitho.ch
since last Sunday 26 Nov (probably that’s just a sign of how hard-working the Swiss birders are Monday
to Friday
flownek
Registered Loser
Well hopefully the PBs are still there, I’ve seen no reports of them on Ornitho.ch since last Sunday 26 Nov (probably that’s just a sign of how hard-working the Swiss birders are Monday to Friday
or it's just a sign of the squeamishness of Swiss birders:-O - it was raining and snowing a lot the last days!
DanielDoer
Well-known member
Club300 Switzerland answered my question, if the Pine Buntings are still in Ticino: They suppose the birds to be there still, but they refer to a low density birders in the region. But probably you are right, Flownek
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