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Nutcracker · Apr 2, 2020

cheshirebirder said:
Don’t know how you do the link thingy, but Midway Island is covered in Albatrosses - Laysan , I think ?

I'll check, but I suspect it will be private coverage, not google - can't see them shipping a car all the way out there :-O

EDIT: surprisingly, it is google!
Laysan Albatross #129 so far:
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.206...4!1sB296si9-2qDLTAYNmDCnJA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Black-footed also to be found (and if very lucky there's an odd Short-tailed there too); several other seabirds as well.

EDIT 2 Black-footed Albatross #130:
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.202869,-177.374673,3a,15.6y,81.57h,72.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTIixUWQJsldJ5_YzMW_KBA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

EDIT 3: Short-tailed is off the cards: the few there are on East Island, and that doesn't have GSV :-C

Seth Miller · Apr 2, 2020

Nutcracker said:
I'll check, but I suspect it will be private coverage, not google - can't see them shipping a car all the way out there :-O

They don't use cars all the time. They used a boat in the Sundarbans in Bangladesh! Also seems to have someone carrying the camera along the boardwalk in Kotka (in the sundarbans)

https://www.google.com/maps/@21.855...4!1s_uysWUvcAszC0glE1SwQ7Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Kotka is a great place for birding, but I think they're moving to quickly for chances at the interesting birds there.

Welsh Peregrine · Apr 2, 2020

Loads of Sooty? Or Bridled Terns as well on Laysan

Welsh Peregrine · Apr 2, 2020

Sorry, on Midway

Seth Miller · Apr 2, 2020

I definitely thought the guard was carrying a dead animal when I jumped to this spot. Turned out to be a post he just laid his hand on :-O

Stonefaction · Apr 2, 2020

Butterfly appears to be a Red Admiral.

jurek · Apr 2, 2020

Welsh Peregrine · Apr 2, 2020

My first Midway spot was covered in terms; not sure whether they are Sooty or Grey-backed, both breed there. I’ll try to find them again. Butterfly has the orange red colour of a Painted Lady, and the pattern matches as well, not the mostly black of a Red Admiral.

Welsh Peregrine · Apr 2, 2020

Jurek’s “what are these?” appear to be guineafowl.

Nutcracker · Apr 2, 2020

Seth Miller said:
They don't use cars all the time. They used a boat in the Sundarbans in Bangladesh! Also seems to have someone carrying the camera along the boardwalk in Kotka (in the sundarbans)

https://www.google.com/maps/@21.855...4!1s_uysWUvcAszC0glE1SwQ7Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Kotka is a great place for birding, but I think they're moving to quickly for chances at the interesting birds there.

Yep; on Midway they look to be using one of those little golf buggies.

Checked Kotka; sadly, it's a dreaded 'See Inside' (as is what little there is on Midway East Island) :C

Nutcracker · Apr 2, 2020

Welsh Peregrine said:
Loads of Sooty? Or Bridled Terns as well on Laysan

Both; so they'll need careful checking!

Th. Stegmann · Apr 2, 2020

Loads of seabirds from a beach in Florida (although on foot it is Google footage

):
New ones are: Turnstone, Sanderling, Royal and Sandwich Tern (or maybe a Caspian between them?) And I didn't check all the seagulls (all Laughing and Ring-billed?) and others.
https://www.google.de/maps/@26.6694...-LTBSwiOHtMfwta8N_Cw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de
https://www.google.de/maps/@26.6401...mVGnr1192ktfzJSionsw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de
https://www.google.de/maps/@26.6355...alWScFbuqtwnhYMVN6pA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de
https://www.google.de/maps/@26.6355...2HQ_PGorRKAzvJPQVtsQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de
https://www.google.de/maps/@26.6355...CwoXRUHY70zcSTpwfeJg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de
https://www.google.de/maps/@26.6353...r8qwXNXvbbIPQbQ_FcCA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de
https://www.google.de/maps/@26.6347...VhAYbjKwwEWwy7GliW4g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de

Greetings!

Th. Stegmann · Apr 2, 2020

Oh... I forgot to mention the highlight I found:

Burrowing Owls, Florida, sitting and in flight:
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.954...XBwzPhI_5UxGs7UVA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de-DE
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.954...ZkmctKwRZhjXITPiQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de-DE

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Stonefaction · Apr 2, 2020

Butterfly has the orange red colour of a Painted Lady, and the pattern matches as well, not the mostly black of a Red Admiral.

Been a while since I've seen either so am a bit rusty. Having looked at book I was just about to delete/amend my comment but things have moved on quickly since then. Not convinced completely either way....but as we aren't (yet?) keeping an insect list it doesn't matter much. I did have a Dragonfly sp. in Uganda along the interesting road where the Pied Kingfishers were.

Green-winged Teals in Alaska
https://www.google.com/maps/@59.6334...7i13312!8i6656

Looked at these same ducks last night but couldn't work out what they were likely to be.

Welsh Peregrine · Apr 2, 2020

I think I’m confusing myself, although I haven’t refound the terns, I think I was on Laysan. Before I drive myself mad, is this a legitimate site, or the dreaded inside?

Seth Miller · Apr 2, 2020

Nutcracker said:
Yep; on Midway they look to be using one of those little golf buggies.

Checked Kotka; sadly, it's a dreaded 'See Inside' (as is what little there is on Midway East Island) :C

Bummer, didn't check carefully enough...

Nutcracker · Apr 2, 2020

Notes inserted in bold:

jurek said:
Glaucous Gulls: :t: #131
https://www.google.com/maps/@70.220...4!1sZZd7Agl60-y5dx6aje2qJg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@70.220...4!1sER3GzaHwZ8bnBxYoIPugCg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Green-winged Teals in Alaska - duck (sp.) for me, too blurry!
https://www.google.com/maps/@59.633...4!1sJEd0NcsYP1QIhyD8l44oEw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Heermann's Gull - nope, not Heermann's, too white below
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.604...4!1szwFKURADj5VhVqEBp-xznw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
These guys should be Brandt's Cormorants by location, but could not find a good view: - maybe should be, but I'd like better!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.6143369,-121.8988877,3a,15y,76.77h,88.66t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sxL3-vPPAUeIoqvJvPW2VXw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DxL3-vPPAUeIoqvJvPW2VXw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D149.71562%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.618...4!1sdDK80Nrg9bKIz1q5BMRqOA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Likewise, the lack of close California Sealions to the mammal list prompted me to go for a twitch: - 'Inside View', disqualified
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.810...4!1sl7k1EqlxT93mCDmO70nEVw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Tristram's Grackle :t: #132 (Tristram's Starling - IOC)
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.466...4!1s_wvTxoRnL_sZ1uR9AxSwlw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.465...4!1s6ry7Fycd-dRMcGaftOH_zA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Yellow-vented Bulbuls :t: #133 (White-spectacled Bulbul - IOC)
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.466...4!1sMXPWwl12cyfntSzX0L7Lfw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Chestnut Teals :t: #134
https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.86...4!1sipvSpzYma_-8p2VbnwjRiA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Black Swans - already got
https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.86...4!1s16BIh1nuHhNHE6cTO29LvQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Cape Cormorants - pass! As for the Brandt's
https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.35...4!1s0MZWSRjKov0RH3kb8rEu5w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
What are these? - Helmeted Guineafowl; already got
https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.31...4!1stLk7zwiKaspJKytOWLYz5Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
And the big find!: :t: Common Ostrich #135
https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.32...4!1sHiU1Dim8kWrnmTOcj4reFw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Nutcracker · Apr 2, 2020

Can people slow down a bit please!!! I can't keep up with the record-keeping 3

Nutcracker · Apr 2, 2020

Yep, valid GSV, surprisingly!

Ruddy Turnstone #136
Sanderling #137
Royal Tern #138
Cabot's Tern #139 (split from Sarnie!)
Burrowing Owl #140

Could only see Laughing Gulls (already got) among the gulls; Ring-billed is still needed though. No Caspian Terns, only Royal and Cabot's.

Th. Stegmann said:
Loads of seabirds from a beach in Florida (although on foot it is Google footage ):
New ones are: Turnstone, Sanderling, Royal and Sandwich Tern (or maybe a Caspian between them?) And I didn't check all the seagulls (all Laughing and Ring-billed?) and others.
https://www.google.de/maps/@26.6694...-LTBSwiOHtMfwta8N_Cw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de
https://www.google.de/maps/@26.6401...mVGnr1192ktfzJSionsw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de
https://www.google.de/maps/@26.6355...alWScFbuqtwnhYMVN6pA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de
https://www.google.de/maps/@26.6355...2HQ_PGorRKAzvJPQVtsQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de
https://www.google.de/maps/@26.6355...CwoXRUHY70zcSTpwfeJg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de
https://www.google.de/maps/@26.6353...r8qwXNXvbbIPQbQ_FcCA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de
https://www.google.de/maps/@26.6347...VhAYbjKwwEWwy7GliW4g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de

Burrowing Owls, Florida, sitting and in flight:
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.954...XBwzPhI_5UxGs7UVA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de-DE
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.954...ZkmctKwRZhjXITPiQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de-DE

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Th. Stegmann · Apr 2, 2020

Black Vulture
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.382...DF8ss0-FVTXHLfO0w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de-DE
Osprey
https://www.google.com/maps/@26.588...-wIkkPFaPC5WE_FtF7eA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=de

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