Google Street View birding (1 Viewer)

[jurek]

Anyone know what this is? From the Botanical Gardens in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
I was thinking a falcon, but then a few frame earlier there is what looks like a treepie flying in the same direction...
https://www.google.com/maps/@23.813...4!1s4vWZ5Hdhy3w0ujQwB2pMRA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I think it is a Black-winged Kite with its long wings and short tail.

I checked some places where I remember seeing lots of birds on the roadside and nothing. I could not find e.g. a myna or a pond heron in Thailand.
But I got a wild mammal #1: Long-tailed Macaques - with the faces blurred by Google to protect their privacy.
https://www.google.com/maps/@14.802...4!1s-MR-FxpgwcTNFwtx1mj-vg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
#2 Spectacled flying fox (at a known stakeout)
https://www.google.com/maps/@-16.91...4!1sxJ7m9F5VBSUNkF61ij3kkg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

[Nutcracker]

First look into Argentina, a better Kelp Gull than the previous
https://www.google.com/maps/@-43.33...234.88261&pitch=0&thumbfov=100!7i13312!8i6656

 

[Nutcracker]

I think it is a Black-winged Kite with its long wings and short tail.

Could be, but just a silhouette, I'll not add it for the moment

But I got a wild mammal #1: Long-tailed Macaques - with the faces blurred by Google to protect their privacy.

Brilliant!!! :-O :-O :-O :-O :-O


I'll start a Mammals annex to the list - only wild species though, no farm livestock or pets please!

 

[Nutcracker]

Another possibility for Chilean Flamingo is at the lake in Trelew, Argentina. I’ve found them, but don’t know how to capture the link, sorry!

Not found them yet, but some better Coscoroba Swans:
https://www.google.com/maps/@-43.24...4!1sir3jmKjtphFUtjTIM52WMA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656


Edit: got Chilean Flamingo! #104, with more Coscorobas to the right:
https://www.google.com/maps/@-43.24...IZk9DLIA!2e0!5s20140601T000000!7i13312!8i6656

 

[Nutcracker]

Punta Tombo- Magellanic Penguin and Kelp Gull

Not Google Street View, unfortunately - private additions by birders intentionally including birds, so not valid on this thread. Sorry! :king:

 

[Stonefaction]

Pied Crow

https://goo.gl/maps/1NLS4WbChsS3tBE28

 

[Nutcracker]

Pied Crow

https://goo.gl/maps/1NLS4WbChsS3tBE28

#105 :t:

 

[Stonefaction]

The bits in blue are the areas covered by Streetview to at least some degree. Should be handy for those looking for somewhere different to search.

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

What is on the lights on the bats? If it’s a flying fox it’s developed anti-gravity!

 

[rosbifs]

I have been searching for Wallcreeper, Rock Thrush and snowfinch.

Without success - just like real life. Out if interest how do I post up if I find something?

Brilliant idea for 'lockdown'....

 

[Stonefaction]

Out if interest how do I post up if I find something?

On the Streetview (Google maps) view, top left there is a small panel with the place name and a few other bits of info. Click on the 3 dots and it will give the option to share or embed image. Click on that and copy the link to the view, then post that on here.

 

[Nutcracker]

Anyone any good at ID of South American pigeons? 3
Coast of eastern Argentina, just below 41*S latitude

https://www.google.com/maps/@-41.15...4!1sF1ZTI-Jt5YrYXsBn3Z4gcg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

[Nutcracker]

Out if interest how do I post up if I find something?

On the Streetview (Google maps) view, top left there is a small panel with the place name and a few other bits of info. Click on the 3 dots and it will give the option to share or embed image. Click on that and copy the link to the view, then post that on here.

Or simpler, just copy the URL and paste into the reply box :t:

 

[Nutcracker]

What is on the lights on the bats? If it’s a flying fox it’s developed anti-gravity!

A starling of some sort? Unidentifiable, I fear. The bats are hanging in the tree to the left of it :t:

 

[Stonefaction]

Marabou Stork (googled to check if they do hang around in Kampala, and they do - nothing else seems to fit, especially the pale legs)

https://goo.gl/maps/8zsmRLkjhDGG68CQ8

 

[Nutcracker]

Marabou Stork (googled to check if they do hang around in Kampala, and they do - nothing else seems to fit, especially the pale legs)

https://goo.gl/maps/8zsmRLkjhDGG68CQ8

Can't make it a Marabou; too small, bill not massive. Abdim's Stork, I think? The pale legs is just urohidrosis :t:

 

[Stonefaction]

(Suspected) Pied Kingfisher -can't see anything else that fits & an Egret sp.

https://goo.gl/maps/BH4HYW7eKV6LE5LP6

and a second bird just a little further along eastwards -
https://goo.gl/maps/VsCX7gjDnta933aa6

and a third that I can actually see detail on -
https://goo.gl/maps/zyXDGemi5nHm7t4f6

This particular area looks quite promising already. My previous stop in Kampala had a lot of Black Kites overhead and some pigeons, another Pied Crow as well as a few birds that my best guess seemed to be Babblers (or similar long tailed birds).

 

[Stonefaction]

Can't make it a Marabou; too small, bill not massive. Abdim's Stork, I think? The pale legs is just urohidrosis

Do Abdim's hang around in towns/cities? Light and angle aren't helpful for getting a definite ID. One that got away?

 

[Stonefaction]

African Sacred Ibis

https://goo.gl/maps/SFSzT6GWcwbUL1Xi7

 

[Nutcracker]

Do Abdim's hang around in towns/cities? Light and angle aren't helpful for getting a definite ID. One that got away?

Checked several frames along the road, pretty convinced on Abdim's now; HBW helps:

Common, locally abundant, with flocks of up to 10,000 in Uganda. Protected by local superstitions as bringer of rain; also welcomed as "grasshopper bird"*. Nesting on roofs of native huts sometimes encouraged by inhabitants, as the birds are supposed to bring them good luck.

*[locust control!]