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Google Street View birding (1 Viewer)

By-catch:

Silver Gull, Crested Tern + smaller Tern? - Australia
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@-35....XTfKnmAUPDTa5adboaXw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Welcome Swallow - Australia
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@-35....V_ZSYN9Y_hX8Rtrk-s1g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Oriental Darter - Sri Lanka
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@6.75...ggf9h6pC6NSAQLJcsgbw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@6.75...FxYOw1wfQnqAY-bwZDng!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Indian Pond Heron - Sri Lanka
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@6.75...ggf9h6pC6NSAQLJcsgbw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@6.75...k9Ln_aRawGF8hXGHpxQw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Blue-tailed Bee-eater - Sri Lanka ;)
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@7.91...IUn11pmBqPCEY56iRyMw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Whiskered Tern - Sri Lanka
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@7.85...q0McSUHT_OxkJuZXYB6Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@7.85...x9BAwrJ8VKJkhhfIxySw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

White-throated Kingfisher - Sri Lanka
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@7.85...INu5NfVbMBMagHlMm3UQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
 
Th. Stegmann said:
I searched a lot for American White Pelicans in North America and Spot-billed Pelicans in Southeast Asia. Pink-backed is also missing, but I hav'nt tried.
I think it is possible to find all species, just a question of time! :)
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Oh dear, i have driven through countless swamps and along the most remote lakes in sri lanka I found - nothing. And now, where do i find the rare Spot-billed Pelican? In the middle of the capitol Colombo on lanterns on a main road…:eek!:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@6.96...JXxoC_bpGOIx5nQ3UqJQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

3 -1 = 2 |=)|
 
Backstreets of the Melbourne suburbs proving quite productive. In addition to those below I've found a few more unidentified doves as well as a few Mynas.

A more welcoming Welcome Swallow.
https://goo.gl/maps/8zFpUtv4jhPauQSj8

Crested Pigeon
https://goo.gl/maps/zWMivuB1vmCWUgsW8

Pigeon/Dove species
https://goo.gl/maps/nu9Ug96eYLU5zT2g7
https://goo.gl/maps/FHjAMj3bBzM9PREp7

Australian Magpie?
https://goo.gl/maps/ZcWpP9CbcDQXuwT56
https://goo.gl/maps/71Q7XicWpfvrgP2h9

Unexpected suburban Masked Lapwing
https://goo.gl/maps/PEEsmZis5YgLaXsY6

Little Raven (can't see what else it could be)?
https://goo.gl/maps/4ES1s5L3zRQ5tXd2A
 
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Trying to catch up, in chronological order, not easy in this fast-moving thread!

MacNara said:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.8819...7i13312!8i6656

Yes! We have #200!!

Why wasn't my African Jacana #200? (Post #472)

It wasn't in the most recent long list on page 17, and it was posted before Thomas' bird, I thought.
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Arrgh! Yes, it is; very sorry. I think what happened here is that both posts #472 and #473 start 'African', and somehow my eye skipped #472 after dealing with #471. Alas, I'm not perfect :-C 3:)
 
Th. Stegmann said:
My new goal is to find all the Pelican species in the world. Three we already had. Two more were easy to find, so now we have five out of eight:

Australian Pelican - Australia
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@-35....TYiFjQgy9mGpBR3fEw1w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@-35....V_ZSYN9Y_hX8Rtrk-s1g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Peruvian Pelican - Chile
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@-27....915&pitch=0&thumbfov=100!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

I searched a lot for American White Pelicans in North America and Spot-billed Pelicans in Southeast Asia. Pink-backed is also missing, but I hav'nt tried.
I think it is possible to find all species, just a question of time! :)
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Excellent; with corrected numbering, #203, #204 :t:
 
Notes in bold:

Th. Stegmann said:
By-catch:

Silver Gull, Crested Tern + smaller Tern? - Australia
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@-35....XTfKnmAUPDTa5adboaXw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Greater Crested Tern #205; smaller tern I can't ID unfortunately; Silver Gull already got

Welcome Swallow - Australia
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@-35....V_ZSYN9Y_hX8Rtrk-s1g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
#206

Oriental Darter - Sri Lanka
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@6.75...ggf9h6pC6NSAQLJcsgbw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@6.75...FxYOw1wfQnqAY-bwZDng!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
#207

Indian Pond Heron - Sri Lanka
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@6.75...ggf9h6pC6NSAQLJcsgbw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@6.75...k9Ln_aRawGF8hXGHpxQw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
#208

Blue-tailed Bee-eater - Sri Lanka ;)
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@7.91...IUn11pmBqPCEY56iRyMw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
#209 - excellent; I suspect this is what the previous un-ID bee-eater was too

Whiskered Tern - Sri Lanka
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@7.85...q0McSUHT_OxkJuZXYB6Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@7.85...x9BAwrJ8VKJkhhfIxySw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
#210

White-throated Kingfisher - Sri Lanka
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@7.85...INu5NfVbMBMagHlMm3UQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
#211
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Th. Stegmann said:
Oh dear, i have driven through countless swamps and along the most remote lakes in sri lanka I found - nothing. And now, where do i find the rare Spot-billed Pelican? In the middle of the capitol Colombo on lanterns on a main road…:eek!:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@6.96...JXxoC_bpGOIx5nQ3UqJQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

3 -1 = 2 |=)|
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:-O Swivel round and there's two more on other lamp-posts! Wonder if they're escapes / feral, but giving them the benefit of the doubt - #212 :t:
 
Notes in bold:

Stonefaction said:
Backstreets of the Melbourne suburbs proving quite productive. In addition to those below I've found a few more unidentified doves as well as a few Mynas.

A more welcoming Welcome Swallow.
https://goo.gl/maps/8zFpUtv4jhPauQSj8
Much better!

Crested Pigeon
https://goo.gl/maps/zWMivuB1vmCWUgsW8
#213

Pigeon/Dove species
https://goo.gl/maps/nu9Ug96eYLU5zT2g7
https://goo.gl/maps/FHjAMj3bBzM9PREp7
I make them Spotted Doves; feral, but #214

Australian Magpie?
https://goo.gl/maps/ZcWpP9CbcDQXuwT56
https://goo.gl/maps/71Q7XicWpfvrgP2h9
Yes; already got

Unexpected suburban Masked Lapwing
https://goo.gl/maps/PEEsmZis5YgLaXsY6
Yes; already got

Little Raven (can't see what else it could be)?
https://goo.gl/maps/4ES1s5L3zRQ5tXd2A

OZ Corvus a nightmare to ID, but on location, can only be either Australian Raven or Little Raven; and lacks long throat feathers, so agree Little Raven #215
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Notes in bold:

Stonefaction said:
Western Australia now...

Galah
https://goo.gl/maps/L2zYTvkAevD4Kk6z8
#216 :t:

Corella sp. (unfortunately there are also Long Billed as well as Little and Western in the area)
https://goo.gl/maps/MEUKAkhoXBTpjuMy9
That's the trouble with corellas - too many introduced ferals making ID impossible on GSV views! No doubt a local could ID them from knowing the site, but I can't!

Australian Swamphen
https://goo.gl/maps/8Nebt4bYZbB8yvkDA
Already got

Magpie-lark
https://goo.gl/maps/qUTNNrxfHZxYgkTEA
Already got

Australian White Ibis
https://goo.gl/maps/htw9VZWYvVWwtCQE8
https://goo.gl/maps/d1MjJFTpE2gRnc3e6
Already got (and ditto Black Swan)
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And some more:

Little Black Cormorant - Tasmania
https://www.google.com/maps/@-42.88...xLL78ZZjRBxoA7OTfmfQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Pacific Gull - Tasmania
https://www.google.com/maps/@-42.88...qg!2e0!5s20170801T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Sparring Gazelle - Kenya
https://www.google.com/maps/@-2.659...1Wuoa9DVn4pEmpnmG7TA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Blue Wildebeest - Kenya
https://www.google.com/maps/@-2.636...THEF5wn8gPrd7HVbTi8g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Yellow-billed Stork - Kenya
https://www.google.com/maps/@-2.641...zkSQNImTe_IUtTAZK-kA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

? Hamerkop ?- Kenya
https://www.google.com/maps/@-2.639...uXPW9jaWPn1uN2Zq0Ugw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Pipit sp. (African?) - Kenya
https://www.google.com/maps/@-2.657...ZZcpcNxBBezJTVpN5m7w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

And:
"Duck Pond" - Canada :)
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.1685416,-97.1322921,643a,35y,222.83h,8.74t/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
 
Notes in bold:

Th. Stegmann said:
And some more:

Little Black Cormorant - Tasmania
https://www.google.com/maps/@-42.88...xLL78ZZjRBxoA7OTfmfQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Was going to say 'already got', but surely that's an Australian Pied Cormorant? Little Black is, well, all black :-O (like those melanistic King Penguins . . . 3:)3:)). So, #219 :t:

Pacific Gull - Tasmania
https://www.google.com/maps/@-42.88...qg!2e0!5s20170801T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Excellent! One I'd looked for without joy. #220 :t:

Sparring Gazelle - Kenya
https://www.google.com/maps/@-2.659...1Wuoa9DVn4pEmpnmG7TA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Added to mammals

Blue Wildebeest - Kenya
https://www.google.com/maps/@-2.636...THEF5wn8gPrd7HVbTi8g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Already got

Yellow-billed Stork - Kenya
https://www.google.com/maps/@-2.641...zkSQNImTe_IUtTAZK-kA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
#221 :t:

? Hamerkop ?- Kenya
https://www.google.com/maps/@-2.639...uXPW9jaWPn1uN2Zq0Ugw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Only in one frame, so I think smaller than it looks. No idea, but I fear not Hamerkop

Pipit sp. (African?) - Kenya
https://www.google.com/maps/@-2.657...ZZcpcNxBBezJTVpN5m7w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Pass!

And:
"Duck Pond" - Canada :)
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.1685416,-97.1322921,643a,35y,222.83h,8.74t/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
I'll duck my responsibilities on that ;)
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The “sparring” gazelle is a Thompson’s. Are the waterfowl in the “hammerkop” shot Whistling Ducks? Is it Fulvous in Africa? Can’t see any white on the face or head.
 

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