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Larry Lade
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Hi Sue
Your right, we have been seeing some fabulous birds on this trip. We are now up to 251 of which 66 have been lifers.
No lifer yesterday but they are going to be harder to get now on my last two days in South Africa.
The Green Woo-Hoopoe was a very difficult one to get. Tim (our guide) heard it in the distance, in a very thick forest, and we had to work our way through tangled branches to get near it.
The bird was way up in the canopy and very difficult to phgotograph. I have attached a very poor photo of it but with the bad light caused by the heavy tree canopy this was the best I could get.
John
Your right, we have been seeing some fabulous birds on this trip. We are now up to 251 of which 66 have been lifers.
No lifer yesterday but they are going to be harder to get now on my last two days in South Africa.
The Green Woo-Hoopoe was a very difficult one to get. Tim (our guide) heard it in the distance, in a very thick forest, and we had to work our way through tangled branches to get near it.
The bird was way up in the canopy and very difficult to phgotograph. I have attached a very poor photo of it but with the bad light caused by the heavy tree canopy this was the best I could get.
John
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SueO
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Hi Larry,
Yes, all the warblers I'm seeing are really good. I wish we had them in California. I had seen the Kentucky several times very quickly. They disappear into the dense grasses when they sense or see you. They are pretty distinctive, but I had room for doubt until I saw this one very well for about 10 minutes while he went in and out of the tall grass.
Sue
SueO
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It looks cuckooish. I love the Common Hoopoe, I was always thrilled when I saw one.
The Kerreran
Has hat, will stand in the rain
On Tuesday I finally had the chance to get at a White-rumped Sandpiper, after several that didn't hang about quite long enough. This one did, but it was a close-run thing!
Two days earlier I finally saw a Pallas' Warbler :t:, after many painful dips, including seeing the mid section of a bird but not either of the diagnostic ends... :-C
Two days earlier I finally saw a Pallas' Warbler :t:, after many painful dips, including seeing the mid section of a bird but not either of the diagnostic ends... :-C
Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
Just wrapping up a trip to Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. I picked up 122 lifers, the last of which was a cinereous becard in Suriname.
I also picked up sun parakeet, red siskin, crimson fruitcrow, dusky purpletuft, arrowhead piculet, and harpy eagle.
I also picked up sun parakeet, red siskin, crimson fruitcrow, dusky purpletuft, arrowhead piculet, and harpy eagle.
Larry Lade
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Oh, for a HARPY EAGLE! Perhaps one day!
I am not jealous, Jeff, not at all, yeah!
I am not jealous, Jeff, not at all, yeah!
grebefeet9
elegant tern of phrase
hermit thrush, bay area california
COLOMBIA Birding
COLOMBIA Birding (Diego Calderon)
last week almost got Plain-backed Antpitta in the W Andean foothills of the Choco in Colombia... really close but could not see it... tomorrow trying for Crescent-faced Antpitta... will keep you posted ;-)
Enji
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Went for the Dusky Thrush in Låssa, Uppland yesterday... and after several hours I got to see the bird! It only showed briefly a few times, but the last time I got to see it well in my scope. Brilliant! This was the biggest twitch I've been on since the Yellow-browed Bunting in Stockholm in 2009... another first for Sweden. Great fun!
COLOMBIA Birding
COLOMBIA Birding (Diego Calderon)
GOT IT!.... see attached file... Crescent-faced Antpitta was, along with Hooded Antpitta, my MEGAlifer(s) of the year!
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Larry Lade
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Nice to see you got your target bird, Diego, and another "lifer" in the process! Congrats!
COLOMBIA Birding
COLOMBIA Birding (Diego Calderon)
Thanks Larry... quite a nice little antpitta we are now offering in our tours!
Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
I have to admit we were very lucky. There was a nest near Surama Ecolodge, but that bird has fledged and is no longer reliable (so we didn't chase it). The bird we saw was an adult perched on a palm tree right beside the main road from Iwokrama to Georgetown. As our bus drove by it, one of the tour patrons recognized what it was. Amidst a lot of shouting we got the bus to stop. The bird stuck around for lots of pictures.
And for what it's worth, Larry, I've only heard black rail at Quivira.
Larry Lade
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Jeff, I was hoping for the Harpy when I went to Ecuador, but "no joy"! I guess I will have to go to that palm tree between Iwokrama and Guyana!
