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RichieTwitchy
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Unusual bird and song, please help with ID - Scaling Dam, North Yorkshire, England
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Referee's whistle - could it be a Grasshopper Warbler?
Apr 16, 2021
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Butty
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Unusual bird and song, please help with ID - Scaling Dam, North Yorkshire, England
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That call isn't like a referee's whistle. I'd guess that, if it was a chaffinch, it would be the call often known as the 'rain call'...
Apr 16, 2021
delia todd
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Albino hawfinch
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The red eye confirms the albino diagnosis too! What a great visitor to have. Hi David and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and...
Apr 16, 2021
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Butty
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Bird song - Bulgaria.
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Certainly not a classic song thrush in structure - though the tone is near enough right for one, and if it had gone on singing longer I...
Apr 16, 2021
delia todd
replied to the thread
Pale-footed Swallow
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Thanks for flagging this one up Fritz.
Apr 16, 2021
sbarnhardt
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Killdeer.jpg
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Today, 16 April 2021, your image became a part of the illustration for the Killdeer article in Opus. Thank you for your generosity, as...
Apr 16, 2021
l_raty
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Melanocorypha calandra schummeri Charlemagne, 1927
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Death year of the German anatomist August Schummer 1902-1977 ? See e.g. https://data.bnf.fr/en/12375963/august_schummer/ (I see nothing...
Apr 16, 2021
drjpmenon
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Little Wren 🎶 🎶 🎶
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Lovely singer! Beautiful shot!
Apr 16, 2021
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David Chessman
posted the thread
Albino hawfinch
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Say Hello
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Hi, I am David Chessman, my brother sent me a photo of a bird that landed on his windowsill. I said albino hawfinch no leceustic colour.
Apr 16, 2021
drjpmenon
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Buzzard.
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Nice capture.
Apr 16, 2021
Taphrospilus
posted the thread
Schwartz's Antthrush
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Bird Name Etymology
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No scientific one: The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims: So Paul Alvin Schwartz (1917–1979) here
Apr 16, 2021
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birdmeister
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Unknown warbler BC
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Definitely a Connecticut for me, Brian! I also think the OP bird looks yellowthroatish.
Apr 16, 2021
Andy Adcock
replied to the thread
Batises, NE Tanzania
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Agree and posted same in post 7. I do think though that it's an unusually broad, wingbar for any Batis and in Birds of East Africa, it...
Apr 16, 2021
Fritz73
posted the thread
Pale-footed Swallow
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Photos of New Species for Opus
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https://www.birdforum.net/gallery/pale-footed-swallow.662065/
Apr 16, 2021
Andy Adcock
posted the thread
Grey Whale, Italy
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Cetaceans & Marine Life
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https://www.ecomarinemalta.com.mt/gray-whale-an-exceptional-sighting-in-italy/
Apr 16, 2021
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