tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69903687642017818522024-02-23T18:02:26.356-08:00The Urban BirderThe Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.comBlogger804125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-30070654223600568242016-04-27T06:09:00.000-07:002016-04-27T06:10:39.377-07:00Champions of The Flyway 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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On March 29th I was involved in this year's Champions of The Flyway bird race held in Southern Israel. The whole idea was to raise money towards stopping the illegal hunting in Greece. Team Extremadura and I contributed towards raising of $70,000!</div>
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Of course, there was birding to be had in and around Eilat and into the Negev Desert. As I arrived a few days before the race I took full advantage of the time sifting through migrants and looking up at the magnificent kettles of migrating raptors.</div>
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Full species list is below. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Crested Honey Buzzard - the rarest bird of trip</span></b></div>
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P<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>urple Herons</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>A trio of Glossy Ibis</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>White-crowned Black Wheatear</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Steppe Buzzard</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Steppe Buzzards and a Black Kite</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Black-headed and Blue-headed Yellow Wagtails</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Spur-winged Plover</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Black-eared Wheatear</span></b></div>
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<b>Bird list:</b><br />
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Little Grebe<o:p></o:p></div>
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Brown Booby<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cormorant <o:p></o:p></div>
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Night Heron<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cattle Egret<o:p></o:p></div>
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Squacco Heron<o:p></o:p></div>
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Little Egret <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Western Reef Egret</u><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Great Egret<o:p></o:p></div>
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Grey Heron<o:p></o:p></div>
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Purple Heron<o:p></o:p></div>
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White Stork<o:p></o:p></div>
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Black Stork<o:p></o:p></div>
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Glossy Ibis<o:p></o:p></div>
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Eurasian Spoonbill <o:p></o:p></div>
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Greater Flamingo<o:p></o:p></div>
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Common Shelduck<o:p></o:p></div>
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Egyptian Goose<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mallard <o:p></o:p></div>
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Pintail<o:p></o:p></div>
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Shoveler <o:p></o:p></div>
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Teal<o:p></o:p></div>
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Garganey<o:p></o:p></div>
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Egyptian Vulture<o:p></o:p></div>
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Osprey <o:p></o:p></div>
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Lesser Spotted Eagle <o:p></o:p></div>
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Steppe Eagle<o:p></o:p></div>
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Short-toed Eagle<o:p></o:p></div>
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Booted Eagle<o:p></o:p></div>
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Black Kite<o:p></o:p></div>
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Marsh Harrier<o:p></o:p></div>
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Montagu’s Harrier<o:p></o:p></div>
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Pallid Harrier<o:p></o:p></div>
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Long-legged Buzzard<o:p></o:p></div>
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Steppe Buzzard<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Crested Honey Buzzard</u><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Sparrowhawk <o:p></o:p></div>
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Kestrel <o:p></o:p></div>
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Lesser Kestrel <o:p></o:p></div>
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Hobby <o:p></o:p></div>
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Chukar <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sand Partridge <o:p></o:p></div>
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Quail<o:p></o:p></div>
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Moorhen <o:p></o:p></div>
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Coot <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>MacQueen’s Bustard</u><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Oystercatcher <o:p></o:p></div>
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Black-winged Stilt<o:p></o:p></div>
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Little Ringed Plover<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ringed Plover<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kentish Plover<o:p></o:p></div>
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Greater Sandplover<o:p></o:p></div>
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Spur-winged Plover<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dunlin<o:p></o:p></div>
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Little Stint<o:p></o:p></div>
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Wood Sandpiper <o:p></o:p></div>
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Green Sandpiper <o:p></o:p></div>
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Common Sandpiper<o:p></o:p></div>
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Redshank<o:p></o:p></div>
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Greenshank<o:p></o:p></div>
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Marsh Sandpiper<o:p></o:p></div>
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Black-tailed Godwit<o:p></o:p></div>
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Snipe<o:p></o:p></div>
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Red-necked Phalarope<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Ruff<o:p></o:p></div>
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Arctic Skua<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Black-headed Gull<o:p></o:p></div>
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Slender-billed Gull<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Baltic Gull<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Heuglin’s Gull<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Sandwich Tern<o:p></o:p></div>
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Caspian Tern<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Whiskered Tern<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Rock Dove<o:p></o:p></div>
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Wood Pigeon<o:p></o:p></div>
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Collared Dove<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Turtle Dove<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Laughing Dove<o:p></o:p></div>
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Namaqua Dove <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
European Nightjar<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Common Swift<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Pallid Swift<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Alpine Swift<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Hoopoe<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Common Kingfisher<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Pied Kingfisher<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
European Bee-eater<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Little Green Bee-eater<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Syrian Woodpecker<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Wryneck<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Crested Lark<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Short-toed Lark<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Desert Lark<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Sand Martin<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Rock Martin<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Swallow<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Red-rumped Swallow<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
House Martin<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Tawny Pipit<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Tree Pipit<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Red-throated Pipit<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
White Wagtail<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Citrine Wagtail<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Yellow Wagtail (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">feldegg</i>
& <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">flava</i>)<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Nightingale<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Bluethroat <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Common Redstart<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Northern Wheatear<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Isabelline Wheatear<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Black-eared Wheatear (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">hispanica</i>
& <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">melanoleuca</i>)<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Mourning Wheatear<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Hooded Wheatear</u><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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White-crowned Wheatear<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Desert Wheatear<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Blackstart<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Whinchat <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Blackbird<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Graceful Prinia<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Blackcap<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Whitethroat<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Lesser Whitethroat<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Eastern Orphean Warbler<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Sardinian Warbler<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Zitting Cisticola<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
((Savi’s Warbler))<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
((Reed Warbler))<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Olivaceous Warbler<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Wood Warbler <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Chiffchaff<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Semi-collared
Flycatcher </u><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Great Tit<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Southern Grey Shrike<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Woodchat Shrike<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Masked Shrike<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
White-spectacled Bulbul<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Palestine Sunbird<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Arabian Babbler <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Jay<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Jackdaw <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Hooded Crow<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Brown-necked Raven<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
House Crow<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Tristram’s Starling<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
House Sparrow<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Spanish Sparrow<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com71tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-36505094646956966122016-03-04T10:07:00.002-08:002016-03-04T10:07:50.736-08:00Undiscovered Owls - A Sound Approach Guide (Magnus Robb & The Sound Approach)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Undiscovered Owls - A Sound Approach Guide</span></b></div>
For once, I'm not on the pulse of modern day publishing as this book was originally launched a year ago. Indeed, I attended the launch in the Netherlands. It was a fascinating day of presentations by the various major contributors to the book. Amongst the speakers were Mark Constantine (the main man of A Sound Approach), Killian Mullarney and Magnus Robb. All gave insightful accounts behind the initial ideas and construction of the book.<br />
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Owls are an enigmatic family of birds. How many of us regularly see owls? The answer is that many of us don't with fleeting glimpses of birds flashing across car headlights being the best that many of us can attain. It is true: owls are not the easiest of birds to study. What this book has boldly done is to present owls in a whole new light, if you will excuse the rubbish pun. The authors set about recording the owl species in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East and in the process they discovered new calls from species that we thought we knew well. They have made the suggestion that the Great Grey Owl of northern Europe be split from the Great Grey Owl of arctic North America and be re-named Lapland Owl. They even succeded in discovering a new owl species, the Omani Owl.<br />
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The book comes replete with four cd's containing the calls of the owls - a truly fascinating collection of sounds - that in the engaging text are deciphered and graphically described in sonograms. This is not a throwaway book that you refer to just once. It is a tome that will pique interest and will draw you to explore your environs under the cover of darkness to discover the owls in your neighbourhood.<br />
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I applaud A Sound Approach for their ground breaking work.<br />
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Undiscovered Owls - A Sound Approach Guide is available from Wildsounds <a href="http://www.wildsounds.com/products/4164-Undiscovered-Owls.shtml">http://www.wildsounds.com/products/4164-Undiscovered-Owls.shtml</a></div>
The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-49321941992000860032016-03-02T10:52:00.001-08:002016-03-02T10:53:09.989-08:00Waiting for spring in Mérida<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So far, I have been spending a fair amount of time in Extremadura, Spain and in particular it's capital city, Mérida. I have a lot of familiarity with the city having visited it for the past six years. During that time I have amassed a city list of 72 species thus far.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">The view from the Roman Bridge looking west</span></b></div>
Mérida is a small city of 100,000 or so inhabitants and is essentially surrounded by countryside. Most tourists visit the city to see its rich Roman heritage as there are plenty of ruins around, not least the Roman Bridge - the world's longest of its kind. It cuts across the Guadiana River seperating the old town from the more recent part of the city on the westside.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>The view from the bridge looking east</b></span></div>
Birders also come here, primarily to stand on the Roman Bridge to search for Purple Gallinules foraging alongside the reedbeds. It is indeed, one of the best places in the whole of Extremadura for this oversided moorhen.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Looking south towards the Roman Bridge</b></span></div>
Currently the water levels are artificially low because the local council are clearing the margins of a Water Hyacinth, a virulent invasive alien plant that has been choking everything in its path.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> An ancient house exposed due to the low water levels</b></span></div>
The draining has created some interesting looking muddy margins that I was hoping would have yielded a few waders. Instead, I have only been treated to a Common Sandpiper once and a scarce Pied Wagtail or two.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Wasteland by the Iron Bridge</b></span></div>
My patch is essentially the riverbank on the western side of the Guadiana from the Roman Bridge to the Iron Bridge (a railway bridge) 1.5 miles north downstream. There's an interesting area of land that is currently being churned up by bulldozers. Despite that there are some small areas of thick vegetation, muddy puddles and piles of compost. All looking very inviting to passing migrants. The compost heaps have been crawling with Chiffchaffs with at least 30 snapping up the insects the other day.<br />
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I have flushed Snipe and found two Little Ringed Plover from the muddy pools and in the vegetated bits I've watched Hawfinch, Sardinian Warbler, Cetti's Warbler and Spanish Sparrow. From the Iron Bridge sing Spotless Starling and on a reeded island in the middle of the river a pair of Marsh Harriers display.<br />
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Anyway, here are a selection of the birds that I have seen in the last month - and spring is not even here yet!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Crag Martin</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>House Martin</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Chiffchaff</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Crested Lark</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Blackbird</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Corn Bunting </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Spanish Sparrow</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Serin</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Iberian Grey Shrike</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Meadow Pipit</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>A leucistic Collared Dove</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Stonechat</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">A turnstone surveying the scene</span></b></div>
Took a brief afternoon stroll around a section of La Barrosa - an extensive and protected salt marsh. The weather was pretty dull, windy with squally rain at times - hardly what you would expected from southern Spain!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>3rd cycle Lesser Black-back</b></span></div>
Aside from an array of waders like Common Redshank, Grey Plover, Kentish Plover and Black-winged Stilt, I also managed to glimpse a Yellow Wagtail of the Iberian blue-headed race. An early migrant.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Lesser-black-back</b></span></div>
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The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-41709432549860427102016-01-16T13:18:00.002-08:002016-01-16T13:18:59.812-08:00Pompey Birding<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Happy New Year everyone!!</div>
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Sorry it's taken so long to make contact but I'm back for another year of great birds in fantastic locations - God willing.</div>
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Today, I was spending time in Portsmouth, Hampshire a city that I have birded in before a few years ago.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Coastal view</span></b></div>
I took a random walk along the coastline of this island this morning to eventually end up at Milton Common on the east coast. It was a bright though cold morning with plenty of birds around including the classic Oystercatchers, Curlew, Grey Plover, Ringed Plover and Dunlin.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> A couple Brent Geese</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Dunnock</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Tufted Duck</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Carrion Crow</b></span></div>
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The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-19183310293452468262015-12-28T10:53:00.001-08:002015-12-28T10:53:43.292-08:00Storks over my head<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A late afternoon walk along the Roman Bridge under ladened skies produced a low flying Stork.</div>
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The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-49116035513808116842015-12-28T01:39:00.004-08:002015-12-28T01:39:41.541-08:00Marsh Harrier on my Mérida patch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yesterday, I discovered a Marsh Harrier harrassing the local Black-headed Gulls and Coots whilst I stood on the Roman Bridge.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Marsh Harrier - a probable 1st year female?</span></b></div>
It was always just a little too distant for decent photography but I managed to rattle off a few record shots. This bird had clearly buffy forewings and head perhaps more what that a typical female would show.<br />
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It's not the first Marsh Harrier that I have seen from the bridge because I had one in mid-October this year when I was co-leading a tour at the time. No doubt they are regular visitors.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Red Kite</b></span> </div>
I also saw a couple Red Kite - a typical winter visiting raptor to the region.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Female Stonechat</b></span></div>
Finally, couldn't resist snapping a Stonechat. They are such photogenic little birds!</div>
The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-23884221448729353412015-12-25T11:05:00.001-08:002015-12-25T11:05:17.923-08:00Merry Christmas from Extremadura, Spain<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL!!</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Purple Swamphen</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Common Kingfisher</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Eurasian Spoonbill</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Christmas moon</b></span></div>
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The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-45236181655408706192015-12-20T11:46:00.002-08:002015-12-20T11:47:29.514-08:00Pied Wagtail in Mérida<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Whilst birding from the Roman Bridge I came across a Pied Wagtail feeding around a floating island of debris vegetation.</div>
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Then two things struck me. The first I always thought that Pied Wagtails were predominantly found in the British Isles to be replaced in mainland Europe by White Wagtails. So to be confronted by a lone Pied in southern Spain was quite a surprise.<br />
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The key identifying feature is the black rump. White Wagtails have a grey rump. The thing that confused me was the rather pale grey mantle and the sharp demarcation between the black nape and grey mantle.<br />
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Some of my more learned colleagues have suggested that it may be a hybrid - a thought that also had crossed my mind.<br />
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Later however, I came across another Pied Wagtail on a lawn within the Roman Theatre ruins in the city. It looked like a blatant Pied to me - perhaps supporting the notion that they are very scarce winter visitors.</div>
The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-53512134009979612722015-12-19T11:29:00.002-08:002015-12-19T11:29:15.242-08:00Bat Patch - Mérida, Extremadura<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Roman Bridge at dawn (Russell F Spencer)</span></b></div>
Every day I seem to be seeing additions to my growing Mérida list. But I wasn't expecting to see a bat hunting in broad daylight<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Probable Noctule Bat</span></b></div>
It was flying around the top of a riparian tree chasing after insects with extreme agility. It had the body size of a House Martin with longer wings.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Common Crane</b></span></div>
Whilst marvelling at the bat a group of cranes flew over plus I caught a glimpse of rapidly passing Crag Martin.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Red Kite</b></span></div>
A couple of Red Kites decided to appear with one choosing to dive-bomb some nearby feral cats. One of the moggies pelted up a tree!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Red Kite over Mérida</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Iberian Grey Shrike</b></span></div>
There was plenty of calling eminating from the trees with most of the sounds coming from the throats of the abundant Serins. Many of the males were in full display mode replete with their Greenfinch- like slow flappy display flight.<br />
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I also glanced at an Iberian Grey Shrike, a bird (the same bird?) that I noticed equally briefly last week.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">The view north from The Roman Bridge</span></b></div>
For the next few weeks I have switched location from Wormwood Scrubs, West London to Mérida, the principle city of Extremadura, Spain. It's all about recharging batteries before wading back into the fray in 2016. So, seeing as I am staying in this ancient city why not study the birdlife to be found within its confines.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Male Stonechat</span></b></div>
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Currently, I have identified two potential local patches. The first is the environs around the Guadiana River that courses through the city and in particular, birding from the pedestrianised Roman bridge, literally 10 minutes walk from where I'm staying. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Known simply as The
Roman Bridge it straddles the Guadiana River in the heart of the city and at
790 metres, is the longest surviving Roman bridge in the world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The habitats along the banks of the river includes roadbeds, scrub and waterside woodland. Within the river are a couple of wooded islands that are good for roosting egrets and herons. I'm familiar with the Roman Bridge and some of the riverside habitat having had led tours in the area etc for the past six years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Cormorant</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>White Stork</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>White Stork circling</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>The same White Stork being mobbed by Jackdaws</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>A pair of Purple Swamphen: the local speciality bird</b></span></div>
The other place I identified as a place to watch over is an area of brownfield land just five minutes to the west of where I am based. I have only noticed Crested Larks and sparrows there but it would interesting to see what I find there over the next few weeks.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Long-eared Owls congregated outside the church in Kikinda</span></b></div>
What a fantastic trip to Northern Serbia!<br />
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Everyone on the tour had an amazing time so roll on next year!<br />
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In the meantime, here's the list of species that we saw and heard.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Cormorant <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Pygmy Cormorant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Great Egret<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Grey Heron<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Mute Swan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">White-fronted Goose<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Greylag Goose<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Shelduck <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Mallard<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Gadwall <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Shoveler<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Wigeon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Teal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">((Pheasant))<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">White-tailed Eagle<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Marsh Harrier<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Hen Harrier <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Buzzard<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sparrowhawk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Kestrel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Peregrine <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Coot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Common Crane<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Lapwing <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Curlew <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Black-headed Gull<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Caspian Gull<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Feral Pigeon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Wood Pigeon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Collared Dove<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Barn Owl<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Long-eared Owl<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Short-eared Owl<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Little Owl<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Great Spotted Woodpecker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Syrian Woodpecker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Crested Lark<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Meadow Pipit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">White Wagtail <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">((Wren))<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Black Redstart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Fieldfare <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Blackbird <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Goldcrest<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Great Tit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Blue Tit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">((Coal Tit))<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Long-tailed Tit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Short-toed Treecreeper<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Great Grey Shrike<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Magpie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Jackdaw<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Rook<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Hooded Crow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Raven <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">House Sparrow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Tree Sparrow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Chaffinch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Linnet <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Goldfinch <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Greenfinch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">((Siskin))<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Reed Bunting <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Corn Bunting <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">67 species <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-43994074254808822572015-12-02T14:33:00.001-08:002015-12-02T14:33:36.529-08:00Serbia Winter Owl Tour 2015 Day 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yet more owls today watched by a very appreciative group.<br />
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We also saw another Wild Cat, this time an adult male.<br />
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Plus at sunset we watched nearly 20,000 Common Crane and c15,000 White-fronted Goose come to roost. What a sight!<br />
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The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-23782375138380953322015-12-01T12:41:00.002-08:002015-12-01T12:41:57.620-08:00Serbia Winter Owl Tour 2015 - Day 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today was a largely grey day with a few spots of rain but that did nothing to dampen spirits. Along with a showy Great Grey Shrike we saw Great Egret, Pygmy Cormorant, Short-toed Treecreeper, Hen and Marsh Harriers, White-tailed Eagle plus the obligatory Long-eared Owls.</div>
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We also got lucky finding three Short-eared Owls amongst a LEO roost. They were readily identifiable by their larger size, longer narrower wings and by their habit of spiralling upwards before returning to their perch. LEO's when disturbed tend to fly low and direct into a nearby tree.</div>
The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-52456413180694677782015-11-30T13:12:00.002-08:002015-11-30T13:12:28.272-08:00Serbia Winter Owl Tour 2015 - Day 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My long awaited Serbia Winter Owl Trip is underway and day one was absolutely awesome. Today was spent in the Rusanda area as well as the owl capital of the world - Kikinda. </div>
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Of course, Long-eared Owls were the order of the day!</div>
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However, by far the biggest surprise of the day was a young female Wild Cat seen by chance along the roadside on the way to Kikinda. It was hiding in a ditch trying to conceal itself from a shepherd and his dogs that were a mere hundred yards away in the next field.<br />
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I managed to grab a couple of shots before it slunk away. It was my first ever Wild Cat and totally unexpected!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">The group with Milan Ružić, my guide (2nd on left)</span></b></div>
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Here's to more owls tomorrow!</div>
The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-33599563338139808162015-11-25T16:06:00.004-08:002015-11-25T16:08:46.495-08:00Shorties at The Scrubs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> A Short-eared Owl tries to look cool in front of HM Wormwood Scrubs Prison</span></b></div>
Today I had the pleasure of watching two Short-eared Owls at The Scrubs. They were both flushed from the grassland by crows.<br />
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Shorties are near annual visitors to The Scrubs appearing in both the spring and autumn. Usually they are flyovers although occasionally they are flushed from the ground but they never seem to stay longer than an hour.<br />
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These birds are part of the mini invasion that the country is currently experiencing. They may have been knocking about for the best part of three weeks because there have been sporadic reports of Shorties at The Scrubs during that time period by both birders and dog walkers.<br />
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They are always great birds to see. It's amazing to think that my little urban patch in west London can attract such an open country bird.</div>
The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-43771050817340943912015-11-22T14:14:00.002-08:002015-11-22T14:14:36.381-08:00Down at The Scrubs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Dawn at The Scrubs</b></span></div>
Made a rare visit to my local patch this morning. Within seconds I flushed a Snipe from the grassland opposite the prison.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Not sure if the Major would like this!</b></span></div>
After finding a stolen Boris Bike my attention switched to a total of over 150 Fieldfare and 200 Starlings all heading northwest. All that is, apart from around 35 Fieldfare that took a quick pit stop on the grassland to join a few Blackbirds and Goldfinches.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Male Stonechat</b></span></div>
I also found 2 pairs of Stonechats including the bright male pictured above.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>A Red Fox </b></span></div>
It was a cold day and to illustrate the point I saw a fox that looked decidely hoary.<br />
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Nice morning on the patch. What will the next visit bring?</div>
The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-74762469329808796222015-11-15T14:01:00.000-08:002015-11-15T14:02:45.870-08:00Back In The USA - totals<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">A swarm of Franklin's Gulls at Port Aransas, Texas</span></b></div>
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The below are the sum results of birding in New York State, New Jersey and Texas<br />
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Bird List<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Red-throated Diver <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Great Northern Diver <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Least Grebe <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Pied-billed Grebe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Slavonian Grebe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Northern Gannet <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Neotropic Cormorant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Double-crested Cormorant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">American White Pelican<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Brown Pelican<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">White-faced Ibis <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">White Ibis<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Roseate Spoonbill<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Wood Stork<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Great Blue Heron<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Cattle Egret<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Snowy Egret<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Great Egret<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Tricolored Heron<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Little Blue Heron<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Reddish Egret<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">American
Bittern<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Green Heron<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Black-crowned Night Heron<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Yellow-crowned Night Heron<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Mute Swan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">White-front<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Snow Goose<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Brent Goose<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Canada Goose<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Black-bellied Whistling Duck<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Mallard<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Mottled Duck<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">American Black Duck<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Gadwall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Green-winged Teal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">American Wigeon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Eurasian Wigeon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Northern Pintail<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Northern Shoveler<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Blue-winged Teal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Redhead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Ring-necked Duck<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Greater Scaup<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Lesser Scaup<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Surf Scoter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Black Scoter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">White-winged
Scoter<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Bufflehead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Hooded Merganser<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Goosander<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Ruddy Duck<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Plain Chachalaca<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Wild Turkey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Turkey Vulture<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Black Vulture<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Osprey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">White-tailed Kite<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Bald Eagle<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Northern Harrier<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Sharp-shinned Hawk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Cooper’s Hawk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Harris’ Hawk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Broad-winged
Hawk<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Red-shouldered Hawk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Grey Hawk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Swainson’s
Hawk<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">White-tailed Hawk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Red-tailed Hawk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Crested Caracara<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">American Kestrel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Merlin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Peregrine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Sora<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Clapper Rail<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Purple Gallinule<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Common Gallinule<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">American Coot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Grey Plover<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Killdeer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Semipalmated Plover<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Northern Jacana<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">American Oystercatcher<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Black-necked Stilt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">American Avocet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Western Willet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Greater Yellowlegs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Lesser Yellowlegs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Solitary Sandpiper<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Spotted Sandpiper<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Long-billed Curlew<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Marbled Godwit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Ruddy Turnstone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Red Knot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Sanderling<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Semipalmated Sandpiper<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Western Sandpiper<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Least Sandpiper<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Dunlin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Long-billed Dowitcher<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Wilson’s Snipe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Laughing Gull<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Franklin’s Gull<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Ring-billed Gull<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">American Herring Gull<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Great Black-back<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Forster’s Tern<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Gull-billed Tern<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Cabot’s Tern<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Caspian Tern<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Royal Tern<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Black Skimmer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Feral Pigeon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Eurasian Collared Dove<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Mourning Dove<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">White-winged Dove<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Common Ground Dove<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Inca Dove<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Eastern Screech Owl<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Common Pauraque<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Chimney Swift<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Buff-bellied Hummingbird<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Ruby-throated Hummingbird<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Black-chinned Hummingbird<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Belted Kingfisher<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Golden-fronted Woodpecker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Red-bellied Woodpecker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Yellow-bellied Sapsucker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Ladder-backed Woodpecker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Hairy Woodpecker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Downy Woodpecker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">((Pileated
Woodpecker))<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Northern Flicker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Eastern Phoebe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Vermilion Flycatcher<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Kingbird sp (Cassin’s or Tropical)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Scissor-tailed Flycatcher<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Great Kiskadee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Loggerhead Shrike<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Blue-headed Vireo <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Green Jay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Blue Jay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Fish
Crow<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">American Crow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Chihuahuan Raven<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Tree Swallow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Barn Swallow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Northern Rough-winged Swallow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Cliff Swallow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Cave Swallow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-US">Black-capped Chickadee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">White-breasted Nuthatch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Lincoln’s Sparrow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Song Sparrow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Swamp
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<span lang="EN-US">White-crowned Sparrow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Dark-eyed Junco<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Indigo Bunting<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">House Sparrow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">House Finch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Total
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Lifers
12<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-80659777925789174822015-11-13T14:00:00.006-08:002015-11-13T14:00:58.458-08:00Back In The USA - Rio Grande Valley, Texas October 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Rio Grande Valley is one special place with many special birds.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Black-bellied Whistling Duck</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> American Coot</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Laughing Gull</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Clapper Rail</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Snowy Egret</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Scissor-tailed Flycatcher</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>American Wood Stork</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Buff-bellied Hummingbird</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Immature Yellow-crowned Night Heron</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Eastern Screech Owl</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Common Pauraque</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>American White Pelican</b></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Great Blue Heron with a Little Blue Heron (Vanesa Palacios)</b></span></div>
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<b>Great Kiskadee</b></div>
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The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-79448376803070727922015-11-08T10:48:00.002-08:002015-11-08T10:49:01.482-08:00Back In The USA - Cape May 22-25 Oct 2015 - pt5<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Cape May sunset</b></span></div>
Cape May is an incredible place for birds.<br />
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Savannah Sparrow</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Lesser Yellowlegs</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Immature Merlin</b></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1st winter Tennessee Warbler </b></span></div>
It is also a great place to meet some very interesting people. My time in the US was supported by Spain's Extremadura Tourist Board <a href="http://www.birdinginextremadura.com/">www.birdinginextremadura.com</a> so I gave some talks on urban birding within the region.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Urban Birding in Extremadura</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> An appreciative audience</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>My great friends Kevin Karlson, his wife Dale Rosselet & Vanesa Palacios</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Cape May Migration Festival book signing</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Sitting alongside one of the US' finest birders, Michael O'Brien</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Pete Dunne, the walking legend that he is.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>David La Puma, Cape May Bird Observatory's Director - a legend in the making</b></span></div>
My main reason for being in Cape May was to attend the Cape May Migration Festival as keynote speaker.<br />
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I had a large appreciative audience that also included several African-Americans which was a real rarity, so I was told!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Cape May Bird Observatory</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sunrise at Higbee Dike</span></b></div>
My Cape May experience started at daybreak standing on The Ridge at Higbee Dike to witness the Morning Flight Songbird Flight.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>The seaview from Higbee Dike</b></span></div>
Within seconds we had streams of passerines battling against the wind with some swarming past close to our heads. Masses of Yellow-rumped Warblers were joined by Cedar Waxwings, multiple sparrow species including Lark Sparrow, bucketloads of icterids including Red-winged Blackbirds, Northern Flickers and Pine Siskins.<br />
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Stuff was moving on the sea with Arctic Skuas, Bonaparte's Gulls, Royal Terns and Gannets all making appearances. I decided not to attempt to recognise any of the birds, unless I got a good look at them. Rather, I wanted to just enjoy the spectacle of so many migrating birds.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Carolina Chickadee</b></span></div>
After the early morning had died down, I took a stroll around some of Cape May's environs to see what I could find.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>American Crow</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>American Herring Gull</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Northern Harrier </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Cooper's Hawk</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>I forgot the name of this butterfly. Any ideas?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>A fleeting Palm Warbler</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Yellow-rumped Warbler</b></span></div>
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The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-21269378873651667712015-11-05T04:55:00.004-08:002015-11-05T04:55:35.151-08:00Back In The USA - Jamaica Bay, New York<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Jamaica Bay</b></span></div>
Our final morning in the New York area was spent in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, a place that I have visited several times in the past but not since the devastating hurricane that changed the nature of the site, two years ago.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Our guides were urban birders extraordinaire Doug Gochfeld (L) & Michael Hilchey</b></span></div>
We were treated to some great autumnal birding including seeing loads of Brent Geese and a few Horned Grebes (Slavonian Grebe).<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>The beach at Rockaway</b></span></div>
We then ventured to a few sites nearby clocking Caspian and Royal Terns, Peregrine and American Oystercatcher.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Clapper Rail</b></span></div>
We glimpsed an semi-elusive Clapper Rail<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nelson's Sparrow</span></b></div>
Plus picked up a selection of new sparrows including Seaside, Saltmarsh and Nelson's Sparrows. To be honest, I would have seriously struggled to have recognised any of them if it wasn't for the expert eyes supplied by Doug and Michael!</div>
The Urban Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086054667616458956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990368764201781852.post-30079618463057622012015-11-03T17:42:00.001-08:002015-11-03T17:44:26.500-08:00Back in the USA - Brooklyn Bridge Park and Central Park, New York City<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Brooklyn Bridge</span></b></div>
The next stage of our journey saw us journey the three hours by road to noisy, full-on New York City. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">TUB, Heather Wolf & Vanesa Palacios</span></b></div>
It was here that we caught up with Brooklyn Urban Birder Heather Wolf, who eagerly showed us around Brooklyn Bridge Park, her local patch. What I loved about her was the fact that she started watching this patch in 2010 shortly after it was built and has recently registered her 130th species in the shape of a Sora. She avoided the lure of the bright avian lights in Central Park and instead discovered her own jewel. Full respect to her!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hermit Thrush</span></b></div>
We saw a host of birds in this very busy site under the shadow of Brooklyn Bridge.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Hermit Thrush</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Ruby-crowned Kinglet</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Swamp Sparrow</b></span></div>
I also registered a couple of lifers including Swamp Sparrow<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Yellow-rumped Warbler</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Grey Catbird</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>House Sparrow</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Immature Catbird</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1st winter Ring-billed Gull</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Brent Geese</b></span></div>
It was a brilliant morning spent with a birder whose passion for life and for birding unlikely spots was infectious.<br />
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No trip to NYC would be complete without a visit to the phenomenal Central Park<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Ruby-crowned Kinglet</b></span></div>
We made a brief visit in the afternoon and bagged a load of species including Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Golden-crowned Kinglet and White-crowned Sparrow.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Black-throated Blue Warbler</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>The Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca</b></span></div>
Two weeks ago I started a two week long tour supported by Spain's Extremadura Tourist Board <a href="http://www.birdinginextremadura.com/">www.birdinginextremadura.com</a> and accompanied by the Tourist Board's Vanesa Palacios. The idea was to give a string of talks about the Extremedura region delivered by Vanesa and cocktail of urban birding stories (also featuring a touch of urban Extremadura) given by me in New York State, Cape May in New Jersey and in the Rio Grande Valley area in Texas. It was a journey that held the promise of meeting up with old and new friends plus plenty of birds.<br />
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After the customary frosty welcome from the US Passport Control things improved rapidly once we left Newark Airport, NYC to make the 3 hour journey northeast to Ithaca, New York State to deliver a talk at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Part of the amazing mural depicting some of the world's birds within the Lab's auditorium</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>TUB with some of the Cornell Crew and Vanesa Palacios</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">TUB with my great buddy, Matt Young</span></b></div>
The talk was well attended and went well. The remainder of our two days in Ithaca were spent birding in the company of Cornell's Matt Young. We saw a whole slew of birds including glimpsing and hearing my first Pileated Woodpecker.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>A confiding Great Blue Heron</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Beach life</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> TUB at the Falsterbo Bird Fair</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Lurking in the Extremadura booth</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> TUB discussing the UK's Vote National Bird Campaign</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Announcing Sweden's newly elected National Bird - The Blackbird</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>A migrant Common Redstart</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Spot the Spotted Flycatcher (Vanesa Palacios)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Spotted Flycatcher (Vanesa Palacios)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Spotted Flycatcher spotting flies (Vanesa Palacios)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Honey Buzzard</b></span></div>
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