tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123558312024-03-07T04:29:17.018+00:00Joe's Birding BlogJoe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.comBlogger348125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-25299106150974674422017-11-16T20:16:00.000+00:002017-11-16T20:16:41.912+00:00Peru part 4<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-42699752961068856462017-08-04T18:15:00.000+01:002017-08-04T19:47:22.627+01:00Peru part 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We took a bus from Moyobamba up into the Andes to the tidy cloud forest reserve of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FundoAltoNieva">Fundo Alto Nieva</a>. Staying in one of the two basic cabins, we birded the trails and sat by the two hummingbird feeding stations for a couple of days, seeing a decent range of the local specialties including plenty of hummingbirds. It rained almost constantly (making photography rather tricky, as can be seen from my efforts below!) but a 2 hour window on the first night allowed us to get into the forest with the rangers and tape-lure in a Long-whiskered Owlet, a real star bird and the main reason to come up here. The next day we were taken to a spot where a pair of Rusty-tinged Antpitta, a very range-restricted specialty have been habituated to come in to worms. Walking back from the Antpittas we managed to pick up some other goodies including Jet Manakin, Mountain Wren, Andean Solitaire and Spotted Barbtail. After standing in the rain by the side of the road for an hour we were quite relieved to flag down a bus to take us back to the heat of Tarapoto and a flight back to Lima.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Bronzy Inca </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Booted Racket-tail</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Collared Inca</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Collared Inca</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chestnut-breasted Comet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greenish Puffleg</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Long-tailed Sylph </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long-tailed Sylph</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long-tailed Sylph</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long-Whiskered Owlet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long-whiskered Owlet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black-faced Tanager</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pale-edged Flycatcher</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rusty-tinged Antpitta</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rusty-tinged Antpitta</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rusty-tinged Antpitta</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Jay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rufous-vented Whitetip</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Speckled Hummingbird</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White-bellied Woorstar</td></tr>
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-17897010997337028512017-08-03T20:44:00.001+01:002017-08-03T20:44:35.402+01:00Peru part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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From Pumarinri we returned to Tarapoto, and found a car to take us to Moyobamba. Despite having pretty much zero <i>espanol</i>, I managed to persuade the driver to stop at the Quiscurummi Bridge to take a look at the colony of Oilbirds that live in the ravine below. We had fantastic views of these weird owl/nightjar things in the scope, but photography was rather tricky.</div>
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At Moyobamba we got a room in a guesthouse near the thermal springs for a couple of nights, and spent most of our time either in the hot springs or at the Waqanki reserve watching their fantastic hummingbird feeders.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black-throated Mango</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brown Violetear</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grey-breasted Sabrewing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Golden-tailed Sapphire</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long-tailed Hermit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Many-spotted Hummingbird</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paradise Tanager</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple-throated Euphonia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rufous-crested Coquette</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rufous-crested Coquette</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rufous-fronted Thornbird</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow-tufted Woodpecker</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgloQX5RMKWN1UMqY8kIp966vlDcSq8tQAfi_m8i3uScNoLROYgWrNURD0DTrBJIJiPl4OMTXcj942r7EllPzNNrGVvvQ3uvGjm8GlGqgz7te8SQ4AfoMjnhKgEEtKemOZKhZbU/s1600/vcq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1487" data-original-width="1600" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgloQX5RMKWN1UMqY8kIp966vlDcSq8tQAfi_m8i3uScNoLROYgWrNURD0DTrBJIJiPl4OMTXcj942r7EllPzNNrGVvvQ3uvGjm8GlGqgz7te8SQ4AfoMjnhKgEEtKemOZKhZbU/s320/vcq.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fork-tailed Woodnymph</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Violet-headed Hummingbird</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White-chinned Sapphire</td></tr>
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-72926851486365435082017-07-16T20:33:00.001+01:002017-07-18T19:39:31.254+01:00Peru part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Having a full time job has slowed my rate of travel considerably but I still manage to get away occasionally. Back in April I spent two weeks in Peru, not on a hardcore birding trip but still managing to see a few nice things. </div>
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We started off in the North, at Tarapoto for a few days then at the very nice <a href="http://www.pumarinri.com/">Pumarinri Lodge</a> on the banks of the Huallaga River. The highlight here was a morning boat trip on the river, giving superb close views of the incomparable Hoatzin (one of the best birds on the planet!) and some other good stuff:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gilded Barbet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brown-chested Martin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sand-coloured Nighthawk</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hoatzin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White-banded Swallow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smooth-billed Ani</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">San Martin Titi Monkey</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crimson-crested Woodpecker</td></tr>
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-85217204437585228492017-01-25T20:23:00.001+00:002017-01-25T21:29:13.780+00:00Morocco, December 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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With holiday time being at a premium now that I have a 'proper' job, I took advantage of the christmas break to escape to Morocco for five days.<br />
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A few hours after landing, following one of the most pleasantly hassle free taxi/bus/taxi-bus journeys of my travelling career I was skittering along the icy streets of the village of Imlil, halfway up the High Atlas Mountains, and after a 5am start on Christmas Day hauled myself to the top of Jebel Toubkal, the highest mountain in North Africa. At 4167m there obviously wasn't a lot of life up here, but Alpine Accentors and Barbary Ground Squirrels were eking out a living from scraps of biscuits flicked respectfully their way by climbers impressed by their tenacity.</div>
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Back down in Imlil, birds were really quite abundant. Feeding flocks rifled through the Walnut trees and terraced fields, though the high peaks ringing the village forbade the presence of that most crucial of photographic ingredients: sunlight. </div>
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My target bird here was Levaillant's Woodpecker, and with just a few minutes left on my last walk before departure I was convinced I had dipped, despite hearing almost constant calls echoing around the village. Watching a flock of Serin jingling their way across a small valley, I noticed a flash of red as they alighted in the crown of a large Walnut, a woodpecker sitting silent and still, doing its best to avoid the clutches of my world list.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Levaillant's Woodpecker</td></tr>
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I spent a night in the town of Tahanout on my way back to Marrakech for my flight home. A scan of Google Earth had shown an area of olive groves and scrubby farmland a short walk from a passable hotel and I hoped to catch a a few lowland specialties here. Sure enough, a short walk started with a Black-winged Kite mobbing a Long-legged Buzzard over the olive groves, which were fair heaving with wintering Blackcaps and Blackbirds, and Common Bulbuls and House Buntings scabbing food from nearby houses. Some dry fields further out produced my priority species of Moussier's Redstart, one male enjoying a quiet subsong, while Thekla Larks showed no such restraint and were belting out their best from every field.<br />
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-30058024894306381672016-04-17T19:41:00.001+01:002016-04-17T19:41:09.154+01:00Mallorca 11-15th April<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moltoni's Warbler</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moustached Warbler</td></tr>
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-74734906103923629422016-02-08T13:15:00.000+00:002016-02-08T22:11:40.705+00:00January 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Despite the best efforts of a near constant Westerly gale, i'm still at WWT Steart Marshes for the winter, mostly busy with monitoring the wintering waders and wildfowl. I've been back over to the Avalon Marshes a few times for a bit of guiding, seeing all the usual specialities we would expect and finishing with the Starling roosts, no time for any photos there though. Photography has been difficult at Steart too, mostly just because the weather has been so awful, though I have managed some pleasing shots on the occasional nice day. The highlight of the winter though has been finding a couple of rare ducks while doing my surveys, an American Wigeon and a Green-winged Teal, record 'phonescoped' photos below:<br />
For the first time, I've entered <a href="http://patchworkchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Patchwork Challenge</a>, an initiative to encourage birders to work their local patches as hard as they can, and hopefully see and find more birds! I think i've started well, with 94 species so far on the WWT Steart Marshes site. It's difficult to have a target in mind, but 150 species and a finish in the upper regions (top 10 maybe) of the Estuarine minileague would be nice. Its a super reserve and I give it a very close working over twice a week so i'm hoping to see plenty more in the rest of my time working there.</div>
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-36153271699948508012016-01-19T20:58:00.001+00:002016-01-24T20:54:52.975+00:00Island Hopping in The Caribbean<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Back in December I spent 2 weeks on board the MS Serenissima working as a zodiac driver and naturalist guide on a cruise run by Noble Caledonia. This was a little different from my cruises around the UK and Iceland earlier in the year, but no less enjoyable. The weather was perfect as you would expect, a welcome break from a miserable British winter, and the island chain of the Lesser Antilles is a stunning destination. Opportunities for birding were limited, we spent more time doing such pleasant things as snorkelling, sampling the products of various plantation/distilleries, and touring old forts and museums and such like.<br />
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Of course I did manage to see a few nice bits and bobs, and our ship was almost constantly accompanied by some fantastic seabirds. Heres a few photos I grabbed between rum punches:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antillean Crested Hummingbird</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antillean Crested Hummingbird</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black-faced Grassquit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue-headed Hummingbird</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bananaquit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carib Grackle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flying fish sp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lesser Antillean Bullfinch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lesser Antillean Flycatcher</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lizard sp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Least Sandpiper</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mangrove Cuckoo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magnificent Frigatebird</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pearly-eyed Thrasher</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9715IgY5o0Ardpzc51aApEkX0eDp5wub8rJWLLJayg1buQ2pSYmG-4al4HGdl-EWWMSlu9pSWJGjWMI4jSNxl0evie4-v6cIO5U6o5GFU8HLuDYooK6q1TthQ0DUoNzlthyQ_/s1600/ptc2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9715IgY5o0Ardpzc51aApEkX0eDp5wub8rJWLLJayg1buQ2pSYmG-4al4HGdl-EWWMSlu9pSWJGjWMI4jSNxl0evie4-v6cIO5U6o5GFU8HLuDYooK6q1TthQ0DUoNzlthyQ_/s400/ptc2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple-throated Carib</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0t46Tjo-CuQ-3nKTfOKfjfkFPhKh9Fs4YpJ5q6dClbBvN8OxNSKJ7xgaqljw7QfPCCH3uj3Z41oeCvNZgKoLfEj01H0iYw6Z6RUDTD1blFgc72gZoMJ1p60T23bzsXCWE-tl-/s1600/ptc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0t46Tjo-CuQ-3nKTfOKfjfkFPhKh9Fs4YpJ5q6dClbBvN8OxNSKJ7xgaqljw7QfPCCH3uj3Z41oeCvNZgKoLfEj01H0iYw6Z6RUDTD1blFgc72gZoMJ1p60T23bzsXCWE-tl-/s400/ptc.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple-throated Carib</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-billed Tropicbird</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPWPs0d2dlvevclf3BdZJZDU2cgxl3clG80ZclLLRUSP_JZcGtrGhfqqEJyGZolnQyXP5tgyYT2uxv8AyRK4EG8Y_uRqD3ySMs1DcYHzf6knEVEuBJNc3lOUvgwdRJPBJW5_pZ/s1600/rbt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPWPs0d2dlvevclf3BdZJZDU2cgxl3clG80ZclLLRUSP_JZcGtrGhfqqEJyGZolnQyXP5tgyYT2uxv8AyRK4EG8Y_uRqD3ySMs1DcYHzf6knEVEuBJNc3lOUvgwdRJPBJW5_pZ/s400/rbt.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-billed Tropicbird</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFTbMU6X9mko3rHkiMqKhewU6BY-Zq0E7duCZ1yG9RqSwQzHqczQ5sjCDaNzwBkFIeNk4Zye34BXn28ezVPo3E5UeS7yBuRubQ8ReAW_0Y_Vvkq00pw8SHyrCJP5JvYgxX2F7/s1600/rfb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFTbMU6X9mko3rHkiMqKhewU6BY-Zq0E7duCZ1yG9RqSwQzHqczQ5sjCDaNzwBkFIeNk4Zye34BXn28ezVPo3E5UeS7yBuRubQ8ReAW_0Y_Vvkq00pw8SHyrCJP5JvYgxX2F7/s400/rfb.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-footed Booby</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37Mh39j-vCpnLYymrGKWpooDyqWWkE8TBdg3JiBx8GvOUNqNh9at7QzRX5nKU32csnUD3uxh543uWeXzHFexH2px_TYht4vkROZovHUZ3phW91nTvV7RvWcRHceB6DYiLNM7L/s1600/rt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37Mh39j-vCpnLYymrGKWpooDyqWWkE8TBdg3JiBx8GvOUNqNh9at7QzRX5nKU32csnUD3uxh543uWeXzHFexH2px_TYht4vkROZovHUZ3phW91nTvV7RvWcRHceB6DYiLNM7L/s400/rt.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Royal Tern</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCrgzBrtDH8FQGwCRmEsWy1-rARZO1nQ6cRIKH1CP_EmtxPwWDN4AtaJswBl7Of4JyfU2v3_utdjHJxgQSrpTTm90L35dQJhtf-ZfeLDI3WPpnXmKJySB6v3naM0vVCMebWU0/s1600/sd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCrgzBrtDH8FQGwCRmEsWy1-rARZO1nQ6cRIKH1CP_EmtxPwWDN4AtaJswBl7Of4JyfU2v3_utdjHJxgQSrpTTm90L35dQJhtf-ZfeLDI3WPpnXmKJySB6v3naM0vVCMebWU0/s400/sd.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pantropical Spotted Dolphin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Semi-palmated Sandpiper</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EpvGdaoF9U-ZV0ayw6SVg54GTY3aGz1kOQSTiZVw92dW_Y7OC0QQLmQAeqsozQSpNq7FRnm8UUML6j0SwxXZY2968ygbH9wzkrX6DLNNdRXT_bAJPt8vxLG6zHTuCpayGxmd/s1600/wcp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EpvGdaoF9U-ZV0ayw6SVg54GTY3aGz1kOQSTiZVw92dW_Y7OC0QQLmQAeqsozQSpNq7FRnm8UUML6j0SwxXZY2968ygbH9wzkrX6DLNNdRXT_bAJPt8vxLG6zHTuCpayGxmd/s400/wcp.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White-cheeked Pintail</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wilsons Plover</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow-crowned Night Heron</td></tr>
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-22156882076721309302015-11-30T16:47:00.002+00:002016-01-24T20:56:35.698+00:00Autumn/ winter 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A much overdue blog post with a bit of an update on what i'm up to.<br />
I spent most of the summer working in Norfolk studying the foraging behaviour of Sandwich Terns, with a couple of expedition cruises squeezed in. It was pretty full on, over the course of the whole summer I had about 6 days where I wasn't working. It was great to finally have a constant flow of bird work!<br />
I'm now back in Somerset and working as Assistant Warden at the new WWT reserve at Steart Marshes, with studying the usage of the site by wintering wildfowl and waders as my primary concern. I'm also fitting in a few days of guiding through <a href="http://www.avalonwildlife.co.uk/" target="_blank">Avalon Wildlife</a> where I can, and next week i'm off on another cruise, this time to the Caribbean. Mad busy, but i'm absolutely loving it, and plan to carry on like this for as long as I can!<br />
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I'm in the process of turning my Avalon Wildife site/blog into a proper website, and so this will be my only blog, covering everything, and hopefully i'll get around to updating it more frequently. For now, heres a few photos from the last few weeks. Most from Steart Marshes. This isn't a great site for photography to be honest, the strength of the site for attracting birds is its sheer size, but this is its weakness for birders and photographers, things are mostly flipping miles away:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple Heron. A nice find, as was the Cattle Egret above.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Short-eared Owls put on a good show for a few weeks in early November<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stunning leucistic Sparrowhawk which graced<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snipe, 100's of these on site, only really seen when we enter<br />
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-41868203856569396472015-06-18T12:01:00.001+01:002016-01-24T21:08:19.058+00:00Icelandic Odyssey<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I spent the beginning of June back on the MV <i>Sea Explorer </i>working as an ornithologist and zodiac driver for Noble Caledonia on an expedition cruise circumnavigating Iceland. This was a truly awesome cruise, with some jaw-dropping wildlife watching, dramatic scenery and wonderful tales of human history. Here's a few photos, I hope to add more and a bit of a report in due time.</div>
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The most incredible moment came as we were zodiac cruising around a fjord looking for Humpack Whales. We spotted a feeding frenzy of Arctic Terns so slowly drifted over to take a look and were treated to a Humpback lunge feeding just metres away from our little boats!<br />
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A short video of one of the lunges, imagine the shock of having this happen unexpectedly right next to a small zodiac!</div>
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I've just returned to Somerset having spent the last 3 weeks working as an ornithologist guide and zodiac driver on 2 expedition cruises around the UK for Noble Caledonia, aboard the MV Sea Explorer</div>
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The first cruise took us from Portsmouth down to Guernsey and Sark, along the channel to Tresco, up to Bantry Bay in Co.Cork, along the Cliffs of Moher and in to Inish Mor, Tory Island and then North to St Kilda and finally Mull before finishing in Oban. After a passenger changeover here we headed to Stornaway, and out again to St Kilda. We were then supposed to go to the Faroes but the tail end of tropical storm Ana would have made this seriously uncomfortable, and even downright dangerous so we berthed in Kirkwall and explored Orkney for 2 days, then returned to plan and visited Mousa, Foula and Fair Isle, ending with North Ronaldsay and Copinsay and ended in Aberdeen. As you would expect from such a list of epic places I had an incredible time and saw a load of great wildlife, here's a little taster:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sea Eagle</td></tr>
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I'll be returning to action with Noble Caledonia in June for a <a href="http://www.noble-caledonia.co.uk/voyages-and-tours/adventure-and-expedition-cruising/tour/448/icelandic-odyssey/?search_url_id=42" target="_blank">10 day circumnavigation of Iceland</a>, and hopefully many more expedition cruises in the future.<br />
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-69963373422133505672015-03-29T20:32:00.001+01:002015-03-29T20:32:46.557+01:00Indonesia 4: Sumatra<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The final leg of the trip was on the island of Sumatra:<br />
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I started with Bukit Lawang, a very touristy village on the boundaries of Gunung Leuser NP. The only way into the jungle of the National Park was to go with a guide, so I joined a group for a day of 'jungle trekking'. Mammals were the stars here, with Thomas's and Silver Leaf Monkeys, White-handed Gibbon and of course Orangutan all giving super views.<br />
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The experience of watching the Orangutans was tempered somewhat by the knowledge that some were 'semi-wild' having been released into the NP having been made homeless or orphaned elsewhere in Indonesia, but nonetheless it really was a privilege to look into the eyes of such close cousins.<br />
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While having lunch, a male Great Argus Pheasant stepped into a clearing and started picking up scraps left by previous groups. Although I had seen plenty of pictures, I wasn't quite prepared for how incredible this bird was, with its long, wavy tail like some sort of tropical fish, and enormous secondaries covered with eye-spots, crazy. This photo was taken with my phone!<br />
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Before flying out from Padang I spent a few days at Samosir Island and Bukitinggi. Samosir has lost most of its forest, and a small wetland at Amarita provided the best birding, and was pretty much the only freshwater wetland I visited all trip. As soon as I stepped off the road into the paddies, a Watercock flew up, which was a a very unexpected lifer. Pallas's Grasshopper and Oriental Reed Warblers were more predictable and showed well after pishing til I was blue in the face.</div>
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A group of feral dogs roaming the marsh saved me the hassle of getting my feet wet by flushing up Painted and Pintail Snipe and Ruddy-breasted Crake, and White-headed Munia and Baya Weavers were bombing around all over the show.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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On one day I took the boat from Samosir back to the mainland and a short bus ride down the highway to Taman Eden 100, a nice patch of protected forest. As seems to be standard procedure for rainforest birding, I went ages without seeing a thing, and then suddenly hit a feeding flock containing class birds like Long-tailed Broadbill, Blue Nuthatch, Fire-tufted barbet, Speckled Piculet, Golden Babbler and Black and Crimson Oriole.<div>
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At Bukitinggi I had a look around the Rafflesia Flower reserve at Batang Palupuh. Sadly, no flowers were in bloom, but Sumatran Green Pigeon, Blyth's Hawk Eagle, Black and Yellow Broadbill, Blue-winged Leafbird and Black-browed Barbet made the trip worthwhile. Amazingly, after watching the barbet feeding high in a fruiting tree for a few minutes, I turned around and almost stepped on a Sumatran Peacock Pheasant on the path behind me!! I really hadn't expected to come anywhere near this tricky endemic and was almost as surprised as the bird, which quickly hopped into the thick vegetation and disappeared from view.<br /><br />
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-45379316204341077032015-03-28T15:35:00.000+00:002015-03-28T15:35:00.301+00:00Indonesia 3: Java<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Apart from a frustratingly distant Tropbicbird, the crossing to Java was completely uneventful, and after a short bus ride I reached Baluran National Park where I stayed 2 nights. The HQ and accommodation are located 15km into the park form the entrance, a cheap motorbike taxi ride away, and I saw Green Junglefowl and Green Peafowl while hanging on for dear life. Exploring on foot the undisputed highlight was a stunning male Javan Banded Pitta in the small patch of 'rainforest' along the main track, giving its soft 'churrr' call while bouncing through the leaf litter. </div>
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After Baluran I packed the binoculars away for a trip up to Gunung Bromo, an active Volcano. Birds were almost completely absent here, save for a few singing Javan Bush Warblers, one of which was coaxed out briefly, and Paddyfield Pipits which were strangely abundant. The scenery and atmosphere more than made up for this though.<br />
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From Flores I flew to Bali where the main area I wanted to check out was the highlands around Bedugul. The easiest site to visit was the Botanical Gardens there, an overly manicured National Trust style gardens, but surrounded by good quality mossy forests, with plenty of trails to explore.</div>
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New birds were plentiful, with Flame-fronted Barbet, Lesser Shortwing, Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot, Crescent-chested Babbler and Blood-breasted Flowerpecker, plus those photographed below being the stars.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The south of the island, where most of the tourist infrastructure lies is a bit lacking in forest cover and coastal birding is the order of the day. A visit to the lagoons at Pulau Serangan was a bit of a distaster as I foolishly went on a weekend, when half of Bali and their families were there picnicing and fishing. This did mean though that I was able to slip past the check-point un-noticed in the crowds and take my camera onto the island, which is usually frowned upon.</div>
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Though I may have visited on the wrong day, I managed to time it right with the tide, and found a causeway with roosting waders and other bits and bobs flying low overhead as they were pushed off a lagoon by the rising tide</div>
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I then took a bus to Gilimanuk at the far west of the island, the departure point for ferries to Java.</div>
Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-89137273687659019642015-03-12T21:01:00.001+00:002015-03-12T21:01:16.168+00:00Indonesia 1: Flores<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've just returned from a brilliant month-long trip to Indonesia, a short trip by my standards, and definitely not enough to do justice to such a diverse and fascinating country. I had originally planned a fairly hardcore world-listing trip, 2 weeks each on Borneo and Sumatra at the key birding sites trying to mop up endemics, but an incredible opportunity for some more general guiding in the region next year came up (more on that story later) requiring me to spend some time getting to know a broader range of sites, so I hastily re-arranged my plans. Starting on the island of Flores I worked my way westwards to Sumatra at the other end of the country, via Bali and East Java (and missing out some enormous sections in-between).</div>
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Mostly being in rainforest, birding was difficult enough but itself and so I only came away with a few photos, almost all of which are of dubious quality, but i'll share a few on here over the next week or so. I went to fairly well known birding spots, all of which are covered by excellent reports of much more in-depth birding trips so i'll spare the gory details here...</div>
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On Flores I visited a couple of forested mountains; Puaralolo, near Labuan Bajo, where Flores Monarch, the main target was eventually seen down a narrow track behind a small building that appeared to be some sort of abandoned ranger station. Flores White-eye, Wallacean Drongo and Brown-capped Fantail were other good endemics. The town of Ruteng, c4hours to the East is a good base for other montane forest sites, the only one I got to was the pass at Golo Lusang. Highlight here was the dawn chorus from Bare-throated Whistler, like a Nightingale on steroids! Flores Minivet and Scaly-crowned Honeyeater were common here too.</div>
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The main reason for visiting Flores though was for a trip into the legendary Komodo National Park. I took a boat out to Rinca Island, where the Komodo Dragons were loafing around, full of attitude. A couple of snorkelling stops on the ride back were mind-blowing, with pristine coral teeming with a bewildering variety of fish just a few metres off the beaches, birding took a backseat here.</div>
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A short flight over Wallac'es Line took me to Bali, with its contrasting worlds of superclubs and cloud forest...</div>
Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-83844135031965525102014-12-14T12:58:00.000+00:002015-11-24T16:07:01.469+00:00Ethiopia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I spent the last fortnight of November on a family holiday in Ethiopia, here's a few photos:</div>
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The main purpose for the trip was to trek in the Bale Mountains, a lush, green plateau that defies all expectations of Ethiopia. Highlight here was the Ethiopian Wolf, of which we saw 4, giving great views and completely unconcerned by our presence. The birding here was fantastic too, particularly for raptors. Small burrowing mammals are incredibly common and so are their predators, with Lanner Falcons, Steppe Eagles and Augur Buzzards pretty much constantly on show. Being a bit of a Crane fan, I was delighted to see a pair of Wattled Crane feeding distantly on the shores of a small lake, nearly 4000m above sea level. </div>
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On the way to and from the mountains we stopped at Lake Ziway, in the Rift Valley. The main jetty was one of the most absurd birding experiences of my life, with ranks of Marabou Storks, Hammerkops and White Pelicans waiting to be fed by hand, while White-winged Terns swooped in for leftovers. A boat trip out on the lake got us up close to a Hippopotamus and an island covered in nesting African Darters, African Spoonbills and Black-headed Herons.</div>
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We then spent a few days at the resort town of Debre Zeyit, with its string of crater lakes, and then Ambo, for some hiking at the nearby Mount Wenchi.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wattled Crane</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Erlanger's Lark</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goliath Heron</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4WvEr6CHbhgnrOw3r4HNZwL__xizap_Ez4NF0hYxY3BitFN-MOBxw-d3pDh_K2Q9ssW_UjFcNwphqTjJS6V16b9t-Sfij6zBnv0JZnRfVUE8Qf0-z29PzaVz2ORq_gQ3Po14/s1600/hippo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4WvEr6CHbhgnrOw3r4HNZwL__xizap_Ez4NF0hYxY3BitFN-MOBxw-d3pDh_K2Q9ssW_UjFcNwphqTjJS6V16b9t-Sfij6zBnv0JZnRfVUE8Qf0-z29PzaVz2ORq_gQ3Po14/s1600/hippo2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hippo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hippo</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRf79r__GAotc_J-k1PjmS2PPIB88AQIY7CNFKiXbHHx3DeYjiqL9v7RxSTcYrazNzMKqpUYoWyHrCAFr5FqEyPB_fr0m92Xw_bOb6-WqpUrM17ic3Ot_qcw2JbS0CkFJprxi/s1600/hog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRf79r__GAotc_J-k1PjmS2PPIB88AQIY7CNFKiXbHHx3DeYjiqL9v7RxSTcYrazNzMKqpUYoWyHrCAFr5FqEyPB_fr0m92Xw_bOb6-WqpUrM17ic3Ot_qcw2JbS0CkFJprxi/s1600/hog.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Warthog</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFJBb2n1TyneBdNPyTbszJsmpeAYPY7eDi3ytRe7jDkjD5nM1Bv4EdOZR4mA-Qku5zwvd6QoORmU2ELUcNL-kk8v9g10aCCElafiIlyI9P6mkGd38oUsJvrZNidbKSgqax1la/s1600/hyrax.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFJBb2n1TyneBdNPyTbszJsmpeAYPY7eDi3ytRe7jDkjD5nM1Bv4EdOZR4mA-Qku5zwvd6QoORmU2ELUcNL-kk8v9g10aCCElafiIlyI9P6mkGd38oUsJvrZNidbKSgqax1la/s1600/hyrax.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rock Hyrax</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5apIccmy3oqjsRHgcUacSNmWl6U4PILgx-VQyZmLWI_-Jy27yAwxczl5xzQ58QKdmTcJZq_5GGsQVGk4z1xCeY_oxtj6CjjdVjeOyEbvyWrgBEasi-eYvaHRTaYF9ICheNr-s/s1600/issy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5apIccmy3oqjsRHgcUacSNmWl6U4PILgx-VQyZmLWI_-Jy27yAwxczl5xzQ58QKdmTcJZq_5GGsQVGk4z1xCeY_oxtj6CjjdVjeOyEbvyWrgBEasi-eYvaHRTaYF9ICheNr-s/s1600/issy.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isabelline Wheatear</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrTSlmlfrZYsxt123-akjBU-K9BUwfqRljPgoTVW5Wcgq9SGbSmTYPAWC-d5NxDbI2a_dMTv-jwJjcLvL_GmkfFJqebDqk8T-CRiVfSHiwSSMQOGF7jyvotp99bvhgkkJ8A-S0/s1600/malachite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrTSlmlfrZYsxt123-akjBU-K9BUwfqRljPgoTVW5Wcgq9SGbSmTYPAWC-d5NxDbI2a_dMTv-jwJjcLvL_GmkfFJqebDqk8T-CRiVfSHiwSSMQOGF7jyvotp99bvhgkkJ8A-S0/s1600/malachite.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Malachite Kingfisher</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZX4aw_OgtUKsd_s-a86KaJGVwWgIuyH61yDyxY29plETsrv1Fl5oWaEuzyV1jyFxlHpIP-KaHFgiY6BEMzf6TQOqyQjrUI4Yzei1WkzGH95K5DEH6bD6LtP4O4-Hr7PUsAuI9/s1600/mowa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZX4aw_OgtUKsd_s-a86KaJGVwWgIuyH61yDyxY29plETsrv1Fl5oWaEuzyV1jyFxlHpIP-KaHFgiY6BEMzf6TQOqyQjrUI4Yzei1WkzGH95K5DEH6bD6LtP4O4-Hr7PUsAuI9/s1600/mowa.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mountain Wagtail</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRKAXqKiDFDaqdFJK740nFlDHnVkzZTPkMLgaToajwAgd6umHcOU5-3SXzo_kYJhlzb8Rt-9c1wIXPf2F91coXc0ScGNAU5ZXhBrJV_6uuzOM5J4nWIqPS-hZGLsXCZ2GuB6Z/s1600/nyala.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRKAXqKiDFDaqdFJK740nFlDHnVkzZTPkMLgaToajwAgd6umHcOU5-3SXzo_kYJhlzb8Rt-9c1wIXPf2F91coXc0ScGNAU5ZXhBrJV_6uuzOM5J4nWIqPS-hZGLsXCZ2GuB6Z/s1600/nyala.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mountain Nyala</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85lif4KXZbOWjTsWxHsHfdB69Up2rW67tKS6T14b06NKAz_WeHexMY9nlmAUGuNpbX04VcxgrflefOrzd4oA2KHCvnkDk4dQ3MhO-kUcctEWTMojiaHklt_wlZ7VLu9zjCGGy/s1600/pallid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85lif4KXZbOWjTsWxHsHfdB69Up2rW67tKS6T14b06NKAz_WeHexMY9nlmAUGuNpbX04VcxgrflefOrzd4oA2KHCvnkDk4dQ3MhO-kUcctEWTMojiaHklt_wlZ7VLu9zjCGGy/s1600/pallid.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pallid Harrier</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2so6lbU2Q_Yp3MHmK3IuE-3OL9RvLz9OAwUKyFcUzKN32dEVouW8uGJ0cf-3oPTImcGpQOeQEgEgu_hJpH5trmcxYKILVMTak4x9fuwqDHIcCyl3dTKebI642GNYI-P_JSpE/s1600/pleschanka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2so6lbU2Q_Yp3MHmK3IuE-3OL9RvLz9OAwUKyFcUzKN32dEVouW8uGJ0cf-3oPTImcGpQOeQEgEgu_hJpH5trmcxYKILVMTak4x9fuwqDHIcCyl3dTKebI642GNYI-P_JSpE/s1600/pleschanka.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pied Wheatear</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzJPYO38VD4WK3lFNbCxCQJZWvWFXl9vUnLZ8w3AworqzKASzrwKinMa-Y9UprY_ii2SWjB9ronyDQH2ngrXzW57kVQWoX0hTuljLpvyK1SrVYyQBGzehdgGdc7OWkwWIj4Ph/s1600/rail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzJPYO38VD4WK3lFNbCxCQJZWvWFXl9vUnLZ8w3AworqzKASzrwKinMa-Y9UprY_ii2SWjB9ronyDQH2ngrXzW57kVQWoX0hTuljLpvyK1SrVYyQBGzehdgGdc7OWkwWIj4Ph/s1600/rail.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rougets Rail</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis51jgmW0CvXQhvw-cAP_FmmY9J8j6QFs11bDo8ElN5jvB60PhhVFZYNr3OUhUh_n1BHjm5k_zBiwnWdS-_n9dJbrwArkxK6DEcJvVrKvd3qtuwpqvzPTNmpldaGb_-MSx0Nqi/s1600/rupells.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis51jgmW0CvXQhvw-cAP_FmmY9J8j6QFs11bDo8ElN5jvB60PhhVFZYNr3OUhUh_n1BHjm5k_zBiwnWdS-_n9dJbrwArkxK6DEcJvVrKvd3qtuwpqvzPTNmpldaGb_-MSx0Nqi/s1600/rupells.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rupells Vulture</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2Mur0My6klWAQkRVlmLiQKkkGStYCrvE_yDHQo-RKvykns_DL2pPDe4dPaCd75mGeMBei8GWRKbrROHk3kbXL28O2zKeilzWu1RVwNOrklUVxirxzr99cmTUbLkcYnWE-97E/s1600/samamiscus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2Mur0My6klWAQkRVlmLiQKkkGStYCrvE_yDHQo-RKvykns_DL2pPDe4dPaCd75mGeMBei8GWRKbrROHk3kbXL28O2zKeilzWu1RVwNOrklUVxirxzr99cmTUbLkcYnWE-97E/s1600/samamiscus.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Redstart (samamiscus)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmZRU33TnPYu_K4rWgCOrC7-iiiehL2bSCKf3LWqtazG1j81sGgIEzyI8CV0L8TGpHCYTN-LbZ5Oo5XQrIpiOK4wTtzPAxpPLp4NgaXOgxTA9bHXY4CPad8_wWAo0jYMy1gme/s1600/schb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmZRU33TnPYu_K4rWgCOrC7-iiiehL2bSCKf3LWqtazG1j81sGgIEzyI8CV0L8TGpHCYTN-LbZ5Oo5XQrIpiOK4wTtzPAxpPLp4NgaXOgxTA9bHXY4CPad8_wWAo0jYMy1gme/s1600/schb.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silvery-cheeked Hornbill</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnLIKz9VYI7vDx3M2eN3d_Ssy0n1kbXazgbe5o0NX8CAQ2Uim3NDydf89kRrVxVrw32QBemDvqj-zLmUrKbiksaTAOtELvx1V_fSjYDLAo2kEveWAeowjdmNN-FbOnConCCkC/s1600/spoon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnLIKz9VYI7vDx3M2eN3d_Ssy0n1kbXazgbe5o0NX8CAQ2Uim3NDydf89kRrVxVrw32QBemDvqj-zLmUrKbiksaTAOtELvx1V_fSjYDLAo2kEveWAeowjdmNN-FbOnConCCkC/s1600/spoon.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">African Spoonbill</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNeEDN2Np_gCzWLQ7JJZcQGoGv8CIESTgv6vCRmqynmw6Yn6EWqH28s9301bUHKYvtwmVnti7qeuUhiUu4B_PSaVhPB0YgfMQdBEphybn9ftTTfBrE-Nf58qPrI7L8iNGgYOL/s1600/steppe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNeEDN2Np_gCzWLQ7JJZcQGoGv8CIESTgv6vCRmqynmw6Yn6EWqH28s9301bUHKYvtwmVnti7qeuUhiUu4B_PSaVhPB0YgfMQdBEphybn9ftTTfBrE-Nf58qPrI7L8iNGgYOL/s1600/steppe.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steppe Eagle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">African Stonechat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Verraux's Eagle (and Chough)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Verraux's Eagle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White-cheeked Turaco</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ethiopian Wolf</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-throated Wryneck</td></tr>
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At the end of the holiday I managed to squeeze in a day trip to the grasslands of Awash NP, a must-visit site about 4 hours East of Addis Ababa. The park seems to have a strict policy preventing exploration on foot so I was limited to a few hours on a 'game drive' around the Oryx Plains, and a short stroll with an armed guide around the Awash Falls lodge and nearby campsite.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">African Harrier Hawk</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Bateleur</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Northern Carmine Bee-eater</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Long Crested Eagle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Namaqua Dove</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Northern White-crowned Shrike</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-align: left;">Besia Oryx </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Rosy-patched Bush Shrike</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Tawny Eagle</td></tr>
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-76395613503571921152014-08-25T11:20:00.001+01:002014-12-12T17:58:34.848+00:00Nepal photos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In the absence of time in which to write a meaningful report of my 6 week trip to Nepal earlier this year, here's a few of the better photos, or the best birds from the Manaslu and Tsum Valley Trek, Chitwan NP and Langtang and Gosainkund Trek<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue-capped Rock Thrush</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bengal Bushlark</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bengal Florican</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bengal Florican</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue-fronted Redstart</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blyth's Leaf Warbler</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bonelli's Eagle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blood Pheasant</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEM9jV8NiDGDTN6MghgfZNb-t7E54IsHLFDjnmWUnebu804iHyeB0wPWUWxjOTa7OjSDM7ua5_aR7HWjKLpIuQLZcnZMZrKWcLjJlyWoRfwKkFWIZWJWNQ3kpARXlsoHtVZSxT/s1600/BRDI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEM9jV8NiDGDTN6MghgfZNb-t7E54IsHLFDjnmWUnebu804iHyeB0wPWUWxjOTa7OjSDM7ua5_aR7HWjKLpIuQLZcnZMZrKWcLjJlyWoRfwKkFWIZWJWNQ3kpARXlsoHtVZSxT/s1600/BRDI.jpg" height="252" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brown Dipper (juv)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis22gkATibH09WlIZ6CtFyd46_i_tV1GXyHlJA7V3qQuzrzR9kkMtAJoHonrtwbl-xBwdBa5bDPLU8Ih12ur-Pjwelm_Rk2lSS0jMqiTk_pQJ6-WtpR4FOk3EG0vi3U3gL2rF2/s1600/BTPB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis22gkATibH09WlIZ6CtFyd46_i_tV1GXyHlJA7V3qQuzrzR9kkMtAJoHonrtwbl-xBwdBa5bDPLU8Ih12ur-Pjwelm_Rk2lSS0jMqiTk_pQJ6-WtpR4FOk3EG0vi3U3gL2rF2/s1600/BTPB.jpg" height="257" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black-throated Parrotbill</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62xmRPODy_aWrWSSFPALuWVZe-NDC8SoAY8VDLA2eXtWwY9Ya6516TgjW69BRFJNIalbfEaJXGq7JTl1Tlv0a7vo4wJYSqVMoeeTX2Q2JjSbi4agGsgUs0JiHPxQhFzMElgup/s1600/CBRT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62xmRPODy_aWrWSSFPALuWVZe-NDC8SoAY8VDLA2eXtWwY9Ya6516TgjW69BRFJNIalbfEaJXGq7JTl1Tlv0a7vo4wJYSqVMoeeTX2Q2JjSbi4agGsgUs0JiHPxQhFzMElgup/s1600/CBRT.jpg" height="320" width="291" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwBzUgSJDqd71H5F0JR5muevTONhmdjVj1LcuRnVu2xSnG-Qm0-h7uYGEIze_Uqt98swITaC3b9BUo10cS4oW6alI1idLtvpVoSsEPUfPiAAkVSun_WYk33VTRbeOyu2yVO9I/s1600/CBWP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwBzUgSJDqd71H5F0JR5muevTONhmdjVj1LcuRnVu2xSnG-Qm0-h7uYGEIze_Uqt98swITaC3b9BUo10cS4oW6alI1idLtvpVoSsEPUfPiAAkVSun_WYk33VTRbeOyu2yVO9I/s1600/CBWP.jpg" height="292" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crimson-bellied Woodpecker</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XAu7KAHrM4_8R7uRpf-lTRqD5kJx6CDJodV8knlJGaXvLQPPclcxcU0nlNQGdXXJlhjogMjJj1VuvfX4QVXMcOQnXUNxyCRScOSCgQi82GVHxXEySnKY49xp9vR4vA2zIr4N/s1600/CHBE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XAu7KAHrM4_8R7uRpf-lTRqD5kJx6CDJodV8knlJGaXvLQPPclcxcU0nlNQGdXXJlhjogMjJj1VuvfX4QVXMcOQnXUNxyCRScOSCgQi82GVHxXEySnKY49xp9vR4vA2zIr4N/s1600/CHBE.jpg" height="256" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chestnut-headed Bee-eater</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToOoTmk0X4jBUgpDjML5huM6Y1kbdi9-CXmeFcFcrrsSk0We4ngBP84d_ukRLn8QzQ2npQooLKdCTMBxHVn3PFZeXIB9bI14BGy39J2Ip9W1mDsFPhp38b-zS94EFi8sLkuh8/s1600/CRSE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToOoTmk0X4jBUgpDjML5huM6Y1kbdi9-CXmeFcFcrrsSk0We4ngBP84d_ukRLn8QzQ2npQooLKdCTMBxHVn3PFZeXIB9bI14BGy39J2Ip9W1mDsFPhp38b-zS94EFi8sLkuh8/s1600/CRSE.jpg" height="320" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crested Serpent Eagle</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfebBnQG0RsuCeSvhN5Fl0fAoD3P4Yg1f6kpSqgSvLWDc9z4wlH8E0GZuZi2LhyhSd5rBQx_AocWjHlYc0cS_vOcHI7E28wfJRpgWMhZbzXc-M1l5usBLNgovl2h8OOcNpMvD/s1600/DSFC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfebBnQG0RsuCeSvhN5Fl0fAoD3P4Yg1f6kpSqgSvLWDc9z4wlH8E0GZuZi2LhyhSd5rBQx_AocWjHlYc0cS_vOcHI7E28wfJRpgWMhZbzXc-M1l5usBLNgovl2h8OOcNpMvD/s1600/DSFC.jpg" height="241" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dark-sided Flycatcher</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF6BrpdEcKjmtuYUTCiEk5Gnm_wfBcblZt8hSbHvrK891zisIDET7n87hi732qKEOYao2cp6RG9xq5XF60IYgCsVK0WRL8SBVsPUKtcXZmKigjduneLIg3G7cglcwPLF0_oyzD/s1600/ELEP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF6BrpdEcKjmtuYUTCiEk5Gnm_wfBcblZt8hSbHvrK891zisIDET7n87hi732qKEOYao2cp6RG9xq5XF60IYgCsVK0WRL8SBVsPUKtcXZmKigjduneLIg3G7cglcwPLF0_oyzD/s1600/ELEP.jpg" height="248" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elephant at Chtiwan</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFA3eEi-6rIjmEfa8XLU_YvJ_AZxhwjsUcSgz0V_SalmUgxhSv6DhSpDh7pvfKMKBFDTy-dPP2Vj56ZGgHy-hRG8XLODw4eaFcVmXDE6dY9rtEorVb0WggR-X3XPG5TPkRJK0/s1600/FTSB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFA3eEi-6rIjmEfa8XLU_YvJ_AZxhwjsUcSgz0V_SalmUgxhSv6DhSpDh7pvfKMKBFDTy-dPP2Vj56ZGgHy-hRG8XLODw4eaFcVmXDE6dY9rtEorVb0WggR-X3XPG5TPkRJK0/s1600/FTSB.jpg" height="271" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fire-tailed Sunbird</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtMznLReVq1QwQ8bhg37dbzZNsfkOA45DkU2p2HX0l8UeZ71m6PaLytYCpWD2POfZZsXkBMnNwmEcSP6wyVVQWNYsCsEqf9JjHOZcn1IqR0wtQZR5eyEMLt4sFkp5cxj7CWtl3/s1600/GAHI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtMznLReVq1QwQ8bhg37dbzZNsfkOA45DkU2p2HX0l8UeZ71m6PaLytYCpWD2POfZZsXkBMnNwmEcSP6wyVVQWNYsCsEqf9JjHOZcn1IqR0wtQZR5eyEMLt4sFkp5cxj7CWtl3/s1600/GAHI.jpg" height="204" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ganesh Himal</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx11cAJBLBcnh0z7yQqDYGTeEvV4gyMv7VUy9XSPDKpaOKZstyF954v5zeZcY53HlVZAQak41ujDMBa8zLLwtUA66-V0zqpX2CTC8ZYycBXUe7Xv1mY60wUfWOiHLIgFZsyazl/s1600/GBRO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx11cAJBLBcnh0z7yQqDYGTeEvV4gyMv7VUy9XSPDKpaOKZstyF954v5zeZcY53HlVZAQak41ujDMBa8zLLwtUA66-V0zqpX2CTC8ZYycBXUe7Xv1mY60wUfWOiHLIgFZsyazl/s1600/GBRO.jpg" height="264" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Golden Bush Robin</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKq2xLSRNjnUux3Si19irEEpWbV0y_P5YzV5dizkk4kJv-XM_VjNGAw63AdnpHDc31iKnwM_qVDFDuQyVer4ijBBJWldWMoGYpNomsrcIaJsa46WSIdhkKelJeyDpxK_H1Sdu1/s1600/GBTE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKq2xLSRNjnUux3Si19irEEpWbV0y_P5YzV5dizkk4kJv-XM_VjNGAw63AdnpHDc31iKnwM_qVDFDuQyVer4ijBBJWldWMoGYpNomsrcIaJsa46WSIdhkKelJeyDpxK_H1Sdu1/s1600/GBTE.jpg" height="254" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grey-bellied Tesia</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSU41q2u5cyfQVkGUM5g9ayMANUrqRmMSVJCyky_d5fz6zWy0omFswSkrnqFjnC7gt0z2KzQ2mzHSQyeZ1Xc9Zy2qbzt88MGleWlEcYo4dkXeTGwDpkMYGr3M75hSxVISDW8N5/s1600/GOSA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSU41q2u5cyfQVkGUM5g9ayMANUrqRmMSVJCyky_d5fz6zWy0omFswSkrnqFjnC7gt0z2KzQ2mzHSQyeZ1Xc9Zy2qbzt88MGleWlEcYo4dkXeTGwDpkMYGr3M75hSxVISDW8N5/s1600/GOSA.jpg" height="208" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gosainkund Lakes</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinn_K9yfV8KqddsjdrjNFBu3olnkVDk5GcuCwLjijVdxWztK9RTbCmL4MK0dao9UDAF_VV2KAm35-srU96HC1eVYWMKB6A0vS20tM0NouJgrubwAQuwfRBAiOAcdgBC3VHNH2A/s1600/HIGV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinn_K9yfV8KqddsjdrjNFBu3olnkVDk5GcuCwLjijVdxWztK9RTbCmL4MK0dao9UDAF_VV2KAm35-srU96HC1eVYWMKB6A0vS20tM0NouJgrubwAQuwfRBAiOAcdgBC3VHNH2A/s1600/HIGV.jpg" height="250" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Himalayan Griffon Vulture</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Himalayan Bluetail</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hodgson's Redstart</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">House Swift</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lammergeier</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTyvkjAd4IVgbkQyj0uCxDbF6iyBTA4Wv8Zu8Lq3aYBjw7S-G0W92WXDOyNDLIIKBKO3Tah0PcEkwvQAJxHqZcTcN86yp7l9eUHWFh1fZVM1XQ_9N-A_IYDgXfqHpEzwU-ezs/s1600/LANG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTyvkjAd4IVgbkQyj0uCxDbF6iyBTA4Wv8Zu8Lq3aYBjw7S-G0W92WXDOyNDLIIKBKO3Tah0PcEkwvQAJxHqZcTcN86yp7l9eUHWFh1fZVM1XQ_9N-A_IYDgXfqHpEzwU-ezs/s1600/LANG.jpg" height="195" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Langtang</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUSfZZHK9QKUGrBg4kPzFYe1cKqSrov5d1RX168p0_EKuqvuh4KOesRm00M9om_F2R-LiiBtvN9N-JubPofEnhvtf3bISM3oj4cPEWND6i5BBJ3XuNozAMQqhOeI6_qXRphuTR/s1600/LOTS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUSfZZHK9QKUGrBg4kPzFYe1cKqSrov5d1RX168p0_EKuqvuh4KOesRm00M9om_F2R-LiiBtvN9N-JubPofEnhvtf3bISM3oj4cPEWND6i5BBJ3XuNozAMQqhOeI6_qXRphuTR/s1600/LOTS.jpg" height="226" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long-tailed Shrike</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oriental Turtle Dove</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmRXecBAU52xTBYj9lHn7O1C6p2KmLz6xDChTNegk581xciPgKo3XeriMjuHlEWK9HCWiP2TofmBZJ6MQM-7jBd4H4vlUtFPlRXhliUvaSAT7gXzuJdLuw4MfIMzNgFBgBF0g/s1600/PBRO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmRXecBAU52xTBYj9lHn7O1C6p2KmLz6xDChTNegk581xciPgKo3XeriMjuHlEWK9HCWiP2TofmBZJ6MQM-7jBd4H4vlUtFPlRXhliUvaSAT7gXzuJdLuw4MfIMzNgFBgBF0g/s1600/PBRO.jpg" height="273" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pink-browed Rosefinch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple Heron</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqD9_E0CaVlluUqb3jNzSsjIEWYekD2FoCVPkqxJ_I5GFcytXfKytofEAXKi9GWCFK5nyQIgPPZLK6BGdPKQC9M2cMneYO_y8GzgyllBHxY199hQOM4r_T9Uw2Am37g2qJtsF/s1600/RBAC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqD9_E0CaVlluUqb3jNzSsjIEWYekD2FoCVPkqxJ_I5GFcytXfKytofEAXKi9GWCFK5nyQIgPPZLK6BGdPKQC9M2cMneYO_y8GzgyllBHxY199hQOM4r_T9Uw2Am37g2qJtsF/s1600/RBAC.jpg" height="217" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rufous-breasted Accentor</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlPGThGc8kkc0tXtaNiZxAPmlICbquBtGDwqujGz8VzUWJEviAoH8nN0AxuwlstmGKQwEi3eI_9Q9u_jFJpVEksYj67EOCIEJjy8qcrqNGBziN-jcL-iRFOq7X2iM2cjl5TKX/s1600/RHBF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlPGThGc8kkc0tXtaNiZxAPmlICbquBtGDwqujGz8VzUWJEviAoH8nN0AxuwlstmGKQwEi3eI_9Q9u_jFJpVEksYj67EOCIEJjy8qcrqNGBziN-jcL-iRFOq7X2iM2cjl5TKX/s1600/RHBF.jpg" height="214" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-headed Bullfinch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One-horned Rhinocerous</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_buvWUEjZnm3ae-8IFocSHdpWh67X2svIHrw3dAS-qRUPvWElTP5zLTFK94rzYhpF0XFkyrkxfJUiZban3ffUScZWDQEQlc0zCgE0PudoKy3U9ISPLp84VX6050twZNG8_0q/s1600/RNLT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_buvWUEjZnm3ae-8IFocSHdpWh67X2svIHrw3dAS-qRUPvWElTP5zLTFK94rzYhpF0XFkyrkxfJUiZban3ffUScZWDQEQlc0zCgE0PudoKy3U9ISPLp84VX6050twZNG8_0q/s1600/RNLT.jpg" height="255" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rufous-necked Laughingthrush</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosy Pipit</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaY6EIJw7mIKkDLxU0T8njvmklCzlTg6CxWpW9AYEi43EF4xcueBzRIZ7IjmZDgEMRMwtIKC9H1jzhudPPyOQtrC15-gB3_JaOBONPuQdKEXVe6aBq8YbROZhNkDMO2J5zxzr/s1600/RRGR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaY6EIJw7mIKkDLxU0T8njvmklCzlTg6CxWpW9AYEi43EF4xcueBzRIZ7IjmZDgEMRMwtIKC9H1jzhudPPyOQtrC15-gB3_JaOBONPuQdKEXVe6aBq8YbROZhNkDMO2J5zxzr/s1600/RRGR.jpg" height="261" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rufous-rumped Grassbird</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILBQ436l1aV6rJ8b5bb31eNc-W_2ltmi35jtdF-F_ttmH-SWUyfp3mbX-6bIobApDdgL8SQvAM4Dv5ZvbKnMx8DweCxx9p2ogcFVks14-fLwBss6qoKsOv52-fvoORYyS0cwx/s1600/SBBA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILBQ436l1aV6rJ8b5bb31eNc-W_2ltmi35jtdF-F_ttmH-SWUyfp3mbX-6bIobApDdgL8SQvAM4Dv5ZvbKnMx8DweCxx9p2ogcFVks14-fLwBss6qoKsOv52-fvoORYyS0cwx/s1600/SBBA.jpg" height="288" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slender-billed Babbler</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLk4t8cL0ile4VfSTv-k3VYsJr69MfGV7OwFKQ0Dn_7zMfp-JMeGjxKlTvdtvSruSI5x6nzd9jePTO6uhidjuYYWrbXfvEJo1VaJYkGn53V3Ny6d21y4fEAsRni-tWfIuxM-xY/s1600/SBWB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLk4t8cL0ile4VfSTv-k3VYsJr69MfGV7OwFKQ0Dn_7zMfp-JMeGjxKlTvdtvSruSI5x6nzd9jePTO6uhidjuYYWrbXfvEJo1VaJYkGn53V3Ny6d21y4fEAsRni-tWfIuxM-xY/s1600/SBWB.jpg" height="261" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scaly-breasted Wren Babbler</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4LgHYVBc8kYKRd-SvqQ8hjXFktjwK1IkD3fgr__2SDQDaBKgEK3cPxsujlDKHH2cNpKOh1mIK8JiH1UKtjBfV_1qd9lG_VZeSpptsdkfoVdw4AlBQJrxHD4G1UB6ejjC6vFH/s1600/SEROW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4LgHYVBc8kYKRd-SvqQ8hjXFktjwK1IkD3fgr__2SDQDaBKgEK3cPxsujlDKHH2cNpKOh1mIK8JiH1UKtjBfV_1qd9lG_VZeSpptsdkfoVdw4AlBQJrxHD4G1UB6ejjC6vFH/s1600/SEROW.jpg" height="314" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Serow</td></tr>
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-8983844146488634572013-10-13T13:45:00.002+01:002013-10-13T13:50:45.868+01:0024 hours at the Dead Sea<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My final day in Israel was spent on a trip down to the Dead Sea with my fellow raptor counters as. We arrived in the late evening, just in time to see 6 Sooty Falcons chasing Rock Martins over an old dried up reservoir. It was getting dark rapidly but we were also able to spot the first Blackstarts and Desert Larks of the trip, along with an unexpected Pied Wheatear.</div>
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After sunset we were taken to a site for Nubian Nightjar. We didn't have a a recording of the calls, and playback would be unlikely to elicit a response at this time of year anyway, so we opted to just drive around the tracks and hope to come upon a feeding bird. After 3 hours with just a few mammals in the lights, we decided to give it up as we had another target to see. Literally 30 metres before we re-joined the main road, with 'DIP' being scrawled into notebooks, suddenly a Nightjar sp. jumped from the track and flew back over the car. Panic and a swift u-turn ensued, followed by a tense minute or so before the bird re-appeared in the headlights where it was feeding on flying insects, and giving good enough views to confirm it as Nubian and not a migrant European Nightjar. Buoyed by this last minute success, we headed off to the next site.<br />
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The next bird on our hit-list was Hume's Owl, and we were soon at the site, where we were disappointed to find several camping groups, complete with fires and loud music, not ideal. We stumbled across the rocks through the darkness and settled down as comfortably as we could. We played a tape of the song a few times but got no response. After sitting around for what seemed like an age all we could hear was noise from the nearby campers, and we reckoned that any birds would have been scared a mile away.We decided to call it a day and were scrambling back up to the car when a few distant croaks sounded in the blackness, we froze, 'was that an owl?' After a few seconds the noise was followed by the distinctive hooting of a Hume's Owl, crikey, there was one hear after all! One of our team (who shall remain nameless) was already celebrating as he practises the highly dubious technique of ticking birds on call only, but there was no way we were leaving now. Back down the rocks again and a return to eye-straining staring into the endless darkness, where the bird was still hooting away. We played one hoot on the tape and waited to see what would happen. A few seconds later we heard a response, apparently right in front of us, oh my, we were going to see this bird! I heard a whisper of 'be prepared', and then with a quiet click of the torch the rocks in front of us were bathed in a dull orange light, and the unmistakeable shape of an owl was perched no more than 10 metres in front of us! Pretty much every good bird of the trip so far had been greeted with loud profanity and high fives but this time there was nothing but stunned silence, no-one had expected to see the bird like this. It sat there for about 3 minutes, calling occasionally before quietly jumping off into the gloom. Despite the lack of light and sense of shock, I managed to snap off a few photos and even recorded a bit of video of this top-class bird. Looking around the internet, I can't find any other videos, is this the first video made of Hume's Owl?</div>
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After a few hours sleep at the field school at En Gedi we were up early to get to Wadi Salvadora for sunrise. Here in the Judean Desert where water is so scarce, a tiny spring is a major attraction for birds, and Sinai Rosefinch, Striolated Bunting, Sand Partridge, Scrub Warbler, Blackstart and Tristrams Grackle all came in to drink, while Fan-tailed and Brown-necked Ravens patrolled the rocky cliff above us.<br />
From there started to head back North stopping at odd sites along the way and picking up more good birds:<br />
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A final stop at a rather unlikely group of scruffy fields produced the final lifer of the trip, a very smart Mourning Wheatear, marking the end of great little birding trip to the Dead Sea and a brilliant time overall in Israel. I'll write a few more words about the raptor count later, but now I need to catch up some much-neeed rest!<br />
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-49816072601076841442013-10-09T19:00:00.001+01:002013-10-09T19:00:57.755+01:00Israel: Day 29<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Raptor numbers have slowed right down this week, it just feels that almost everything has passed through now and we're just getting the stragglers. The running totals reflect this as we're pretty much up to 'par' for what is expected for each species. That said, we're still getting a few interesting birds, one counter had 7 species of Eagle today!</div>
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It was an 'interesting' day for pipits on Monday. In the evening, after the count we were scoping out a freshly cut alfalfa field when a Marsh Harrier swooped low across the field and took a swipe at a small flying bird but only glanced it. The targeted bird made a beeline for us, and deterred by our presence, the harrier broke of the attack. The small bird fluttered past us and disappeared into the vegetation at the edge of the field. We soon found it cowering and were surprised to see that it was a Richard's Pipit, the first any of us had seen in Israel. A quick check revealed that unfortunately it had a broken leg, a damaged wing and had lost its tail. It's highly unlikely that it could survive such injuries but we put it back in the bush in the slim chance that it might, I imagine it will become prey for a Kestrel, snale, mustellid or maybe even the same harrier. Not a pleasant experience, and a shitty way to see a 'lifer' for two members of our team, but that's nature I guess.<br />
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Earlier in the day I had much more enjoyable close views of both Red-throated and Tree Pipits at my watchpoint at Ginegar.<br />
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Today saw a bit of a movement of Steppe Buzzards. We get very few here compared to the staggering numbers at <a href="http://www.batumiraptorcount.org/" target="_blank">Batumi</a>, apparently this far South they migrate across a very broad front, too broad for our small team to cover (and many to the East of Israel) so its up to the Georgia folks to count them where they are concentrated.</div>
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Tomorrow is my last day on the count, the plan is to finish earlier than usual and head off down to the Dead Sea for a day and night birding before I fly home. Fingers crossed for Sooty Falcon for raptor sp. number 25!</div>
Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-35554806216180525582013-10-05T17:50:00.001+01:002013-10-05T17:50:43.168+01:00Israel: Day 25<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As we reach the end of the count, the number of raptors passing over daily has dropped drastically, which has made the time spent out at the watchpoints a little tedious at times, but has had the bonus of allowing us to squeeze in some 'normal' birding.</div>
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Yesterday, after our days count we headed up into the Gilboa Mountains, just to the the South-east of our Kibbutz at Geva. Our target here was Long-billed Pipit, and we eventually bumped into 5 after scouring the rocky hillsides. A bonus bird here was a stonking male Finsch's Wheatear, an unexpected lifer as they are not supposed to arrive to winter in this area until much later in the season. A small group of Mountain Gazelle were also nice.</div>
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This evening we returned to the Bet Shean Valley, where we finally scored with Dead Sea Sparrow and Namaqua Dove, thanks to some recent gen. We had just seen the Dead Sea Sparrows, perching on the Jordanian border fence at Gesher, and we looking for Namaquas at the prime site when an Army truck appeared out of no-where. Apparently they weren't overly impressed with us pointing bins and cameras at the border security and we were unceremoniously moved on. This was a bit of a setback as returning to the spot at a later date would have been unwise, so we set about trying to find similar habitat away from the border. Fortunately, as we were passing through some very un-promising looking fishpond, a pair of Namaqua's flew across the track and fed close to the car, giving us great views.<br /><br />
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-32024521889999678752013-10-01T16:43:00.001+01:002013-10-01T19:07:11.207+01:00Israel: Day 22<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Quality over quantity today. I 'only' counted 1042 Lesser Spotted Eagles, with other stations getting around the same or lower, so nowhere near yesterdays count (which was confirmed at 26,036!!!). However, there was a good mix of species, I managed 6 species of Eagle in the afternoon at Alonim: the usual Short-toed, Booted and Lesser Spotted, a couple of Greater Spotted and Steppe, and finally, a superb juvenile Imperial Eagle, the first of the count. </div>
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I had spent the first part of the day in the East at Shunem, where c400 LSE's came out from a roost to the North, but the highlight was a male Pallid Harrier drifting low overhead.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love Steppe Eagles, that white underwing bar of the juveniles is so striking. <br />
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-16473225399339049732013-09-30T18:42:00.000+01:002013-09-30T18:42:06.048+01:00Israel: Day 21<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It was the day of the Lesser Spotted Eagles today, we haven't added up the totals properly yet, but it looks like we had a total of around 25,000 birds through! I was based in Ginegar, on the Eastern edge of our string of watchpoints, and had been frustrated all morning as I received reports of several thousand birds passing over my colleagues. I could see large thermals distantly to my West, but had not a single Eagle in 'my airspace' until 2pm, when the stream suddenly shifted to the East with the wind, and 2000 birds passed over me in the space of 40 minutes. Well worth the wait!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There he is, if only real life had Crop and Levels functions</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice juvenile Red-footed Falcon that hung around my watchpoint for an hour or so</td></tr>
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-38537058638070779442013-09-29T18:11:00.008+01:002013-09-29T18:11:31.518+01:00Israel: Day 20<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A fairly regulation day today, Levant Sparrowhawks have almost completely finished, with only 14 over my watchpoint today, though ironically I got some of my closest views of this species, with birds coming out of a roost in nearby trees. Still too far for proper photos though, which is a shame as the males in particular are really smart little raptors.</div>
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It was a good day for Lesser Spotted Eagles, I haven't seen the combined totals yet but I saw just over 2000, and the other stations recorded similar numbers, still nowhere near the expected peak days though.<br />
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And finally a few small birds around my watchpoint.<br />
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-16238353270874915612013-09-28T16:34:00.001+01:002013-09-28T16:34:54.369+01:00Israel: Day 19<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I had my weekly day off from the raptor count, so joined local birder Tuvia Kahn for a morning visit to Kfar Baruch Reservoir. The first view of the reservoir after topping the high concrete sides was breathtaking, it just looked tailor made for birds. The water levels were low, leaving just a shallow horseshoe of water, fringed neatly with mud, short grass in the middle, and one corner of reedy/sedgey scrub. The whole basin was full with birds; ducks on the water, waders on the mud, and wagtails on the grass, and a big group of Pelicans on the far side.</div>
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The first few scans revealed a single Greater Flamingo, 5 Marbled Ducks and 2 Ferrguinous Ducks, along with Red-throated Pipit, Marsh Sandpiper, Avocets, Spoonbills and Smyrna Kingfisher, with big numbers of Little Stints.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Pelicans surrounded by ducks and waders</td></tr>
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Closer checking of the mud and grassy areas revealed a 1st winter male Desert Wheatear, a good bird around here apparently. After a bit of leopard crawling I managed some lovely close views, this species always seems to be rather approachable.</div>
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And while watching that, another good scarcity, a White-tailed Plover suddenly appeared from nowhere on a small isolated pool, possibly having been pushed from cover by a group of goats that were working their way through the rushes.<br />
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Overall, an excellent bit of birding, good numbers of birds, plus a few semi-rares, and a nice change from the usual hours of skygazing.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Joe Cockramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567164732784600812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355831.post-85018484004361625282013-09-26T19:09:00.001+01:002013-09-26T19:20:52.322+01:00Israel: Day 17<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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WOW!! Another storming day, this time with Levant Sparrowhawks being the stars. We had been getting steady counts over the last week, but not the big numbers usually recorded. They had obviously all been hanging back as a big surge today saw 3,276 over my watchpoint at Alonim. The counts from around the stations today haven't been totted up, but it should come to over 7,000 I reckon, pretty impressive considering the world population is thought to be about 30,000 pairs.</div>
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Same old story applies, too high for close-up pics, but a phenomenal sight nonetheless. Levants migrate in pretty crazy way, they form up in flocks and circle round and round, like the flakes in those little snow-shaker in a jar things, before gliding for a few kms, and then circling again. At one point I had a flock of 1,600 spinning away overhead, really quite dizzying.</div>
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It was a reasonable day for Lesser Spotted Eagles, I had 870, some coming lower than I've had before, and also 4 Steppe Eagles.<br />
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