Retired Conflict Strategist & Climber, Patagonian Birding Guide, #Bioacoustics & #FieldRecording 99% bird-influenced views
Joined May 2008
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7 Oct 2022
I wrote some wordage about the new Birds of Argentina for @ABA Birding magazine.
Hopefully said wordage will entice you to come bird this mega diverse land.
Props to the authors & artists; it’s excellent.
👍🏽🐦 🇦🇷
#Birds #Birding #Bookreview
aba.org/arrival-of-the-long-…
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Gravel pits in the Fens are not the most picturesque places but Purple Heron, purring Turtle Doves, breeding Marsh Harriers and a Squacco round the corner (and no gravel being washed on a Sunday so the Grey and Yellow Wagtails can play in it) is pretty nice.
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Dominic García-Hall retweeted
Plus if you use the “compare” feature and line up the birds correctly, there is infinite comedy to be had.
May 28
Have to hard vouch for the Sibley Guide. Both the physical version and the app are amazing, I really enjoy how it uses drawn illustrations instead of photos.
The compare feature is so useful. It costs like ten dollars, but if you want my favorite field guide…that’s it
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May 21
The 200th species for my new county - very landlocked and the smallest in England at a bigly 15 x 10 miles. 🥂
#Rutland #waders #KentishPlover
Video by @Rutlandbirds 💚
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May 10
Of course the day after #globalbigday the weather gets bad & drops the all rarities in. Still, 115 species in the sunshine from 330am to the last Tawny Owl tremolo & we won the inter-state bird race: a lot of fun and bird music 🎶 💚
@Team_eBird @global_birding
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Don’t worry AI won’t take your job, it is trying to convince me that a cerceta pardilla is a gargeney. It’s not. The only similarity is they’re both ducks.
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Russian White-fronted Geese getting feisty. This winter has been a good year for them. (Unlike other things from Russia)
#birding
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Jan 31
In a remarkable story from Slovenia, a breeding pair of White Wagtails travelled all over the country in a lorry last summer, successfully raising young: bit.ly/4a4tKVG
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Jan 17
One of those days when the only thin band of rain in the entire country is slowly moving over you. No big deal if you have feathers though. Smew, unusually showy Cetti’s, & best of all got home in time to find a Firecrest in the garden😃
Rain is your friend, sometimes. ☔️#birding
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Jan 10
Get in! Tundra Bean Goose on the patch. Only 3 since 1977 in the county. Would have probably been dead or confining to a nursing home if I’d missed these 😏#Birding
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Su petición fue atendida 😂😏
Jan 3
No hay violación al derecho internacional porque fue el propio Maduro quien solicitó que fueran por él, y la petición fue aceptada y atendida, mire:
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Lovely Big Day of inter county competitive birding. Which we lost.
But 7 Smew, 14 Russian White-fronted Geese & a last minute Woodcock before I managed to drive my truck into a bog & sink it. Over 100 birds for our team on a windy, frigid New Year’s Day tho, always fun! #birding
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22 Dec 2025
OK folks, here's something you don't see every day. Literally. A male Hen Harrier, harassing a Peregrine Falcon, and oh, that just happens to be a Merlin watching the commotion. @Natures_Voice @RSPBEngland
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18 Dec 2025
My first original Woodhead! Arrived safe and sound despite the storms - thanks so much @DarrenNWoodhead
Beautiful 😍
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10 Dec 2025
Of course they do, they can't see over the fucking steering wheel. Accident waiting to happen.
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10 Dec 2025
I wonder how many people would assume this is AI?
It is in fact a pic of a Common Sunbird-Asity (Neodrepanis coruscans ) taken by Lev Frid in Madagascar, to which they’re endemic. #Birds
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10 Nov 2025
So let people shop around for an air traffic controller with a 4.7 star rating and 50% off for this weekend only? Totally preferable to checks and standards.
The reason government programs are so inefficient is that, unlike a commercial company, the feedback loop for improvement is broken, because they have a state-mandated monopoly and can’t go out of business if customers are unhappy.
No matter how bad the service is at your DMV (sorry to pick on DMVs), you still have to use your DMV, because it’s a monopoly.
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