October Shrike-fest

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robes You are quite correct in pointing out the potential flaw in my approach. Touch wood it hasn't been a problem (yet) and I'll take that on board...

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shakyHands Maybe I'm missing something but all I'm doing is using the "Copy All" option on page 1 of the File tab which gives me the option...

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Absolutely stunning. Some really stand out compositions (IMHO) as well. Love to see some more ...

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For big birding trips where I suspect/know I'll be taking many thousands of shots - and being obsessed with losing/damaging the cards I take two external...

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All nice shots Ron. Never get tired of watching (and photographing) Stonechats.

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Great set of close ups (1st one is my favourite). Seems like the camera is working just fine!

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It's not been a very exciting autumn migration this year in my part of East Anglia - apart from shrikes! Just in October I managed to run into 5 species...

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Fabulous, varied set. Reminds me how long it is since I saw a Crested Tit (certainly not this millennium!).

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Lovely action sequence. Another "across the pond" difference (following Common Merganser/Goosander!) - in the UK Horned Grebe are known as Slavonian...

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That's interesting because when I go into eBird it shows as Goosander: https://ebird.org/species/commer

I wonder if eBird is sensitive to...

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Lovely shots - the first my favourite - of this very smart duck/sawbill (you can see from the first photo why they are categorized as "sawbills")....

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Classic pose on that first one! More nice shots Mark - feels like an age since I saw one of these properly (we had 2 fly over calling on the coast last...

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Excellent shots Mark. They just won't sit still long enough for me at the moment (we have a few in the garden this week - presumably winter visitors...

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If they hadn't got to be in so much trouble (through no fault of their own) they wouldn't need the bling!

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Great portrait Ed. Always worth the effort to capture.

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I'd like to go (we're both NWT members) but "unfortunately" I expect we'll be too busy packing as we're off to Peru the day after!

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Great to see so many together Jeff. Slender-billed Curlew: one bird my wife has seen (in Morocco) that I'll never get to see

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You just need to get the tide right! Incoming best as the birds come to you being (as a rule) quite confiding and used to people at this site.

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Lovely pictures of these smart and endearing waders. I'm surprised they're not more regular up your way - we only have them in small numbers and in only...

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Just gorgeous! Properly "WOW" shots.