Alex & Zvezda's Big Year 2021: Version 6.0 Limited Edition

[xelas]

Same location but much more common bird. 

 

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Starling (Common) - Sturnus vulgaris

 

Ljubljansko Barje, 15-Apr-2021

[Galana]

Lovely set of Collared Flycatchers. Good to see you are keeping busy.

[TonyQ]

The third Spotted Flycatcher photo is really beautiful, well done

[Kitsafari]

hurrah the dynamic duo are back working in symphonic tandem!

 

what a gorgeous looking collared flycatcher that it is. beautiful photos of it. 

[xelas]

13 hours ago, TonyQ said:

The third Spotted Flycatcher photo is really beautiful, well done

 You have spotted the difference between the casual and the expert photographer . But you have missed the difference between Collared and Spotted Flycatcher .

 

1 hour ago, Kitsafari said:

hurrah the dynamic duo are back working in symphonic tandem!

 

Once upon the time, there was a Dynamic Duo active on TA forum(s). @Galanasurely remembers that couple. They were not among the most friendly duos on the forum. I would go with a Symphonic Tandem ... although, with my musical anti-talent (which is worse than no talent), that would be a stretch of a title .

[Galana]

30 minutes ago, xelas said:

I would go with a Symphonic Tandem ... although,

I don't know. You look to be coping fine here.

 

[TonyQ]

@xelasI meant the Pied Flycatcher third photo

[Soukous]

Super shots of the Kestrel and the Collared Flycatcher. I've never seen one.

[xelas]

2 hours ago, Soukous said:

Super shots of the Kestrel and the Collared Flycatcher. I've never seen one.

Thanks, martin. If interested in Collared Flycatcher, it is still hanging around today .

[Soukous]

58 minutes ago, xelas said:

Thanks, martin. If interested in Collared Flycatcher, it is still hanging around today .

 

I'm on my way 

[Galana]

12 minutes ago, Soukous said:

I'm on my way 

In your dreams.

[Soukous]

20 minutes ago, Galana said:

In your dreams.

 

there is nothing wrong with dreams - I spend some of my happiest times in dreams

[xelas]

As our (ex) president Milan Kučan so eloquently said almost 30 years ago: "Danes so dovoljene sanje. Jutri je nov dan." 

It was a good day today. SMS told me I will be vaccinated in Sunday, 1st shot. Moderna is what I will get; I have somehow hoped to get Pfizer Blue , but still better then AZ (seen too many funny videos).

 

And there were also new birds to bag during our daily walks (3,4 km = 6400 steps according to Zvezda's app).

 

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White Wagtail - Motacilla alba

 

Ljubljansko Barje, 16-Apr-2021

 

 

[xelas]

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Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea

 

 

Ljubljansko Barje, 16-Apr-2021

[xelas]

If Chiffchaff is silent, how do you know is not a Willow Warbler?! Or else, who is below? ... Helped by @Galana and @michael-ibk:

 

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Western Bonelli's Warbler - Phylloscopidae bonelli

 

 

Ljubljansko Barje, 16-Apr-2021

 

Edited April 18, 2021 by xelas

[Galana]

19 minutes ago, xelas said:

how do you know is not a Willow Warbler?! Or else, who is below? 

Well the Supercilium would tend to be more distinct for WW but without encouraging you to go off on a flight of fancy there are signs to suggest that it is a Bonelli's Warbler.

[elefromoz]

Some lovely shots there, good to see the surgeon did his job and you've recovered well

[PeterHG]

A lot of excellent shots by Zvezda and yourself, Alex! The Kestrel and the Collared Flycatcher are among my favourites

[michael-ibk]

Great Montagu sequence, well done! And I love the Collared Flycatcher - I have never seen one, a bird high on my list. Missed one yesterday, others saw it a few hundred metres from where we were.

 

I´m not 100 % sure but if I had to choose I´d also say W. Bonelli´s Warbler. I have never seen a Chiffchaff with such a white belly, and nothing really suggests Willow to me. I´m not quite happy with the amount of yellow on the mantle and in the supercilium though. Do you have more pictures, of the back especially?

[xelas]

2 hours ago, michael-ibk said:

Do you have more pictures, of the back especially?

Not. But it did looked much greener then a Chiffchaff which was also there. So I will go with Western Bonelli's Warbler ID. Thank You both, Fred and Michael !

[Galana]

3 hours ago, xelas said:

Thank You both, Fred and Michael !

No problem. My stock of Lasko is exhausted.

[xelas]

8 hours ago, Galana said:

My stock of Lasko is exhausted.

Does bringing a pack of Laško to IOM categorize under "essential" or under "business" trip ?

[Soukous]

2 hours ago, xelas said:

Does bringing a pack of Laško to IOM categorize under "essential" or under "business" trip ?

It does in Suffolk

[Galana]

4 hours ago, xelas said:

Does bringing a pack of Laško to IOM categorize under "essential" or under "business" trip ?

Definitely essential in my book so you could come as an Essential Worker under special rules. Or hire a Jetski.

[Galana]

Prosim!