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    Stormy weather
    Vincent
    • 20 okt. 2019
    • 2 minuten

    Stormy weather

    Sound track advice: Stormy weather - Billie Holiday I’ve always considered myself a birder with a camera, rather than a bird...
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    Save the best for last: ID & age of a mega
    Vincent
    • 27 nov. 2018
    • 3 minuten

    Save the best for last: ID & age of a mega

    In many respects autumn was remarkably slow. But November turned everything upside down! Like in spring (with an Alpine Swift), the girls...
    126 weergaven0 opmerkingen
    Tristis: not always a peep show
    Vincent
    • 13 nov. 2018
    • 1 minuten

    Tristis: not always a peep show

    pics © Marijn van Oss & Jorrit Vlot sound © Thijs Fijen Earlier I wrote about Siberian Chiffchaffs with common Chiffchaff calls (here)....
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    Arctic surprise
    Vincent
    • 10 nov. 2018
    • 2 minuten

    Arctic surprise

    There's a big if - but another big redpoll invasion could be in the making. The if depends on stuff like weather conditions, and the...
    288 weergaven0 opmerkingen
    Out now: the redstart ID article!
    Vincent
    • 11 jun. 2018
    • 1 minuten

    Out now: the redstart ID article!

    The ID article on Eastern Black Redstart ID that I wrote with Nicolas Martinez has been published! It was published in the latest Dutch...
    146 weergaven0 opmerkingen
    senator in disguise: thoughts on Balearic Shrike
    Vincent
    • 23 mei 2018
    • 3 minuten

    senator in disguise: thoughts on Balearic Shrike

    Early May I spent a week on the lovely island of Sardinia. I was of course keen to see Balearic Shrike, the endemic west Mediterranean...
    175 weergaven0 opmerkingen
    The Med Fly
    Vincent
    • 19 mei 2018
    • 2 minuten

    The Med Fly

    I just spent a lovely week on Sardinia. The recently split Mediterranean Flycatcher (Muscicapa tyrrhenica tyrrhenica) is pleasantly...
    151 weergaven3 opmerkingen
    Size doesn't matter
    Vincent
    • 8 mrt. 2018
    • 3 minuten

    Size doesn't matter

    Probable Russian Common Gull, 5 February 2012, Meijendel, Wassenaar, the Netherlands I don't like using measurements as a diagnostic...
    152 weergaven0 opmerkingen
    Redstart headaches: moult & primary spacing
    Vincent
    • 25 feb. 2018
    • 3 minuten

    Redstart headaches: moult & primary spacing

    Eastern Black Redstart, 1 cy male, October 2008, Kazakhstan (Arend Wassink) Redstart articles coming up! The ID article on Eastern Black...
    194 weergaven0 opmerkingen
    Double trouble: redpolls!
    Vincent
    • 16 jan. 2018
    • 1 minuten

    Double trouble: redpolls!

    With the current redpoll invasion in Europe, it was time to spend some words and pics on these wonderful birds. Redpolls all the way from...
    82 weergaven0 opmerkingen
    The look-alike that turned out to be a tristis after all. Maybe. I think so. Right?
    Vincent
    • 22 dec. 2017
    • 1 minuten

    The look-alike that turned out to be a tristis after all. Maybe. I think so. Right?

    Right. Chiffchaffs never stop to amaze me. But I now feel we're really getting somewhere. Only very recently Peter de Knijff and I wrote...
    107 weergaven0 opmerkingen
    Hume's Leaf Warbler: my bird of the autumn
    Vincent
    • 11 nov. 2017
    • 2 minuten

    Hume's Leaf Warbler: my bird of the autumn

    Autumn 2016 was nothing less than perfect. But this autumn, well... it was a bit boring to be honest. I missed most good vis mig days,...
    210 weergaven0 opmerkingen
    ageing a calling Iberian Chiffchaff
    Vincent
    • 27 jul. 2017
    • 2 minuten

    ageing a calling Iberian Chiffchaff

    On 14 July I stumbled upon a calling Iberian Chiffchaff (ca 45th record) in my hometown The Hague. Since calling birds are probably...
    69 weergaven0 opmerkingen