Sue H.
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Location: USA | quotePosted at 22:09 on 14th April 2008 I am up in Oegon, and saw a Osprey as we drove by the Columbia River. I haven't seen an Osprey since a trip to Scotland several years ago.
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Roy Jackson
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Joined: 17th Feb 2007
Location: United Kingdom | quotePosted at 00:53 on 15th April 2008 Sue. If you are interested in Ospreys have a look at http://www.ospreywatch.co.uk/images.htm Regards Roy J
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Roy Jackson
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Joined: 17th Feb 2007
Location: United Kingdom | quotePosted at 01:00 on 15th April 2008 Sue. What would you say was the rarest or most unusual bird you have seen. For me it was a pair of Bee Eaters, they took a wrong turn somewhere and ented up in County Durham a couple of years ago. They should have been nesting in France, but they still managed to raise three young while they were here. Regards Roy J
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Sue H.
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Joined: 29th Jun 2007
Location: USA | quotePosted at 15:49 on 16th April 2008 Well Roy, it has to be the Yellow-billed Cuckoo that a group of birders and I set out to find. We canoed down the river for about three hours until we got to the spot where it had been seen a few days before. We entered a marshy, wooded area, sludge up to our knees, white top past my head (the taller men could at least see over it) and mosquito's like you've never experienced in England (the back of the chap in front of me was so covered you could not see his shirt). It was a grueling, painful hike through the marsh when we heard the bird call and I, yes, I as in me, was the first to spy this very reclusive, elusive bird high in the canopy. We watched it for an hour maybe then spent another hour getting out of the marsh and another several hours canoing to a spot where we could bank (we actually got lost, which you may find unusal on a river). Ah, the joys of bird watching.
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Roy Jackson
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Joined: 17th Feb 2007
Location: United Kingdom | quotePosted at 00:47 on 17th April 2008 Sue I have just spend the day visiting the Washington Wetlands Centre, a local nature reserve mainly dedicated to wildfowl, 100s of pictures taken which will take some time to sort out, but i will put the best onto the POE site as soon as possible. Some species that i have never even heard of, such as the Black Head Swan, were breeding successfully. I know that this is not birding in the true sence but it was still a great experience. Regards Roy J.
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Lyn G
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Location: United Kingdom | quotePosted at 07:20 on 17th April 2008 Pheasnts, lots of them as I drive to work every day...I reckon they lay in wait for you to drive near them then run out in front of you! Maybe they're playing chicken!
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Sue H.
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Location: USA | quotePosted at 15:39 on 17th April 2008 On our way to the Oregon coast, the vehicle we were travelling in broke down, quit completely on top of a mountain pass, and we had a 30 minute wait on the side of a mountain road. I saw two Mountain Bluebirds, so I was happy. We didn't get to the coast sadly.
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Sue H.
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Location: USA | quotePosted at 15:48 on 18th April 2008 I am still up in Oregon, flying out today. Last night I saw some movement in a tree with a huge nest. I pulled out my binoculars expecting to see a raptor of some sort and there by the nest was a very happy Red Squirrel eating nuts (the nuts part is a guess. As good as my binocluars are they are not that good)
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Peter Evans
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Joined: 20th Aug 2006
Location: United Kingdom | quotePosted at 16:09 on 18th April 2008 I saw a bird today, dont know her name. She had a low cut top and a mini skirt up to her bum. She must have been freezing, I know I was. lol
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Ron Brind
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Joined: 11th Jun 2007
Location: United Kingdom | quotePosted at 18:01 on 18th April 2008 Oh Peter!
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