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Habenaria ciliolarisObserver
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Flowering at forest openings in Menglun section of Xishaungbanna National Nature Researve, 774m asl.
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Fire-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga ignicauda)Observer
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Attracted by wild cherry flowers, I'm trying to get an ID of the plant, too!
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Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)Observer
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Flying over the Wadden Sea during migration
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Dunnock (Prunella modularis)Observer
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I just noticed this species was around...
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Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)Observer
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Spring visitor with distinctive song pattern.
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Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)Observer
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Maybe the avocets are breeding around here?
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Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)Observer
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This one seem to be a juv., quite a few of them, together with the avocet!
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Dunlin (Calidris alpina)Observer
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Too far to see clearly, but most likely Dunlins? Also so many more birds at farther horizon! But we can't approach.
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Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)Observer
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You can tell just from the silhouette, also from size comparison with Black-headed Gulls.
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Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)Observer
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A not so common visitor to the Drake Passage!
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Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)Observer
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Maybe a light morph juv. of the Buteo buteo? The color looks very strange.
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Darwin's Fungus (Cyttaria darwinii)Observer
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Edible fungus growing out of Nothofagus pumilio. Maybe this species is the same as Darwin's?
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Austral Parakeet (Enicognathus ferrugineus)Observer
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In a very noisy group of 10-20. Perching in the forest, while eating or licking something on the ground in groups with a few in trees on alert.
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Patagonian Wild Currant (Ribes magellanicum)Observer
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The most common wild currant.
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Holly Barberry (Berberis ilicifolia)Observer
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Growing in dense Nothofagus forest understory.
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Magellan Barberry (Berberis microphylla)Observer
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Probably this is what the locals call "calafate"
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Lenga Beech (Nothofagus pumilio)Observer
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Hemiparasitic Misodendrum sp. is growing on it.
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Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)Observer
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Larger than the dolphin gull. Relatively common.
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Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)Observer
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An adult spotted flycatcher is feeding two fledglings, I have mistaken it for a young wheatear!
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Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)Observer
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At least a pair of them was circling above the marsh. Interestingly a wood pigeon took to the air and chased the male away when it was too close to the ground.