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Subject: Re: bird guide in Oslo?
From: Stephen Christopher <s.christopher(AT)telefonica.net>
Date: 8 Jul 2009 1:05am
Hi
I was going to recommend Eddie Chapman but I see others have beaten
me to it. If he's not available you could try birdingpal.com, a
network of local birders happy to take folk around their local patch
as well as a list of pro guides.
All the best
Stephen Christopher
www.catalanbirdtours.com
Birding Holidays and Bird Tours in Spain
www.surfbirds.com/blog/spainbirding/
Spain Birding blog, trip reports and photos
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On 3 Jul 2009, at 20:44, Chris Van Beveren wrote:
> Chatters,
>
> My friend will be in Oslo in mid to late July, and is looking for a
> one day birding experience. He is a pretty good birder in
> California but doesn't know the European species. He won't be
> looking for difficult target species, just would like to see what
> birds are around Oslo and take some photos. He has not had a
> response from the person listed on Birding Pals, so I am reaching
> out to this group for some possible contacts. They don't have to be
> professional guides, although he would be happy to pay if they are.
> Any ideas?
>
> Chris Van Beveren
> Beck Travel
> 10921 Oso Ave.
> Chatsworth, Ca. 91311
> Phone: 818-998-3122
> Fax: 818-998-3588
> becktravel(AT)yahoo.com
>
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Subject: Re: Provence and Tuscany (...and Catalonia,
Spain)
From: Stephen Christopher <s.christopher(AT)telefonica.net>
Date: 8 Jul 2009 1:15am
Very good Gail. The Pyrenees of course - at least some of them! -
are in Catalonia, along with Barcelona. Just back from the Pyrenees
last night in fact, quite superb birding and I was there on a family
long weekend and only managed quick pre-breakfast trips (I'm sure
we're all familiar with those).
Stephen Christopher
www.catalanbirdtours.com
Birding Holidays and Bird Tours in Spain
www.surfbirds.com/blog/spainbirding/
Spain Birding blog, trip reports and photos
!! 10% Discount !! on all shared birding short-breaks and holidays
(offer ends 31 July 2009).
On 3 Jul 2009, at 13:32, Gail Mackiernan wrote:
> Hi --
>
> I had already suggested Spain to Tim and Ellen -- it is a wonderful
> place to
> go birding -- a trip there should include (besides Catalonia), the
> Pyrenees
> and Extramadura. Heck, you could even visit the Prado in Madrid and of
> course, see Gaudi's La Sagada Familia (which is still being built)
> and his
> other works in Barcelona if you want to add some "culture".
>
> My favorite place to bird in Europe...
>
> Gail Mackiernan
> Silver Spring, MD
>
> on 07/02/2009 4:48 PM, Stephen Christopher at
> s.christopher(AT)TELEFONICA.NET
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Tim (and all)
>>
>> As you mentioned Spain... I've just updated my blog (although photos
>> are yet to follow) for May 09 in Catalonia, Spain, here:
>>
>> http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/spainbirding/
>>
>> If you want to pick a month, just hit the "archives" link in the
>> right hand column.
>>
>> Incidentally, more general info on the best locations to visit in
>> Catalonia, etc. can be found here:
>>
>> http://www.catalanbirdtours.com/
>>
>> All the best
>> Stephen Christopher
>>
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Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?First_South_American_Bird_Fair?=
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tim_Boucher?= <tboucher(AT)GEOCITIES.COM>
Date: 8 Jul 2009 4:00am
This is exciting news! As though we needed an excuse to go to South America...
WELCOME TO THE SOUTH AMERICAN BIRD FAIR
The first South American Birds Fair which be held next year 2010 will join
the birders community, natural environment lovers biologists and related
professionals. The meeting site will be in San Martín de los Andes,
Patagonia Argentina, one of the most spectacular and wonderful cities of
this part of the world.
Great amount of activities are being organized to share during the three
Fair days. Also pre and post-fair trips for wetlands, mountains, steppes
and forest around the site will be set with or without
guides. The activities include workshops, lectures, stands, books sale,
art ,handcraft , photography, etc. Experts from South America and
ornithologists will share their experiences and advances on the science
through lectures and symposia.The SABF will be again the place to meet and
share experiences with the birders from many countries.
Official Languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese.
You can see the complete information in www.feriadeaves.com.ar and
download the First Release in pdf
BIENVENIDO A LA FERIA DE AVES DE SUDAMERICA
En 2010 la FERIA DE AVES DE SUDAMERICA reunirá a la comunidad de
observadores de aves y amantes de la Naturaleza. Con gran cantidad de
actividades para compartir durante los 3 días de la Feria, y salidas de
campo los días anteriores y posteriores. Expertos compartirán sus
experiencias y darán conferencias que actualizarán los avances de la
ornitología actual. Las actividades incluyen talleres, cursos, salidas
matutinas, stands, muestra de arte y fotografía, venta de libros,
proyección de docu-mentales, cenas de cámara-dería, entre otras. Esta
Feria vuelve a ser el encuentro para compartir nuestras experien-cias, a
la que se suman la presencia de observadores de una gran cantidad de
países.
…
Idiomas: castellano, portugués o inglés
Toda la información en www.feriadeaves.com.ar, donde podrá bajar la primer
circular completa en pdf
Ellen Paul
Chevy Chase MD
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Subject: Purple Martin egg numbers
From: "R.D. Everhart" <everhart(AT)black-hole.com>
Date: 8 Jul 2009 11:12am
Thanks to the great folks out in cyberspace I know a little more now
about Purple Martins than I did before. Turns out they do sometimes
practice parasitic nesting. I have not, however, found documentation
of a nest with more than 8 eggs present.
Details at:
http://minnesotabirdnerd.blogspot.com
Thanks to all who responded.
Roger Everhart
Apple Valley, MN
www.ncbo.org
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Subject: LATE BREEDING RED-NECKED GREBES
From: "Ram Nambiar" <ramnambiar(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 8 Jul 2009 1:35pm
Hello Chatters,
Last time (late June)when I wrote about a pair of Red-necked Grebes
hanging around an empty nest in late June, I thought there was
something wrong with them. I have been to the location 2 times
since then and what I found out was that the nest has more
material added to it and she has laid 4 white eggs in it. This morning she
was sitting on them and after half an hour her partner replaced, her going
for a feeding trip. I have taken nearly 40 pictures of both individuals in or
out
of the nest.
There were couple of cases in Burlington( a suburban Town of Toronto)
where the late laid eggs were abandoned by the Red-necked after sitting
for a while.
I hope the eggs hatch here and I am eagerly waiting for a few shots
where the young sometimes take a free ride on the back of Mom or Dad.
Sorry, last time I didn't make it that clear about the Grebes, I suppose. One
chatter, I will not mention his name, wrote very arrogantly, about my English.
Fine. I am trying. To start with, it not my language Mr. Arrogant.
Good Birding,
Ram
Ram Nambiar
351 Alexander Crescent
Milton. Ontario. Canada
L9T 6K7
Ram nambiar
www3.sympatico.ca/ramkamla/
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Subject: ABA Young Birder Camp Post-trip report
From: "Chip Clouse" <cclouse(AT)aba.org>
Date: 8 Jul 2009 3:52pm
Hi Chatters,
The recent 2009 Young Birder's Camp in San Diego, California was
spectacular! The kids seemed to have had a great time and everything
went very, very smoothly. Some of the kids' photos are posted online in
the ABA Image Gallery at http://gallery.aba.org/thumbnails.php?album=24
and a full trip report is at
http://www.aba.org/events/past/2009sandiego.html Enjoy. Please feel
free to contact Steve Carbol, Education Manager, with any questions.
(scarbol(AT)aba.org
and 719-884-8237)
Have a great day and good birding!
Chip Clouse
Outreach Coordinator
Birders' Exchange Coordinator
American Birding Association
4945 N 30th Street, Suite 200
Colorado Springs, CO 80919-3151
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Subject: New update to AviSys 6.x
From: Jerry Blinn <support(AT)avisys.net>
Date: 8 Jul 2009 6:30pm
An update to AviSys Version 6.00J, from any prior copies of Version
6, is now available free of charge at www.avisys.net
The included enhancements are as follows:
* Provides support for "netbooks," very small computers with screen
resolutions of 1024 x 600. When a "netbook" environment is sensed,
AviSys shrinks the sizes of impacted windows to properly fit on the
small screen.
* Improved Backup facility. Backup is now embedded in the AviSys
program, instead of as a separate program as in prior versions. This
will sidestep issues caused by some anti-virus programs.
* Backup is changed to eliminate "Drag-and-Drop," which caused
trouble for users who didn't understand standard Windows functions
--- "Copy and Paste" is now provided as the safer, and equivalent, alternative.
* "Backup" is now a separate item on the main menu bar, for ease of
access. (It still resides, also, as an item on the "Utilities" menu.)
* Other minor enhancements.
All users who had downloaded and installed the special update for
"netbooks," should download and install this update.
Jerry
Jerry Blinn
Perceptive Systems
Placitas, NM
505-867-6255
jerry(AT)avisys.net
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