Thanks for the kind words Charlie. Must meet up when you get here. I had 2 Masked Boobies off the East Coast yesterday - a great rarity here! Cheers from Tommy...
I am informed that a mail (seeming to be) sent by me entitled 'Hello' included virus. Please do not open and delete any such e-mails from this address with...
Dear colleagues, I am happy to announce the publication of a new book on the birds of prey of Europe - result of many years of the scrupulous work of...
Hi, There is anybody who has some biometrics of Clamorous Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)? Please send me some (any biometric would be wellcomed) and...
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Howard King
howardk@...
Mar 4, 2006 1:12 pm
Greetings from Bahrain As the spring migration gets underway - we are beginning to find as usual a few oddities in our normal migrants - fortunately Juhani...
Hi Istvan I have some biometrics from Clamorous Reed Warblers trapped in Kuwait mainly in 1991. Details in attached table which covers 27 birds ringed as new...
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Peter Hellyer
hellyer@...
Mar 5, 2006 1:46 pm
UAE Twitchers’ Guide for the week ending 3rd March 2006 Edited by Simon Aspinall and Peter Hellyer Three good new birds (well, four actually) reported this...
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Howard King
howardk@...
Mar 7, 2006 9:02 am
Once again Juhani Kyyrö and his camera are causing me problems - this time its a Sylvia Warbler - I have added on the page my comments which I arrived at...
Hi Howard I agree - this race of Common Whitethroat can look very grey & has thrown me in the past. First thought was Menetries at a brief glance -...
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Howard King
howardk@...
Mar 17, 2006 5:27 pm
Greeting from a damp Bahrain - We had rain last night Another problem with ID from the lens of Juhani Kyyrö - this time its a female Wheatear every time I...
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LGREUK400@...
Mar 17, 2006 9:05 pm
Hi Howard A difficult bird to call and a notoriously difficult group to separate. Without knowing much about intricate tail pattern and relative size of the...
Dear Howard, It's definitely not a Finsch's, I'd say Black-eared. Vasil Ananian Armenia MEBirdNet@yahoogroups.com wrote: There is 1 message in this issue. ...
Dear Howard and Vasil I can tell that it is Black-eared, probably going on spring phase. best regards, Abolghasem Vasil Ananian <vananian72@...> wrote: ...
Dear All, The Wetlands International Cormorant Research Group and members of INTERCAFE (Cost) organize a pan-European Cormorant breeding colony count in 2006....
Dear list members, Does anybody have any records of Indian House Crow south of Suez? It seems that this species begin to extend his breeding range further...
Dear all OSME is very keen to increase the number of people who can access our reports and publications. We intend to translate some of these into Arabic both...
Dear all OSME is looking a upgrading its website content to include more information on the Middle East and Central Asia and new features that will make the ...
Keith Before upgrading I would prefer to see better maintenance of the existing one. Perhaps others have had better success but I've sent two e-mail requests ...
An isabelline wheatear at Ribachy on Lake Alakol on 16 March was an indication that migration is well under way here. The lakes remain frozen wuth ice piled up...
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Howard King
howardk@...
Mar 19, 2006 9:58 am
Greeting from Bahrain As long suspected a second winter roosting area for the Grey Hypocolius in Bahrain has now been found. Last Wednesday morning Brendan...
This is for OSME Members. The next issue of our journal "Sandgrouse" is just going to the printers now. This means that it will arrive with you in late April...
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Howard King
howardk@...
Mar 20, 2006 11:39 am
Greeting from Bahrain For those of you who have yet to see Grey Hypocolius in the field I have included some nice Pictures of both adult Male and Female on the...
At the recent OSME Council meeting we decided it would be a good idea to bring together the latest information on rarities committees in the Middle East, and...
Hi Dawn. UAE has it's fledgling website http://www.tommypedersen.com/UAE.htm Updates from the UAE Rarities Committee (EBRC) will appear here. I'm sure our...
Hello! My name is Sam, and I live in Tehran, Iran. I have always been very much attracted to Zoology and Ecology, and since some time I have put my focus on...
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Ahmed Riad
ariad99@...
Mar 21, 2006 10:12 am
Hello Steve, Indian House Crow ia also found in El Tor city in Sinai.Also I've seen them at the Ahmed Hamdi tunnel crossroad on the Cairo-Suez road,west of...
Dear Sam and all, Lower I have a pleasure to paste bibliography on Pander's Ground Jay in Russian, compiled by me a couple of years ago: Russian-language...
