Ed Forum birdwatching 2008
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Penultimate Amazing
Only the original files hold this information. If you resave as a JPEG for posting to the web your image handling software should give you the option to copy or not copy EXIF if that bothers you. I'd be surprised if your camera's manual (yes, I know, blokes don't RTFM) didn't cover this somewhere, presuming a photo editing app came with the camera?$#!+, nothing is safe.
It's actually quite handy to retain EXIF info in my opinion, but each to their own.
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.$#!+, nothing is safe.
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Note the green boxes... you can edit this part, to add information like the copyright.
I find EXIF handy for helping to remember when an image was made, and with which camera, and the lens/exposure
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Hi. Just catching up on the list (and hoping that Kotatsu isn't duplicating the work).
I'd say that this Australian Magpie, IMO.
Also, Billy Joe's Cockies from the9th and 14th are Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo.
EHocking
Penultimate Amazing
Now, pending checking over by Kotatsu, here's the list as I've compiled it to date
Order Total :19
Family Total :93
Species Total :584
Total Sightings:1938
Order Total :19
Family Total :93
Species Total :584
Total Sightings:1938
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Kotatsu
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No time to list everything, but I`ve passed 100 species in Japan now, and am presently at 105. I haven`t read through the thread since my last post, but saw that Eric has updated the homepage, so it seems everything is working fine. I have about 400 pictures of birds already, so I`ll have to figure out a smarter way to send them to Eric when I get back than using mails, as I haven`t finished sending my pictures from my trip to Umea in April yet!
Of the 106 species, I think about 60 are new for the list, and I expect to see perhaps a few dozen more. I see one or two new every day still, so I still have things to discover! Nicest so far was to catch a Japanese White-Eye Zosterops japonicus yesterday, and the hordes of Rubythroats Luscinia callippe we have every day. I will supply a complete list next week, perhaps, when we won`t have to travel for an hour to get internet access, so please don`t add these birds yet...
Keep watching, and I`ll see some of you in December! I think perhaps the second weekend of December would suit me best, as I`ll probably be busy the first one. Place? Time? What to do? I have no idea!
Of the 106 species, I think about 60 are new for the list, and I expect to see perhaps a few dozen more. I see one or two new every day still, so I still have things to discover! Nicest so far was to catch a Japanese White-Eye Zosterops japonicus yesterday, and the hordes of Rubythroats Luscinia callippe we have every day. I will supply a complete list next week, perhaps, when we won`t have to travel for an hour to get internet access, so please don`t add these birds yet...
Keep watching, and I`ll see some of you in December! I think perhaps the second weekend of December would suit me best, as I`ll probably be busy the first one. Place? Time? What to do? I have no idea!
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13 Red Kites Milvus milvus Scotland 28/09/08 , part of reintroduction scheme so although they're free-flying, they're still being provided with food. I'm not sure if they meet the "wild bird" criterion of the OP but I thought I'd mention them anyway.
EHocking
Penultimate Amazing
List, until checked by Kotatsu is provisional, but in the meantime, I've just updated the web page with the latest numbers and small changes. (You may need to hit refresh on each screen to see the changes, depending on what your internet settings are.)
Changes I've made are splitting the country lists into 4 sections, Australasia, Africa, Americas and Europe. Each section then has a list by country. It's getting to the stage where I may have to split Europe into west/east, but any feedback is welcome.
Two new countries - Greece and Japan. I hope to add two more African countries this month and with that the opportunity for new species for the list.
We now have had 60 forumites contribute to this thread.
I have not had the chance to implement some of the other excellent suggestions made previously. I think for next year I'll take up JREF's offer of hosting the pages and work on a more efficient way of doing this. My HTML editor is really terrible.
With that excuse - I know that the Full species list is difficult to read and will work on it overnight. I only have two nights before I'm off again - and I've got guests from Oz so I may have to resort to editing on the train.
No additions to the gallery, so apologies for those that have emailed and not seen their photos added.
Changes I've made are splitting the country lists into 4 sections, Australasia, Africa, Americas and Europe. Each section then has a list by country. It's getting to the stage where I may have to split Europe into west/east, but any feedback is welcome.
Two new countries - Greece and Japan. I hope to add two more African countries this month and with that the opportunity for new species for the list.
We now have had 60 forumites contribute to this thread.
I have not had the chance to implement some of the other excellent suggestions made previously. I think for next year I'll take up JREF's offer of hosting the pages and work on a more efficient way of doing this. My HTML editor is really terrible.
With that excuse - I know that the Full species list is difficult to read and will work on it overnight. I only have two nights before I'm off again - and I've got guests from Oz so I may have to resort to editing on the train.
No additions to the gallery, so apologies for those that have emailed and not seen their photos added.
EHocking
Penultimate Amazing
... and that's why I defer to Kotatsu's list 
I'll have a look
ETA - maned duck. Not wood duck?
I'll have a look
ETA - maned duck. Not wood duck?
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EHocking
Penultimate Amazing
To be fair, I've always known them as Wood Duck, I deferred to the Simpson and Day nomenclature and the Clement's which is the reference that is stated as the one that Kotatsu would use.Oops, yes, the Maned Duck is on the list, a synonym for the Wood Duck.
That said, Kotatsu thinks he got a new species with his Zitting Cistacola in Japan -I already "had" it in the Mediterranean as a Fantailed Warbler. At least, the Latin names are identical...
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Penultimate Amazing
Thanks (no, i mean itI like the new layout for for Country Lists, but the row height for Asia/Australasia is too small. Could you standardize names to Proper Case? Widen the columns for Japan and Nepal?
Oh, what the hell - I'll send you a list.
). I was aware of the row height problem, but just ran out of time this week - about to hit another plane in a few hours, and I did tell you all that my editor sucks air.As for the Proper Case question - it requires constant maintenance 'cos Kotatsu and I would cut and paste from the forum posts.
(guess who I'm trying to blame here, and it's not me 'n' him....)
I'll get back onto the webpages next weekend when I'm on a (different) plane but with my laptop. This trip is pleasure so all electronic leashes are being left behind.
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I like the new layout; less to have to scroll around on the countries lists. Speaking of which, I think one of my Greece entries from earlier in this thread did not get added--the european swallow hirundo rustica, unless it goes by another common name. Post 735 in this thread (but I did not have it named back then).
Hokulele
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New sighting as of today (4 October 2008, Maui, Hawai'i).
Gray-backed Tern - Onychoprion lunatus
We also saw a pair of Great Frigatebirds (already on the list), and a Hawai'ian Stilt (also on the list) in flight, which is fairly rare.
Gray-backed Tern - Onychoprion lunatus
We also saw a pair of Great Frigatebirds (already on the list), and a Hawai'ian Stilt (also on the list) in flight, which is fairly rare.
EHocking
Penultimate Amazing
I'll check it out over the weekend. Travelling (again) - see below.