IcelandGolden Plovers are relatively common in Iceland and they breed in the tundra!
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Jul 8 2006
multiple species
Murres (or Guillemots as they are called in Europe) breed in mixed species colonies in Iceland. This picture shows a nice mix with both the spectacled and plain morph of the Common Murre, and two Thick-billed Murres.
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Jul 7 2006
A nice Dunlin in breeding plumage. The nice thing in Iceland in summer is that there is light for 24 hours, even though in part of the "night" it gets a little darker. This picture was taken very late in the evening!
Jul 14 2014
Italy
Apr 20 2006
male
Not all Red-throated Pipits are so striking red! Many don't even show any red at all. It is a scarce but regular migrant in Italy. Given the amount of red I believe that this was a nice male!
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Mar 28 2006
This robin stayed around our banding station for several days and was very tame. It was getting some huge earthworms out of the ground! Robins pass thorugh Italy quite early in the spring, being a short-distance migrant that does not cross the Sahara desert to overwinter.
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Bermuda
Sep 5 2006
This species has been introduced to Bermuda to fight against an invasive crab species (and protect an endemic Bermudan crab). Apparently they liked the abundance of crabs and became established on the islands!
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Germany
Nov 5 2005
This photo is of an individual of the Eastern subspecies nigricans, which is quite rare in Europe but some individuals occur every year mixed in with the more common subspecies. Sometimes it is treated as a separate species, the Black Brant (Branta nigricans).
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Red-breasted Goose (1)
Branta ruficollis
(Endangered)
Nov 5 2005
outside normal range
This bird, apparently a first-year bird, was quite the rarity. This species is seen on the North Sea coast every year but in very low numbers. The main contingent of the world's population winters around the Black Sea in Romania but there are always some stragglers that join flocks of other species going somewhere else!
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Jan 22 2006
adult, winter plummage
Sometimes this species also has a black ring around the bill which can cause some confusion with the Ring-billed Gull. However there are some other characters that distinguish the two, such as the dark eye.
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Apr 21 2007
male
Yellowhammers are usually an indicator of healthy countryside habitats. They were very common in the Stapeler Moor, one of the last patches of moorland in the area.
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