I actually forgot about that part in my list too, we saw two Eastern Marsh-Harriers, first one he called a Red-footed Falcon (which is an unusual choice for sure, locally Amur Falcon live and they of course look nothing like that), the second one was just falcon. I often hear misided raptors and that was the most unusual of all.
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I remember my temporary confusion when I found out that in the UK, ābuzzardā is a species of Buteo.
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thatās why vultures are called buzzards, actually! european colonists in the new world thought that vultures resembled their buzzards from home, at least in flight, and the name sort of stuck. actual buzzards are beautiful birds but upon any inspection beyond a distant teetering flight silhouette they look nothing like new world vultures so i donāt know why we kept on using the name lol
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Creagle would make a very funny iNat project, are there any such observations yet?
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Plant blindness is a major worldwide phenomenon. Even amongst amateur and beginner botanists who would like to believe that they acknowledge and recognize the importance of all plant forms in the environment, many parasitic and hemi-parasitic plant species fall outside of such a scope of admiration. The role these plants can play in restoration ecology is also often overlooked
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Impossible, particularly after my earlier post in this thread about the robberfly debateā¦
This is a serious thread, if you want to tell us a joke look for a humorous thread and be more serious for the next timeā¦
I donāt know if I should laugh or cry.
Itās an easier name in Russian, one short word āŠŗŠ¾Š±ŃŠøŠŗā, but still, I get calling everything an eagle because theyāre big birds, I donāt get the reverse.)
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Oooh I googled that and the red-footed falcon appeared right away!
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