Discussion of Identification of claimed Spoon-billed Sandpiper in China: Nial Moores, December 27th 2011 Sometime during 2011, I found myself added to an English-language mailing list sharing some wonderful bird information from along the Chinese coast. While much of … read more
Further Discussion of Identification of claimed Spoon-billed Sandpiper in China: Nial Moores, December 27th 2011 Yes, despite all the necessary caveats that come with trying to identify a bird from images (especially poor images) I do also have an opinion … read more
Taimyr Gull Larus (heuglini) taimyrensis: an Update by Nial Moores Background A valuable paper by van Djik et al. (2011) in Dutch Birding provides a much-needed review of the distribution of the poorly-known Taimyr Gull Larus (heuglini) taimyrensis. On present … read more