Apologies for moving your clip. I didn't even notice it was a clip rather than a picture. Which I guess sort of highlights my reason for creating a gallery: all those pictures are just making the page messy and difficult to read. While they're all good images most of them aren't realy adding much of value.
But feel free to ignore me. And BTW, now that I've seen it, your clip good work Ethel Aardvark (talk) 02:45, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
I got a bit too soon on Phylloscopus laetus and was wondering where the image was. Great going. Happy birding on wikipedia :) Shyamal (talk) 09:56, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
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Administrators can delete the actual physical page if needed. Let me know if there is some help needed there. Phylloscopus laetus was changed to a redirect by User:Smallweed. Shyamal (talk) 10:09, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
You've added two images to Jameson's Antpecker, I was under the impression that the species found in Bwindi was Woodhouse's Antpecker (if my memory serves me, I haven't checked my birds of Eastern Africa for a while). Either way, nice catch! I managed to see them in Bwindi too, my guide assured me that they were very rare, and continued to claim this after we saw three more! Sabine's Sunbird talk 20:25, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
The pictures are amazing and I think you need to find someone who has access to Torben B. Larsen's Butterflies of West Africa or contact the author himself. I was not able to find his email on the net but should be easy to find. Shyamal (talk) 07:04, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Sorry Tom, I'm not familiar with the tools you used, so I can't be much help. I usually just add images manually to my galleries, although I haven't bothered for some time. Sabine's Sunbird talk 02:58, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
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Sorry about that I obviously made a mistake. I am currently trying to get rid of the list of unassessed articles for Wikiproject Birds and I presumably did it by accident then. I have removed it. Dixonsej (talk) 17:52, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Do you have a copy of Dick Watling's Birds of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga (the latest one, which has the silktail photo on the cover)? I was reading a copy last year in Tonga and realised that the island data for Fijian seabirds in Pratt's The Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific is way general and not a good basis for the List of birds of Fiji. I haven't been able to get hold of a copy, which is annoying, as I'd like to update the list so I can nominate it for a featured list. between all your images and the ones I already had the list is looking pretty sweet, so it would be grand to get it finished off. Sabine's Sunbird talk 02:09, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
I have the 1967 Mercer book and some other book by Mayr if that is a help. I am trying to expand a few for DYK but it is really tricky getting info! Collared Lory should be an easy one to expand though. The Myzomela is v. difficult...It is nice getting info that is completely unavailable online though... :)Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:14, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
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The most obvious thing to do is de-cap the orders and on;y have them as a subheading once (so for example Procellariiformes followed by Diomedeidae, Procellariidae etc. Best to have the common name of the family present as well to help people, and if you are feeling like you want to push for featured status use the family information blurbs from one of the other 'birds of articles'. Images would be good too. Oh, and absolutely you can use the sandbox in that way. My own subpage User:Sabine's Sunbird/newzealandbird is my attempt to re jig the new zealand bird list. Sabine's Sunbird talk 20:33, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
If you're quick you'll see your picture of a Channel-billed Cuckoo on the main page! Sabine's Sunbird talk 20:05, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
A single reference at the bottom is probably sufficient, it is what the other featured lists of birds do. By the way it isn't really necessary to break the flow of the list for images. Sabine's Sunbird talk 20:47, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
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Hi Tom, no real protocol, if you find something amiss, you just go ahead and make the changes, leaving information so that future editors know why the change was made. So you can remove the images, add correct images (if available) and leave an edit summary saying "incorrect id" or so. Additionally you can click on the image and go to the description on the commons page (if the image on the English Wiki is just a mirror of the image on the Wikimedia Commons - commons.wikimedia.org - which serves images to all language wikis) and edit the identification notes there as well. That will prevent any editor from re-adding the images to what they think is the article where it belongs. Hope that helps. Let me know if you need any further tips. Shyamal (talk) 10:08, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for notifying me about the white throated Robon, my apologies, i just transferred the photos from Flick R and that was what it was labled as.. i will move it to the appropiate category..
Thanks --Ltshears (talk) 18:44, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
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Ever photographed this one? Shaping up nicely but in need of a good photo...Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:46, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
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I am also working up Willie Wagtail, Red-backed Fairy-wren for FAC, and maybe enlarge Tawny-crowned Honeyeater at some point for DYK. Was wondering whether you'd taken any photos of WWs attacking anything or doing any display. The page has some good pix already. Any female RBFW or any of the thid would be good, just in case you had anything in store....Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:38, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Nice images, particularly the Goshawk (much better than my old image) and the Golden Dove. Also, whoot! Silktail! Sabine's Sunbird talk 22:51, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
I have had a look through the Rosella images on the wiki today. There are not many of the Western Rosella, Green Rosella, or the Northern Rosella. Have you got any of these? Snowman (talk) 18:47, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
There are lots of good ones there: A short list with reason.
I got the list down to a dozen needed on the wiki. Some of them are common parrots, but the wiki does not have photographs of them in the wild. I could choose hundreds more. Snowman (talk) 10:18, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
This sort of software might improve the sharpness of your video clips. As far as I understand the software looks at a sequence of images and by summation works out sharper images. I think that NASA used this technology to re-examine films of their early rocket launches in more detail. I think that various forms of the software are available now, but I am not sure if there is any free software. Snowman (talk) 10:49, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
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Do you have any more pictures of Varied Sittellas? I've done a big expansion of the article on the family but it could use some more images I think. Sabine's Sunbird talk 22:31, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for HBW help, I have wikipedia email enabled, so just use the "email this user" tab on my user page. Any problems, let me know and I'll email you so you can just use the reply option. jimfbleak (talk) 14:24, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
In both cases it would depend upon the citations you would be able to provide. Articles in birding mags, in newspapers, journals, anything other than the sites themselves that helps establish some notability and confers some verifiability to the article. Sabine's Sunbird talk 07:37, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi Tom, I saw that you are attempting a draft. To work on drafts in "user space" you can create articles like User:Aviceda/Sandbox and them move it over. As for the article in particular, I must warn you that most mailing list articles get AfD'ied unless you can prove it is notable using the guidelines of WP:NOTE, particularly Wikipedia:Notability_(web). I suspect that Birding Australia can fail on that. Shyamal (talk) 08:07, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I edited it (hard to say). You can see what you think of my changes. I like most of it, but I'd consider taking out the two short paragraphs (third and last) that apply to all mailing lists. Also, the part about mention in academic journals cries out for a citation, but maybe you're already working on that. —JerryFriedman (Talk) 15:59, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
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I didn't actually remove the video, just changed the link so it didn't show the screen shot. No big deal for me, sorry to have caused any offence. jimfbleak (talk) 10:06, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Do you think that the current infobox image for "White-crested Hornbill" is correct? I have listed the image on the Bird talk page for identification. Snowman (talk) 09:14, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
I'm not sure (I'd need to go to the library and its raining), but feel free to change it if you think it is incorrect. Sabine's Sunbird talk 22:31, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Morning Aviceda,
I think your edit history speaks for itself when I say you've been a great help at Wikipedia. I was wondering if there is any plan, or organisation to the expansion of your recently created stubs on butterflies, they seem less than stub quality...A single sentence on such beautiful animals seems a waste. I will see if I can find some information about them myself, but if you're already an expert, or have significant information, would you mind expanding them?
The two articles I'm mentioning are: Heteronympha banksii and Jalmenus evagorae
Thanks for hearing me out,
Neuro√Logic 10:03, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi Tom, thanks, yes the padlock is due to the secure http protocol (https) on the url. Heres one https://dummyurl.com/ Shyamal (talk) 08:32, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
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Hello
I notice you have uploaded a lot of bird videos. I have recently created Commons:Category:Bird videos, being split off from the parent wildlife videos category. Perhaps you could add the ones you have uploaded to that category? Richard001 (talk) 23:19, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
Hello! Just wondering how you identified that quail as not being a stubble quail. Thanks for setting me straight. Grahame (talk) 16:39, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, I'll take a look. Cheers. Grahame (talk) 16:08, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
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No, it wasn't me... I just added the image to the article. It was User:Albval who made that screenshot. See the description page on the commons. -- Eugène van der Pijll (talk) 08:56, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
I notice you added Image:Red-necked Crake kuranda.jpg to the species' article recently. In this case the genus level article (Rallina) also didn't have an image. It's a good habit to check the 'next level up' and see if it needs one when you add an image to a previously image-less taxon. Of course, you may already do this most of the time (and I surely forget sometimes), I don't know. Richard001 (talk) 08:32, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Parrot video on flickr. I wonder if you could upload this one to commons. I can only see the still frame at the moment. I have not seen the video yet, because I have not got the right sort of video player on this computer, and I am not sure what species of Amazon parrot there are yet. The look like Yellow-namped Amazons, but I am sure you will be more sure when you see the video. The other less likely possibility is Mealy Amazon. Snowman (talk) 11:26, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
The Golden Whistler is seriously messy group, and it is far more complex than an Australian and a Fiji species (indeed, even if splitting it is not entirely agreed upon how many Fiji species there are; one according to Howard and Moore, two according to Worldbirdnames). If I remember right, we're looking at a split into something like 6-7 different species (+ New Caledonia & Tongan Whistlers). I'll have to check the literature for details, but this is among the most complex taxonomic situations in Oceania and Wallacea. The koel taxonomy is more straight forward, but it is not a split into two species (it is a split into three; the Black-billed from Sulawesi and nearby being the third). I'll check up on it when I get back home. • Rabo³ • 03:32, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Nice pic - File:Magpie_samcem05.jpg unfortunately Samsonvale is in area where race tibicen and terraereginae overlap. I am reading about telling them apart now and will try to figure out which it is (if possible). Looks a pretty small/slim bird...Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:42, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
It would have been nicer, more tactful and courteous if you had just mentioned that you were replacing the images on the Double-Eyed Fig-Parrot article, instead of commenting that you were replacing 'poor images'. Your 'poor images' comment about my photos of the Double-Eyed Fig-Parrot was hurtful and totally unnecessary (I did the best I could). Figaro (talk) 05:26, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for spotting the ID mistake, they were bigger than the local pacific gulls and I had a bit of a brain fade. Noodle snacks (talk) 11:52, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Agreed that it is neither small for a tern nor that the grey-back shouldn't be mentioned. I did mention that the taxobox individual was a juvie though. I'll take a closer look tomorrow - it's late. Sabine's Sunbird talk 09:11, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
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Not ignoring the note you left at WP:IUP. I haven't had a chnace to look yet, but will do so. --Skeezix1000 (talk) 16:20, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Is the "Rufous-bellied Kookaburra" rare or difficult to photograph? The wiki has illustrations, but not a photograph of this species yet. Snowman (talk) 14:35, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your note. Will look forward to your company in this interesting part of the wikijourney soon. I pray that your parents recover from their ill health and that you may enjoy their company for many more years. AshLin (talk) 18:11, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Aviceda. I noticed your Beautiful Firetail image. I'm not sure where you come from, but I'd assume that you went down to Melaleuca for a birding holiday. I'm interested in going down myself. Did you walk or pay for a plane flight there and back? If it was the latter how much did the flight cost you? Any other information would also be appreciated. Noodle snacks (talk) 10:00, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Tom, It has always been tough for me to make any plans for birding because I mostly shuttle back and forth betweeen my home in Italy, and my family in the States when I do have time.
However, after I retire then I will have the time to dedicate to birding, first stop will certainly be the Philippines. I still have to learn how to become a decent photographer in the meantime.--Steve Pryor (talk) 11:52, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
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I have moved some galleries of photographs where the photos added little to the article. When expanding articles I have used as many images as possible to add value but there are situations where there are simply hundreds more and I find it hard to see the value of a gallery that is longer than the article text and when all the photos are of the same few birds. And I believe I am dealing with this fairly - see what I have done to my own photos for instance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramanella_variegata and the gallery of pictures that I do have on http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ramanella_variegata - I believe that any contributor of photographers has to see it in the right perspective. I can however see no problem with large galleries in under-developed articles, it seems like a good thing to have the pictures as inducement for article improvement and also provide a menu of pictures to use. Shyamal (talk) 08:42, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
Aviceda, as soon as the left of the taxobox is completely full with content - galleries might be OK (see ongoing discussion) but the more text the better -, you can set "image_width" in the taxobox at 200px to 240px (depending on whether the image is upright or sideways). It helps get rid of a fair bit of whitespace, makes the article layout less rough. For upright images, galleries next to it can be 5 "perrow" width, for sideways I think only 4 (at most screen resolutions). Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 21:29, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
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I have started a stub on Kobble Creek, Queensland, which is where a lot of your photographs are taken. Kobble Creek in wikilinked in some of the captions. I wonder if you could put some more details in the Stub, so that we know the sort of landscape, rivers, and towns where these photographs were taken. Snowman (talk) 14:13, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, definitely, I did try to make a solid judgement about what was worth keeping. I also wanted to keep the nest and eggs, but there just wasn't room. J Milburn (talk) 11:06, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Re: "File:Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo kobble08.ogg". The bird in the picture is quiet, but bird calls are heard on the video in the background. Are the calls that can be heard from other Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos or from another bird species? Snowman (talk) 17:23, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Hello Aviceda, can you tell me the name of this bird? It was taken in mid-july, the bird measures approximately 10–12 cm.--Toter Alter Mann (talk) 17:13, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
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It's not a difficult task, but there's a lot to get done. Our hope is that we can chip through the backlog and assess every article within the auspices of the project. Thanks, bibliomaniac15 00:31, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
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