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1^# A A A Post at 6/07/2011 17:14 Show author

Black-headed Bunting?

is that Black-headed Bunting?

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2^# A A A Post at 6/07/2011 22:18 Show author

hard to tell - no pic

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3^# A A A Post at 7/07/2011 10:12 Show author

Pls also let us know where and when it was photographed.

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4^# A A A Post at 7/07/2011 19:49 Show author

It looks like it is perched on a hawthorn/blackthorn twig.

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5^# A A A Post at 8/07/2011 09:42 Show author

I agree, which makes it unlikely that the photo is from Hong Kong.
Well, that and the fact that it is a singing spring male.

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6^# A A A Post at 25/07/2011 06:32 Show author

Come on Rachel , put us out of our misery. My money's on the greek island of Lesvos in May, but there are other possibilities!
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7^# A A A Post at 25/07/2011 17:43 Show author

Rachel is as mysterious as EricB

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8^# A A A Post at 25/07/2011 18:45 Show author

a other mystere is that the pic has changed with the original one on this post showing a immature standing on the ground in a small track...

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9^# A A A Post at 25/07/2011 22:50 Show author

If you right-click on the photo and then click on 'Properties', you can see that the photo was taken in Armenia in May 2007 and is from the Birding World website.

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