Chris Hamilton
@wanderinglapwing.bsky.social
📤 1943
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Birding through the hellscape. Increasingly concerned about AI
https://ebird.org/profile/MjMzNDk1NA
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Alright new followers. About me, Been a birder since 2021, might be fanatical about it. Parkrun will always be great. Iron Maiden (June 25th, Dublin) If there’s a new way I’ll be the first in line But it better work this time
10 months ago
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Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo for
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Best of the month. Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia.
about 16 hours ago
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Quote with your Ebird checklists streaks!
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add a skeleton here at some point
1 day ago
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QTP with a Gif of a franchise better than Harry Potter
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1 day ago
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youtu.be/YkPhka2m_D0?...
Hype for June begins. Metallica in Dublin.
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Metallica - Fight Fire With Fire (Live in Mexico City) [Orgullo, Pasión, y Gloria]
YouTube video by Metallica
https://youtu.be/YkPhka2m_D0?si=p8QGv6vOZCSuipM8
3 days ago
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House Sparrow with a chick for
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3 days ago
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Australian Ibis Sydney, Australia, Feb 2026.
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4 days ago
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Brent Goose and Red-Throated Diver brings me to 95 for Antrim this year.
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I’m going to need a very good Spring and autumn migration this year.
6 days ago
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How tf was lockdown 6 years ago? Where has the time gone?
9 days ago
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Common Swift for
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Migratory birds. Black-Legged Kittiwake and Skylark brings me to 92 for County Antrim this year.
10 days ago
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Bush Thick-Knee from Australia. North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia.
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12 days ago
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Pair of Kingfishers for
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Married couple, maybe lovers tiff?
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13 days ago
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Heard flyover Med Gull and Chiffchaff on the lane. Spring is coming. And I am home.
#Ukbirding
14 days ago
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ebird.org/tripreport/4...
Trip report from Australia and New Zealand. 83 lifers, 4 Parkruns, 2 countries.
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Australia and New Zealand 2026 - eBirdトリップレポート
19 2, 2026 – 16 3, 2026. 作成者：Chris Hamilton
https://ebird.org/tripreport/488853
16 days ago
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Alexa, play Concerning Hobbits by Howard Shore Hobbiton, New Zealand.
18 days ago
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Hamilton Lake Parkrun! Flat, fast and scenic. Still getting faster as well
18 days ago
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Robin for
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Perfectly perched
19 days ago
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Master of Reality It doesn’t get any heavier, than Sabbath
20 days ago
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Current mood
21 days ago
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New Zealand Bellbird is my 15th endemic for New Zealand. Can I reach 20? Will be targeting Tomtit and Rifleman tomorrow.
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24 days ago
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Lake Wakatipu
25 days ago
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Queenstown Parkrun! Such an incredibly scenic Parkrun around the Queenstown gardens. 19 minutes, I’m getting faster again
25 days ago
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Buller’s Albatross.
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28 days ago
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youtu.be/OSDZj_jh5cE?...
I dare say I’ll be singing this for the next few days Stay tuned…..
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Rime of the Ancient Mariner (2015 Remaster)
YouTube video by Iron Maiden - Topic
https://youtu.be/OSDZj_jh5cE?si=aeJESSVSS7jkHKRm
28 days ago
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Can anyone help me with this song? New Zealand Te Anau Bird Sanctuary. I’m thinking New Zealand Bellbird.
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29 days ago
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New Zealand, ready for you. Tui, Swamp Harrier, New Zealand Scaup and Black Billed Gull already.
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29 days ago
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Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo for
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4 or more. Almost tame in Hamilton Island
about 1 month ago
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The top stories on my phone. Starmer is a ghoul, and so is everyone who supports this.
about 1 month ago
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No country should have an empire, and imperialism is a plague.
about 1 month ago
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No joy, just dread
about 1 month ago
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So, how am I getting home? There’ll be no chance of Dubai airport now.
about 1 month ago
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Lifer Wedge-Tailed Eagle!! 2 birds soaring over the beach, simply fantastic.
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about 1 month ago
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4 lifers on today’s hike. Sahul Sunbird is such a pretty bird. Incredibly active. Have my low grade photo.
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Also Pheasant Coucal, Pacific Reef-Heron and Orange-Footed Megapode (heard only).
about 1 month ago
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Osprey for
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Best of the month photography. Osprey, North Stradbroke Island. Not bad for phone through bins.
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about 1 month ago
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Hamilton Island Parkrun! Humidity and soft sand, can’t ask for more. Running in Australia should be an Olympic sport
about 1 month ago
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Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
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Another Australian recap. North Stradboke Island. I’ll let the pictures do the talking. Koala Scenery Osprey Kookaburra
about 1 month ago
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Magpie Lark and some lizards.
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about 1 month ago
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Lapwing chick for
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cute. A very cute bird indeed.
about 1 month ago
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More Australia
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Masked Lapwing Pacific Black Duck Rainbow Lorikeet New Holland Honeyeater
about 1 month ago
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Parkrun done! Pirrama Parkrun was very very humid, and scenic.
about 1 month ago
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1,000 day Ebird streak!
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about 1 month ago
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Morning, Sydney. Noisy Miner Silver Gull Australian Ibis
about 1 month ago
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The RSPB doesn’t call for a ban on driven grouse moors.
add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
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Mount Fuji, Japan.
add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
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Linnet for
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about 2 months ago
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And on this day 56 years ago Heavy Metal was born With Black Sabbath.
#Metalsky
about 2 months ago
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There’s a depression over Northern Ireland! And now on to the weather
about 2 months ago
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Mute Swan for
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The river walk is only slightly flooded, and the river is still high.
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Waterbirds Linnet is 83 for the year.
about 2 months ago
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Ebird nerd time. I only have 2 hours on the 18th Feb, at Dubai Airport. As a layover. I will hope to do one Ebird list at the airport, as not to lose my Ebird streak. Wish me luck.
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about 2 months ago
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For
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odd pairings Black Headed Gull Mediterranean Gull Antrim Marina
about 2 months ago
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