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Tony Rinaud

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🇫🇷 PhD, interested in species interactions. Omics enthusiast and bino/camera holder! He/him #BirdsSeenIn2025 challenge host, summaries: 19pm CET on Sundays! Rules & country lists: shorturl.at/vflCU Buy me a coffee: shorturl.at/jCFOX [/!\ Bird pic SPAM]

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Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 2d

This week on the #BirdsSeenIn2025 challenge, *TADAM*

Brazil continues its climb in the top 10 and is now top 6. Estonia reach top 40 this week too!

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Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 7h

Eurasian goshawk - Autour des palombes
France

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ML640816387 - Eurasian Goshawk - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML640816387; © Alain Retière; Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

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Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 8h

Great grey shrike - Pie-grièche grise
France

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ML628518463 - Great Gray Shrike - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML628518463; © lucien ABAH; Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France

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Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 8h

Calandra lark - Alouette calandre
France

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ML639851729 - Calandra Lark - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML639851729; © Ethan Denton; Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 8h

Darford warbler - Fauvette pitchou
France

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ML636540926 - Dartford Warbler - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML636540926; © Hugo Schweke; Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 8h

Spotless starling - Etourneau unicolore
France

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ML642283893 - Spotless Starling - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML642283893; © Alain Rouge; Haute-Corse, Corse, France

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Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 8h

Western black-eared wheatear - Traquet oreillard
France

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ML634158504 - Western Black-eared Wheatear - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML634158504; © Joseph Rowsome; Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 1d

#BirdsSeenIn2025 For Sweden o.O

Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 1d

A Little Curlew on Öland in Sweden on Saturday - would cause a stir over here I suspect

Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 1d

On dirait qu'il faut aussi que je rajoute 'président américain' à mes mots bloqués (:

Faut vraiment m'expliquer comment on peut avoir des sales types comme ça à la tête d'un pays...

Le Parisien @leparisien.fr · 1d

Pendant la conférence sur l'avenir de Gaza, le président américain a raillé son homologue français sur sa discrétion.

Il a également commenté le physique de Giorgia Meloni.

💬 «C'est une belle jeune femme»

➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/7rcF

Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 1d

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · 1d

Trailer for Our Quebec Video.
Full video coming Thursday.

youtu.be/rIotANY82FQ

#Birding #Birds #Quebec

Trailer for the forthcoming Quebec Birding Video

YouTube video by BritHikesOntario

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Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 1d

#BirdsSeenIn2025 For Latvia

Helsinki Birder @helsinkibirder.bsky.social · 1d

Visited Getlini today. Sadly no access inside these days. Nonetheless, found an impressive number of Caspian Gulls (20+) of various ages viewing from the outside. Would have been great to get among them. #birds #birding #gulls #seabirds #latvia

Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely! I'd like to see one, one day!

Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 2d

Fresh out of the press is the updated species count for Finland in the #BirdsSeenIn2025 challenge.

Find yours via the link above or in my bio!

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Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 2d

All this data is a mouthful, but you can sit down and read that peacefully using this google drive: shorturl.at/vflCU

You'll find country and blank lists, leaderboards and more

Country list - Google Drive

shorturl.at

Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 2d

We welcome Slovakia and Samoa in the #BirdsSeenIn2025 challenge since last Sunday!

We are now 138 countries/territories sharing our avian jewels across the world! Well done people!

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Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 2d

This week on the #BirdsSeenIn2025 challenge, *TADAM*

Brazil continues its climb in the top 10 and is now top 6. Estonia reach top 40 this week too!

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Tony Rinaud @tonyrinaud.bsky.social · 2d

Nah, probably an escape or ship assisted apparently. But we also have some Mourning dove in Europe too, so fair exchange!

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BC_Gemma @bcgemma.bsky.social · 6d

The Isabelline Wheatear at Ballinclamper, Co. Waterford, today. #birds #rare #BirdsSeenIn2025

Isabelline Wheatear standing on seaweed on a beach - a rare vagrant to Ireland, much paler than the commoner Northern Wheatear.

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Hans Bucht @hansbucht.bsky.social · 6d

European Green Woodpecker
#BirdsSeenIn2025
#birds

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Blessed by Birds (Lisa B.) @blessedbybirds.bsky.social · 5d

#Ecuador, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Birds
Scouting before #WorldMigratoryBirdDay #OctoberBigDay - some lovely species showed up for roll call at the boca of Rio Portoviejo.
American Kestrel, Black-bellied Plover, Semi Palmated Plover, Wilson's Plover

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Blessed by Birds (Lisa B.) @blessedbybirds.bsky.social · 5d

#Ecuador, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Birds
Eastern Kingbirds showed up this week at Parque las Vegas/Portoviejo two months earlier than usual for this location.
Nearby were the Western Cattle Egret, Neotropic Cormorant and the lovely Purple Gallinules

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Anuradha Sarup @anuradhasarup.bsky.social · 5d

Some birds from in and around Amboseli National Park, Kenya. At the start of the year, when we went to the park famous for it's elephants but ended up totally amazed by its birds.

Pic 1 & 2 Crested Francolin
Pic 3 & 4 Chestnut sparrow

More follow...

#Kenya, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Birds

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Anuradha Sarup @anuradhasarup.bsky.social · 5d

Part II
Some birds from in and around Amboseli National Park, Kenya. At the start of the year, when we went to the park famous for it's elephants but ended up totally amazed by its birds.

Pic 1 & 2 Gorgeous Sunbird
Pic 3 & 4 Pied avocet

More follow...

#Kenya, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Birds

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Anuradha Sarup @anuradhasarup.bsky.social · 5d

And last but not least at all
Part III
Some birds from in and around Amboseli National Park, Kenya, at the start of the year, when we were totally amazed by its birds.

Pic 1 Little weaver
Pic 2 Mourning Collared-Dove

#Kenya, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Birds

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Hans Bucht @hansbucht.bsky.social · 5d

A good looking Ring Ouzel banded at Ottenby Öland
#BirdsSeenIn2025
#birds

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BeaknikPoetry 🐦 @beaknikpoetry.bsky.social · 5d

A Pied Wheatear taking off, a pretty rare visitor in Finland. 🪶🐦 #BirdsSeenIn2025
#NaturePhotography

A Pied Wheatear flying off from the top of a rowan tree.

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