Who knows their bits?

[Jos Stratford]

A bit genius? Cropped to tax, not too tricky (bar one perhaps) ...no clues as to where at this stage

[Blackstart]

Last one White Stork, Jos?

-Adam

[Andrew]

Second one Crane?

Third one a tern of some sort?

[Dimitris]

1)Looks like a Kite.I'll try Red Kite
2)Crane (I thought of Great Egret but toes look long...Wicked claws too...*ouch*)
3)I think terns have webbed legs and have forked tails(most do).This one dosen't seem to do.I'll say white Feral Pigeon.
4)I'll agree with Blackstart and say Stork

[jurek]

(midsize raptor) marsh harrier, (large scolopacidae) blackwit, (commic tern) common tern, white stork.

[Jos Stratford]

So far,
photo no.1 - no one has correctly named
photo no.2 - out of the two guesses, one is correct
photo no.3 - no one has correctly named
photo no.4 - congratulations to Blackstart, Dimitris and Jurek - it is a White Stork. Attached is the full size photo, taken this week.

[Stewart J.]

1 - Long-legged Buzzard, 2 Blackwit, 3 Squacco

Stewart

[Blackstart]

No. 1 - Crane

[Reader]

1. Crane
2. Blackwit

[moose1991]

1 Stork (again)
3 White winged Tern

[Ghostly Vision]

Go on then I'll make a parus of myself (no books to check - that's my excuse)

1 Lesser Spotted eagle
2 Black tailed godwit
3 Black tern
4 Hybrid domestic duck?? (Or white stork)

GV

[Jos Stratford]

Between you, you've got them all ...anyone want to put them together?

[Harry Hussey]

1)Lesser Spotted Eagle
2)Black-tailed Godwit
3)White-winged Black Tern
4)White Stork

Harry

[Clouseau]

White StorkB
Blackwit
Black Tern
White Stork

[Jos Stratford]

1)Lesser Spotted Eagle
2)Black-tailed Godwit
3)White-winged Black Tern
4)White Stork

Harry

Very close, answer this evening, plus a couple more

[Clouseau]

Lesser Spotted Eagle
Blackwit
Black Tern
White Stork

[Clouseau]

So where's the answer??????????? LOL!

[moose1991]

Maybe Jos is out Birding,wish I was.

[Jos Stratford]

Maybe Jos is out Birding,wish I was.


Ha, got it one, out birding I was! Light and sunny til well past 10 p.m. these days and it sure makes up for the many months of snow and minus 25! Few Phalaropes, calling Corncrakes and etc this weekend,

So, for the answers ...

Not all that's big in the wing is a raptor - photo one was the one that caught most people out, so congratulations to Blackstart and Reader in identifying this one, snapped on my land, it is one of the Cranes breeding on my land!

All photos taken in the last couple of weeks,

1. Crane
2. Black-tailed Godwit
3. White-winged Black Tern
4. White Stork

[Stewart J.]

Thanks Jos really enjoyed that even though my guesses were well out.

Stewart

B (:

[Jos Stratford]

And the final round, just three photos, all taken on my land or local patch. I reckon there is an easy one in this lot, plus a moderate one and one a bit trickier ...but then of course I already know the answer!

[Andrew]

1 - Yellow Wag? (the brown feathers and yellow on the undertail throws me)
2 - Hawfinch
3 - Dunnock

[Stewart J.]

1 Yell Wag
2 Greenfinch
3 Crane?

Stewart

:h?:

[dan pointon]

1. Yellow Wag
2. Greenfinch
3. Dunnock

Am i even close???

Dan

[jurek]

Tawny pipit, house sparrow, blackcap?

[Jos Stratford]

Photo 1 and 2 have been named by someone above, but nobody's within a million miles of photo 3 :)

[Dimitris]

I'll change my reply to...

Baillon's Crake..

[the bird]

Tawny pipit, house sparrow, blackcap?


Picture one - feels like wagtail sp.

Picture two - Greenfinch

Picture three - Blackcap I would say as well

The Bird - John

[Andrew Whitehouse]

1. Yellow Wagtail
2. Hawfinch
3. Little Crake

[the bird]

sora crake

[jurek]

third - corncrake?

[mini-colster]

1. Yellow Wagtail
2. Greenfinch
3. Chaffinch (female)

[moose1991]

I'm going to go for Thrush Nightingale for number 3.
Been looking at Jos's other thread on Eastern Europe.

[harr1y]

yellow wag
greenfinch
water rail
???????????

[Jos Stratford]

Congratulations to many, photos 1 and 2 have been named by quite a few.

Photo 1 is Yellow Wagtail (Grey-headed Wagtail)

Photo 2 is Greenfinch

Photo 3 ...noboby is close yet!

[jacana]

grey partridge

[Reader]

No 3. Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon

[Vick2903]

Redshank?

[Runcorn Birder]

3 is the eye of a tornado, viewed from the sky.

Or a Goldcrest

[Jos Stratford]

Still nobody is close! Could I point out the obvious and suggest to look at the colour of the face! :)

PS just noticed - you can even see me reflected in the eye if you look close enough!!!

[Andrew]

A young Black-winged Stilt?

[Jos Stratford]

A young Black-winged Stilt?

No records of this species in Lithuania, so I should be so lucky ;)

[Andrew]

Back to the Collins and searching all red eyed birds!!! ;)

[Andrew]

Got a sniff of a "clue" now!

[Andrew]

And the final round, just three photos, all taken on my land or local patch. I reckon there is an easy one in this lot, plus a moderate one and one a bit trickier ...but then of course I already know the answer!
Lesser or Middle Spotted Woody?

[Stewart J.]

This is dementing me, on reflection eye size in relation to cheek etc would suggest its not a passerine! Jos you sure do pick em.

Stewart

[jacana]

gadwall?

[Runcorn Birder]

Got it...

Ural owl ?!?!?!

[jacana]

no, the eye is on the side of the head, and not big enough, urals have all black eyes anyway, with a red/pink rim.

[Runcorn Birder]

On my screen the eye is black, and it also looks like the eye could be photographed from front on too. The feathering looks about right.

If it's a red eye then I need a new monitor...

[Reader]

On my screen the eye is black, and it also looks like the eye could be photographed from front on too. The feathering looks about right.

If it's a red eye then I need a new monitor...

You need a new monitor. lol ;)

[jacana]

and this is a native of Lithuania?

[Jos Stratford]

and this is a native of Lithuania?


All birds posted to date have been on my land, garden or local patch, so native, yes.

However, we do have a winner ...almost! :)

[jacana]

who? is it a gadwall or a woodpecker?

[Jos Stratford]

who? is it a gadwall or a woodpecker?



Does this help? I think Andrew well and truely deserves the :clap:


Another round?

[jacana]

ah, well done!

[Andrew]

It was a combination of the fact that the species had not been mentioned and that you see them regularly in your garden.

[Jos Stratford]

It was a combination of the fact that the species had not been mentioned and that you see them regularly in your garden.

Deduction is all part of the game!

So, a last little group - since eyes proved so popular (!), a couple more, along with a tail

[Alan henry]

Long time since I did any birding up the top part of the world but go for


White Wagtail
Blackbird (just to put a name to it)
Long Tailed tit

Alan

[Andrew Rowlands]

Lesser Grey Shrike, Nightjar and - an owl?

Andy.

[Andrew]

Collared Fly (hunch)
Nightjar
Crested Tit

[the bird]

second bird - Woodcock???

[dbradnum]

Great Grey Shrike
Woodcock
Crested Tit

[Stewart J.]

Second bird Nightjar!!

Stewart

:h?:

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Red-backed Shrike
Tawny Owl
Crested Tit

[jurek]

GG shrike, woodcock, bluetit

[lou salomon]

can i bump in here, sorry lost touch of this thread - interesting, very different guesses yet.
GG shrike (???)
nightjar
dunnock - naa, it's not. allright, crested tit then!

[Jos Stratford]

All have been named, but noboby has got all three - two have named two correctly though

[lou salomon]

lesser grey shrike
nightjar
crested tit

[Clouseau]

Great Grey Shrike
Tawny Owl
Crested Tit

[the bird]

great grey shrike
Woodcock
crested tit

[dbradnum]

Red-backed Shrike
Woodcock
Crested Tit

[lou salomon]

maybe:
red-backed shrike
nightjar
crested tit

[Clouseau]

Do we get the answer at any time? LOL!

[Jos Stratford]

maybe:
red-backed shrike
nightjar
crested tit


Don't need the maybe there Lou, spot on. Congratulations.

So here's the three at full size...

[Jos Stratford]

There is a sting in the tail of this quiz! All pictures were taken on my land or local patch ...except one! The Nightjar pictured above is not European Nightjar! Identify the species.

[Jurij Hanžel]

Red-necked???

[jacana]

has to be red necked (if it was in europe)

[Clouseau]

Here! What's the bird in your avatar? Is it a Nutcracker? A cat? Wottizit? LOL!

[alcedo.atthis]

"The Nightjar pictured above is not European Nightjar! Identify the species."

Just to be different "Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii"

Regards

Malky

[lou salomon]

ok, red necked then - it has a red neck! (you won't have expected us to id r-n. nightjar from that eye!)
but thanks to andrew whitehouse for his red backed shrike...

[Jos Stratford]

ok, red necked then - it has a red neck! (you won't have expected us to id r-n. nightjar from that eye!)


From the eye, I was happy to accept 'Nightjar' as the correct answer ;) . In reality it's not a European species!

[Jos Stratford]

Here! What's the bird in your avatar? Is it a Nutcracker? A cat? Wottizit? LOL!


She could well be looking at a Nutcracker - get them flitting over occasionally in late summer or winter

[lou salomon]

From the eye, I was happy to accept 'Nightjar' as the correct answer ;) . In reality it's not a European species!

i give up. anyone else with eyes on tropical/nearctic/oriental etc. nightjars - i don't look'em up all, now. or tell at least a continent to look for. :h?:

[jacana]

neschiar nightjar?? :D

[Jurij Hanžel]

neschiar nightjar?? :D

LOL! o:)

I would hazard a guess that this nightjar is from Asia.

[Jos Stratford]

I would hazard a guess that this nightjar is from Asia.

Correct ...not sure I'd be able to identify from head only without knowing locality either ;)

[Jurij Hanžel]

Hmm, you've been to Sri Lanka, right?

[Jos Stratford]

Hmm, you've been to Sri Lanka, right?

Correct, this narrows it down quite a bit :) ...but I have also been to India and Nepal too.

[Jurij Hanžel]

The possibilities are:
Great Eared-Nightjar Eurostopodus macrotis
Gray Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
Sykes's Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis
Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis

It is one of those, right??

[jacana]

jerdon's nightjar

[Jos Stratford]

The possibilities are:
Great Eared-Nightjar Eurostopodus macrotis
Gray Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
Sykes's Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis
Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
Jerdon's Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis
Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis

It is one of those, right??


Yes it is!

[Jurij Hanžel]

OK, I can't get any further than this because I don't have the books and don't like using Google for bird ID.

[alcedo.atthis]

"OK, I can't get any further than this because I don't have the books and don't like using Google for bird ID."

Will this help :-

Birds of India

http://www.kolkatabirds.com/birdsind.htm

Scroll down the list and you will find photos of them.

Regards

Malky

[Jurij Hanžel]

Thanks so much, Malky!!

[Jurij Hanžel]

I had a look at the photos there, the closest I could find was a Savanna Nightjar. I couldn't see the white moustachial stripe (is this the right term?) on the photo at Birds of India, though.

[Jos Stratford]

Photographed by lying on my stomach and wiggling up to one in the middle of the night just outside Yala National Park in Sri Lanka. Had a rather big (not seemingly too happy) Elephant blocking off my walk back to my motorbike afterwards!

[Allen S. Moore]

Photographed by lying on my stomach and wiggling up to one in the middle of the night just outside Yala National Park in Sri Lanka. Had a rather big (not seemingly too happy) Elephant blocking off my walk back to my motorbike afterwards!

Lying on your stomach in the middle of the night, it is as well that the Elephant did not have somewhere to go at that time!
It sort of reminds me of a potentially dangerous time watching choughs here in the Isle of Man. I had spotted a small flock of choughs from the road, and climbed over a gate into the next field to peer over the hedge. After a while, I heard the noise of a liquid running behind me, and there was a bull urinating as it stood about 10-20 metres away from me in the same field that I was in. Fortunately, he was standing contentedly with a harem of cows, and did not go for me. I suppose that he was happy enough to be surrounded by a bevy of beauties, in his eyes, obviously, not mine!
Allen

[Ghostly Vision]

Can't decide whether this has been identified yet, but if it was Yala, and you were on your belly, I guess it is Indian Nightjar then.

Elephants kill more people in SL than tarantulas don't they?

GV

[jacana]

i would say so, very few people die from tarantula bites, especially now when there are anti-serums on the market

[Jurij Hanžel]

Well, if it's SL, then it can't be a Savanna.

[alcedo.atthis]

"Photographed by lying on my stomach and wiggling up to one in the middle of the night just outside Yala National Park in Sri Lanka."

Take your pick :-
Caprimulgus indicus Grey Nightjar
Caprimulgus atripennis Jerdon's Nightjar
Caprimulgus asiaticus Indian Nightjar



Regards

Malky

[Jos Stratford]

Tis indeed an Indian Nightjar, thanks for all who contributed to this thread. :)