Aussie Quiz.

[Dimitris]

Alright Boyz & Girlz!

It's time for some bad (baaad) photos from the Land Downunder.

Give them your best shot! :bounce:

Dimitris

[cuckooroller]

To do justice to the seriousness of this posting!

1)Pterodactyl sp.
2)Chubacapra australicus - female 2 cy.
3)Pigeon on a wire
4)The only reasonable one- Tadorna radjah
5)Yeah, sure!! I don't happen to have an electron microscope.

[MSA]

1. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
2. Brown Honeyeater (if you can't see a bird, guess a common one!)
3. Spotted Turtle-dove
4. Intermediate Egret
5. Red-necked Avocet

If I get over 50%, I'm emigrating!

[Dimitris]

Point taken!:D
1&4(from the right) are the same species.At least they were before the picture)
2nd one is a parrot.A green parrot....(as if u didn't notice...)
3rd a Pigeon(It was seen with Spotted-turtle Doves.But it's bigger)
4th a wader...

These shots should help out...

[MikeMules]

okay, all very wild guesses, but:

Little Egret
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Bar-shouldered Dove (although the tail looks too short: maybe crested pigeon?)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

So how did I do? Not even close, was I?

[Dimitris]

Hmm seems that my quiz is not that popular...

Here are is a shot that will help with the pigeon(small birds Spotted Turtle-doves):


No correct answers yet...

[Anntan]

Common Bronzewing

[Dimitris]

Right.3 days and no one got them right.
1)White-faced Heron.
2)Musk Lorikeet
3)Bar-tailed Godwit
4)White-headed Pigeon


Cheers,
Dimitris

[Dimitris]

A few more.Hopefully this will be easier.One picture has more then one species.

Have fun!

Dimitris.

[MSA]

1. Welcome Swallow
2. Torresian Crow
3. Spectacled Monarch
4. Aus White Ibis plus two Royal Spoonbill
5. Chestnut Teal

.....now you'll tell me they're not from Australia at all!!

Just out of interest, have you recently been to Oz?

[Tim Allwood]

Hi Dimi
didn't see your first batch of pix
hope u liked Oz

wouldn't disagree with MSA's birds but Torresian is impossible? to do on those views from Little and the duck could possibly be an Aussie Shoveler, again hard to split from the teal on those views!

Tim

[MSA]

Hi Tim

I ruled out Aus Shoveler by (limited) extent of white on flanks, and lack of any white in wingtips.

As for the crow, a little secret - I guessed the commonest one!

PS looking at the pose on our Avatars, it would appear that John was doing a Westie impression!

[Dimitris]

Hi Dimi
didn't see your first batch of pix
hope u liked Oz

wouldn't disagree with MSA's birds but Torresian is impossible? to do on those views from Little and the duck could possibly be an Aussie Shoveler, again hard to split from the teal on those views!

Tim


I'm still in Oz Tim.Heading back to Greece in a couple of days...:(

Love it here.Have reached 109 species :) on me list.(Thats 158 total for my Oz list,most recent adition was Brown Quail.I flushed one yesterday :)).

Cheers,
Dimi.

[Dimitris]

1. Welcome Swallow(Correct)
2. Torresian Crow(False.I'll post another piccie later on today if possible)
3. Spectacled Monarch(?!Not even close.Wee little bird form the grasslands.Sorry no other pics of this one.Only one I've got)
4. Aus White Ibis plus two Royal Spoonbill(Yep,but there another 2 Royal Spoonbills in there)
5. Chestnut Teal(yes,Correct)

.....now you'll tell me they're not from Australia at all!!

Just out of interest, have you recently been to Oz?Yes I'm still in Oz

Well done.

I'll prepare some more when I'm at me friends PC.Which I have filled with my bad shots :D.


Dimi

[cuckooroller]

The third either an emu-wren, or a Grasswren.

[Anntan]

third is the Emu Wren.

[Dimitris]

third is the Emu Wren.

Correct a Southern Emu Wren too.(You can't say from the photo sorry)

[Dimitris]

Right this piccie of the corvid should solve the problem:

[Dimitris]

Here are a few more,enjoy!

[James Lowther]

1. Grey butcherbird
2. Variegated Fairy Wren
3. Victoria's Riflebird
4. pass
5. Golden whistler

James

p.s. have you thought about selling your camera ;)

[Dimitris]

p.s. have you thought about selling your camera ;)
LOL.These are the 'bad shots'I have quite a few good ones(Well at least I'm happy with them ):D

[cuckooroller]

James has some good ideas:

1. Cracticus - but looks more like nigrogularis than torquatus to me.
2. I will go along with it being a male alternate Malurus, it could be lamberti, it could be amabilis which is my guess
3. Tough one. A Riflebird is a good guess, though which one depends on where we are!
4. Libriscriptor rotundicaudus - the first photo that I have seen. Long believed extinct. Obviously an adult male in alternate plumage.
5. Golden Whistler - I'll go along with that!

[Dimitris]

1,2&5 have been solved.

3)Riflebird?Since when to Riflebirds land on lawns?Try again.A much commoner bird.I'll post another piccie soon.(Though I wouldn't mind it being a Riflebird).

4)Anyone living in Sydney should be familiar with theses ones.An introduced pest...

[MSA]

4. must be a Mynah then.
3 - will need to see next piccie!

[James Lowther]

4=red-vented (?) bulbul

[MikeMules]

4 = common blackbird?

[Dimitris]

4)Is a Myna.Well done MSA.Nice guess James Lowther. :clap:.
for 3 I'll prepare piccie.You'll be suprised ;)

[Dimitris]

For 3 I present this piccie.Much clearer now I suppose.

[MSA]

Willie Wagtail

[Dimitris]

Here are a few more to keep you occupied

cheers,

Dimi

[Xenospiza]

Great Egret
Far Eastern Curlew
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Pacific Duck
Little Black & Great Cormorant?

[James Lowther]

great egret
far-eastern curlew
black-winged kite
wandering whistling duck(ling)
little black cormorant

[MSA]

1. Great Egret
2. Far Eastern Curlew
3. Grey Goshawk
4. Australian Grebe (although it does look a lot like a baby Mallard....!)
5. Little Black (left) and Great Cormorant

....I think!

Wow - two more answers above whilst I was typing!

[James Lowther]

I think the others are right on the cormorants BTW, didn't spot the big guy when i first looked

[Dimitris]

1,2 & 5 solved!(Geez you didn't fall for the IntermediateVSGreat Egret dilema.Is 'Far Eastern Curlew' Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis?Must get a new guide... )
Have another guess for the other 2.:)
3)The shot is from behind.The black is on the underside of the wing.
4)I love your replys.Please keep them comming.I'll post a picture with the parents if no one gets it ;)

[James Lowther]

3 = australian white ibis???

[James Lowther]

p.s. which species were the butcherbird and fairy-wren in the last set of 5 dimitris??

[Dimitris]

p.s. which species were the butcherbird and fairy-wren in the last set of 5 dimitris??
Oups sorry forgot.

Grey Butcherbird and Variagated Fairy-wren.

Cheers,

Dimiytis

[MSA]

3. If it's actually not as pale as it looks in the pic, could be a Whistling Kite?
4. So it is a chick! Pacific Black Duck then.

I assume the Willy Wagtail was correct?

PS I really should be working!

[Dimitris]

Hmmm as we are getting no were near with 3.I'll tell you that it's a Tern.
On4) we are getting warm

[Dimitris]

3. If it's actually not as pale as it looks in the pic, could be a Whistling Kite?
4. So it is a chick! Pacific Black Duck then.

I assume the Willy Wagtail was correct?Yes,I must remember to confirm correct answers!

PS I really should be working!Enjoying yourself?

Cheers,

Dimi

[Dimitris]

Right to confirm the answers:

1)Great Egret
2)(Far) Eastern Curlew
5)Little Black & Great Cormorant.

[MSA]

3 gotta be Caspian Tern then

4 I'll wait for Mum and Dad ;-)

[Dimitris]

Caspian is correct.

Heres one of the parents...cute...

[MSA]

I've forgotten what they're called! Some kind of Teal - Spotted? Aussie?

[James Lowther]

Grey Teal
n'est-ce-pas?

[Dimitris]

Grey Teal
n'est-ce-pas?
Oui.Tres Bien!

[Dimitris]

Last ones for tonight.Will be leaving for Greece in 2 days so last ones I spose for a while.Have fun!

Dimi :cool:

[MSA]

1. Galah
2. Little Corella
3. Royal Spoonbill
4. White-bellied Sea Eagle
5. Dusky Moorhen?

Have a safe journey home!

[James Lowther]

owlet-nightjar
little corella
royal spoonbill
coot
coot

[James Lowther]

Edit: reckon MSA is right that number 1 is a cockatoo, maybe galah, or gang-gang even??
Number 4 isn't a coot either, maybe an osprey??

[Ranger James]

Australian Quiz: Who was the last Aussie Captain to loose an Ashes series?

"Don't balme me, it's not my fault, I'm just the captain, Stop picking on me!"
;)
Jim

[James Lowther]

They haven't lost it yet.....

[Ranger James]

They haven't lost it yet.....

No, I know, I meant last time - '83 wasn't it?
Jim

[Dave B]

Last ones for tonight.Will be leaving for Greece in 2 days so last ones I spose for a while.Have fun!

Dimi :cool:

1. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
2. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (just to be different!)
3. Royal Spoonbill
4. Silver Gull
5. Dusky Moorhen

[Dimitris]

Ouu!I'm a spoilt brat!!.I'm gonna stay here for another month!!!!Cool! :cool: :)
Guess I like it here too much!

1)Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo.(Dave B)
2)Little Corella.(MSA&James)
3)Royal Spoonbill(evryone)
4)Silver Gull(Dave B)

Only 5 left you are quite close!Hint:It was chased by Austr. Grey Teal with ducklings.(Hope this helps)

I may post pictures later on.

Cheers,

Dimitris

[Dave B]

Must be Purple Swamphen then?

Dave

[Dimitris]

Must be Purple Swamphen then?

Dave

Yes!Will try to post more piccies later.
Cheers,

Dimitris

[Gemfyre]

I reckon these are.

1. A bat
2. A bunch of leaves.
3. A Bar-shouldered dove
4. A beakless egret
5. A whimbrel.

I also reckon you need a better camera! :)

How'd I go?

[Dimitris]

Sorry it took so long.Here are a few more :bounce:

[Edward]

Yasoo Dimi
1: Silvereye?? Can hardly make a thing out
2: Darter
3: Little Egret
4: Neither an Emu nor a Southern Cassowary

E

[Dimitris]

Yasoo Dimi
1: Silvereye?? Can hardly make a thing out
2: Darter
3: Little Egret
4: Neither an Emu nor a Southern Cassowary

E

Yasoo Edward.

1)Edward it's right in the middle and it's grey...
4)It's a nest.

Cheers,

Dimi

[Dimitris]

Just in case others have trouble with the first shot.I've circled the bird

[MikeMules]

1) Fantail Cuckoo
2&3) As Edward said
4) Is it a raven or magpie nest?

[Dimitris]

4) Is it a raven or magpie nest?


It's a BIG nest.Not a corvids.

[Edward]

It's a BIG nest.Not a corvids.

So it's not a Weebill's nest? Raptor, Wedge-tailed Eagle?

E

[Gemfyre]

I guess it's a Grey-Crowned Babbler nest!

And the Darter and little egret are waaayyy too easy there.

[Dimitris]

So it's not a Weebill's nest? Raptor, Wedge-tailed Eagle?

E
Close...:)

[Dimitris]

I guess it's a Grey-Crowned Babbler nest!

And the Darter and little egret are waaayyy too easy there.

Darter is solved.:)

The Egret is not Little.;)

[Edward]

Well that leaves white morph Eastern Reef Egret.
Raptor's nest White bellied Sea-Eagle.

E

[Dimitris]

This should narrow the Egret down:

[Dimitris]

Well that leaves white morph Eastern Reef Egret.
Raptor's nest White bellied Sea-Eagle.

E


All correct!You beat me to the piccie! :t:

[Dimitris]

Right these should keep you preocupied for a while especially the last one :D

[Dimitris]

and the last of this bacth...(please specify how you name them i.E from the left...etc thanx)

[Edward]

Get the easy one out of the way
No. 3 Sacred Kingfisher (I'll eat my hat if it's Forest)

E

[MikeMules]

1. Superb Fairy-wren (blue tail on LH bird??)
2. Pallid Cuckoo (??)
3. Sacred Kingfisher
4. Sooty Oystercatcher
5. Masked Lapwing
6. From L-R Chestnut Teal male, 2 Chestnut female/Grey Teal, Coot, Mallard(Domestic Duck), Black Duck, ?, ?, 3 Grey/Chestnut Teal, Coot, ?, Domestic Duck

[Dimitris]

3)Sacred Kingfisher(Edward,Mike Mules)
1)Superb Fairy-wren(M.M)(l.h bird is probably an eclipse male)
2)Still unsolved
4)Sooty Oystercatcher(M.M)
5)Masked Lawping(M.M)
6)I'll have to check my notes.(I don't have them here in the library :))

B.T.W the Cuckoo in the previus batches was Fantailed.

Cheers,

Dimitris

[MSA]

I reckon 2 may be a Noisy Miner.

[Dimitris]

2)Is a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike.


sorry guys but It's been difficult lately to get on a private PC.So I won't be posting pictures for a while.Sorry.

Take care and thanks for playing!

Dimitris

[MikeMules]

Thanks, Dimitris. I've really enjoyed this quiz!

[Dimitris]

Mike I've forgot to type the answer to that piccie with the waterfowl.

from left to right.
Male Chest. Teal
2 Grey Teal
Coot
Malard and P.B.D
P.B.D and Coot
2 Grey Teal
P.B.D
Coot
P.B.D
Coot
Mallard

Cheers,

Dimitris(Thanks for playing :))