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Hrafn
Friday 13th July 2007, 11:34
Just for fun.. This picture was taken here in Iceland by the end of may.
http://www.gaviatravel.com/images/infocus/mynd_23l.jpg (http://www.gaviatravel.com/images/infocus/mynd_23l.jpg)
There is a price for the correct answer.. one coke and a prins polo.. but you have to come to Iceland to claim it..
James Lowther
Friday 13th July 2007, 11:43
european starling

you could send the coke by air-mail Hrafn!!
Andrew Whitehouse
Friday 13th July 2007, 13:10
Redwing
Storm-Petrel
Friday 13th July 2007, 17:07
rock ptarmigan


hhhmmmm... if i got it right i could pay for shipping and handling and so you could get it to me free (for you)... ;)
mooskibaby
Friday 13th July 2007, 20:09
Red grouse
Alan henry
Friday 13th July 2007, 21:00
Song Thrush
Edward
Monday 16th July 2007, 01:21
Hrafn, I think you owe someone a Coke and a Prince Polo (I'm not sure anyone outside Iceland or Poland knows what a Prince Polo is by the way).

E
Storm-Petrel
Monday 16th July 2007, 02:52
isnt a prins polo just like a shirt with a collar?
mooskibaby
Monday 16th July 2007, 19:33
So who is the winner do you think then Edward?
Hrafn
Tuesday 17th July 2007, 00:35
Hrafn, I think you owe someone a Coke and a Prince Polo (I'm not sure anyone outside Iceland or Poland knows what a Prince Polo is by the way).

E

I realised that :)
The Winner has no idea what he is winning..
Hrafn
Tuesday 17th July 2007, 00:44
european starling

you could send the coke by air-mail Hrafn!!

And the winner is.. James Lowther! :)

This is infact a European Starling. The bird on this picture is one of two leucistic individuals from the town Grundarfjörður on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula.
A better picture can be viewed here:
http://www.gaviatravel.com/images/infocus/mynd_24l.jpg (http://www.gaviatravel.com/images/infocus/mynd_24l.jpg)

Give me your address and I'll send you your prize :)
Edward
Wednesday 18th July 2007, 01:39
The next Icelandic mystery.

Found this object on Saturday (the thing at the top, not my hand). What produced it? Extra points for identifying any of the bones in it!

I'm sure Hrafn will send more coke and Polish chocolate (Prince Polo) to the first person supplying the correct answer.

E
Storm-Petrel
Wednesday 18th July 2007, 04:38
Snowy Owl? rodent bones?
mooskibaby
Wednesday 18th July 2007, 10:15
Owl and bones of a small mammal?
Edward
Friday 20th July 2007, 00:58
David is right, it's a Snowy Owl pellet, one of several we found on Saturday. Not exactly sure what's in it as it hasn't been analysed but rodents are very thin on the ground in this area of Iceland I imagine (there are no native rodents here, only introduced rats and mice). Their main prey is probably Ptarmigan (we saw one catch a Ptarmigan at this site three years ago), Golden Plovers and other waders and their chicks and wildfowl.

E
Robert / Seattle
Friday 20th July 2007, 04:11
Pink bird in Iceland
Just for fun.. This picture was taken here in Iceland by the end of may.
http://www.gaviatravel.com/images/infocus/mynd_23l.jpg
There is a price for the correct answer.. one coke and a prins polo.. but you have to come to Iceland to claim it..
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GaviaTravel - Birding in Iceland


Was it pink before the photo was taken?
Storm-Petrel
Friday 20th July 2007, 05:53
I think it is naturally pink; look at the second photo of it on teh ground in post #11
Hrafn
Friday 20th July 2007, 20:53
Pink bird in Iceland
Just for fun.. This picture was taken here in Iceland by the end of may.
http://www.gaviatravel.com/images/infocus/mynd_23l.jpg
There is a price for the correct answer.. one coke and a prins polo.. but you have to come to Iceland to claim it..
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GaviaTravel - Birding in Iceland


Was it pink before the photo was taken?

Well pink-brownish.. It is a partial albino and has the leucistic color phase.
I am attaching a bigger picture of the same one I linked to before..