Hot on the heels... 10 more anagrams.

[birdman]

OK, I’ve tried to make the theme a bit more difficult, so 2 virtual points for guessing the theme… and one for each bird, of course!



DRASTICALLY FORCES ETHICS
ENTRAP WARRING SARACENS
LAZARUS BROILED CROWS
DIM DORM - RUBBISH DWELLING!
LARS - ONLY SIBERIAN
NOTABLE ALLEY WILDLIFE
CEREBRATE SLIGHTLY
LENA REORDERS URNS
BLOCKADED "TURKISH LEE"
CAMPAIGNED WITH IRIS

[robinm]

Now I have a real dilemma. Do I do the anagrams or the GGBC results :king: - work coming a poor third!

[Tim Allwood]

4 Sword-billed Hummingbird

and what a bird that is birdman!!!

[Kalamazoo Ken]

#3: Razor-billed Curassow; cutlery theme?

[Kalamazoo Ken]

#1: SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER
I think I'm at least warm!

[Kalamazoo Ken]

10: SCIMITAR-WINGED PAHI

On a roll!

[Kalamazoo Ken]

Uh-oh! #9 is BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE; Must have missed the theme! Hyphenated adjective names?

[Kalamazoo Ken]

#6: YELLOW-BELLIED FANTAIL
Second guess on theme is holding up so far . . .

[robinm]

Sorry Ken this is gonna blow your theme.

5 Abyssinian Roller

[birdman]

All birds correct...

Theme??? Keep guessing folks!

[Kalamazoo Ken]

#8 -- LESSER ROADRUNNER; Nouns in the name? (I'm reaching for anything now)
BTW, Robin: Glad to have my error revealed -- truth makes free! o:D

[birdman]

2 to go!

There's a better theme than that (IMHO).

Let me know if you need any clues!

[Kalamazoo Ken]

#7 -- Greater Scythebill; back to edged implements again! Theme's got me stumped so far . . . (By the way, what does IMHO stand for?)

[birdman]

Maybe... but you're warmer than you think!

Just number 2 left, I believe... don't know whether it will give the theme away or not!

[Michael W]

I'm not having any luck with the bird names, but could the theme be birds with silent letters in their names, for instance the 'c' in 'scissor'?

I might just be stabbing at thin air, but quite a few of them have silent letters (maybe all).

Michael

[birdman]

Nope!

Ken's last guess was in the region, but try to be a bit creative where it looks like the obvious connection doesn't work.

[robinm]

Number 2 Carpentarian Grasswren

I'll leave the easy bit (the theme :king: ) to others!

[Kalamazoo Ken]

Aha! The theme is things with a blade: scissors, grass, razor, sword, roller, fan, scythe, runner, shoulder, scimitar!
If this isn't it, at least it's a good possibility! (IMHO -- I think I figured this one out, too! ;) )

[birdman]

That's all the birds solved...

So can you see anything that could be a theme?

[birdman]

Ah caught me out Ken... and it took me best part of a day to notice!!!

2 Bonus Points on their way to Kalamazoo!!!

[Kalamazoo Ken]

Very clever, Mr. Birdman . . . I'll be looking forward to your next devious offering. :t:

[birdman]

Hmm... yeah... still thinking 'bout that!