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Ghostly Vision · Nov 30, 2004

Five photos of five species.

One quiz - one piece of advice; give themn all a second look before guessing....

Two clues; 1.they are all birds 2. they were all taekn by me. (Don't want to make it too easy).

Enjoy!

Sean

Jane Turner · Nov 30, 2004

Oh my.. these are corkers..... will have to think!

Ghostly Vision · Nov 30, 2004

Jane Turner said:
Oh my.. these are corkers..... will have to think!

You, Jane? If you think they are hard, then they really must be. I actually thought they were quite easy this time.

By the way, it is Harry that is the Corker on this forum....

Will be back later to check progress............

Sean

HH75 · Nov 30, 2004

1)Will go with Common Tern
2)Little Stint?
3)Female-type Garganey
4) Seems to be cinnamon tones to the undertail...Isabelline Shrike?
5)Lapland Bunting

Harry

Jane Turner · Nov 30, 2004

1. common Tern
2 I have loads of candidates for what it isn't.. but none for what it is... those anchor marks look really distinctive, but I can't even settle on a genus!
3 eek a Duck... Blue-winged Teal... ugh
4. Well its Great or Southern Grey... will go for latter but its guesswork
5. Bunting spp.. its got white wing bars that should rule out Reed and hasn't got the rusty flanks of a Rustic... I'm guessing you haven't got pics of Yellow-browed Bunting! So Lapper.. but don't like the legs much..

not confident

Jane Turner · Nov 30, 2004

and I'll have a lash for Temminck's Stint.. though quite what it is doing that deep in the water I don't rightly know.

Harry could well be right with the Duck... I dithered for a bit then picked BWT on dull face

Jane Turner · Nov 30, 2004

as I said before.. officially stumped! Can't think of a wader that has that scap pattern.... trying to decide if apparent mantly lines are an artefact!

James Lowther · Nov 30, 2004

1) a tern
2) if Jane doesn't know it i've got no chance
3) garganey!!!!!!!!! (this is the only one i would venture a species on, and is probably wrong
4) 'grey' shrike (although maybe red-backed/isabelline)
5) LBJ

honest first impressions were roseate tern, little stint, garganey, great grey shrike and reed bunting

James

Tim100 · Nov 30, 2004

1 Roseate tern
2 Baird’s Sandpiper
3 Garganey
4 Red Backed Shrike
5 Lapland Bunting

One of these must be right...

HH75 · Nov 30, 2004

Hi Sean,
No.2 may well be a juv Stilt Sandpiper, think I can make out some warm tones on what's visible from the ear coverts and the coverts etc look odd for Little Stint on reflection.
Harry

CJW · Nov 30, 2004

1) Common Tern
2) Curlew Sandpiper
3) Garganey
4) Great Grey Shrike
5) Lapland Bunting

Jane Turner · Nov 30, 2004

To help or further confuse everyone.. here is a close up of the feather patterns on ~that~ wader...

Still have no idea what it is! Semi P looked good till it failed to have a contrasty cap!

Jane Turner · Nov 30, 2004

Curlew sand was my instinctive guess Chris.. but where ddi the head pattern go?

lou salomon · Nov 30, 2004

1. Common Tern
2. Calidris ssp - from odd Little Stint over Least Sand to Stilt Sand
3. Blue Winged Teal (first look: Garganey, but it hasn't any white ABOVE the eye)
4. Southern Great Grey S. (with very white underparts...?)
5. Lappland Bunting

Andrew Whitehouse · Nov 30, 2004

1. Common Tern
2. Little Stint
3. Garganey
4. Great Grey Shrike
5. Little Bunting

Not confident

Brian Stone · Nov 30, 2004

I shouldn't worry too much about head pattern on Curlew Sand from this angle. These two shots are of the same bird. From directly behind the head looks plain. The mystery wader looks OK for juv Curlew Sand to me.

Brian Stone · Nov 30, 2004

After taking the recommended second look I'll go with the following (initial thoughs before looking at anything else in brackets):

1. Common Tern (Common Tern)
2. Curlew Sandpiper (err...)
3. Garganey (Garganey)
4. Great Grey Shrike (Great/Southern GS)
5. Lapland Bunting (Lapland Bunting)

Ghostly Vision · Nov 30, 2004

Today's winners are...................

No - I'll let you all decide for yourselves.

Here are today's answers.

It is fascinating to watch people talk themselves in and out of identifications - just like it is in the field sometimes!!

The next lot will be along in a little while......

Sean

marek_walford · Nov 30, 2004

Come on, play fair! If somebody gets them alright I'll be very impressed!

1. Common Tern
2. Bairds Sandpiper
3. Garganey
4. Great Grey Shrike
5. Lapland Bunting

CJW · Nov 30, 2004

marek_walford said:
Come on, play fair! If somebody gets them alright I'll be very impressed!

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