Edward woodwood
Member
oooh Rob, that cuts like a knife...
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Curlew sp. at Minsmere (11 Viewers)
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Edward woodwood
Member
Hiya
nice article in Birding World today from Richard Porter detailing three of the SBC's he's found. Although from a long time back there are photographs of one bird showing the typically upright stance and distinctive structure, and very fine black bill and black legs. Excellent text too.
atb
Tim
nice article in Birding World today from Richard Porter detailing three of the SBC's he's found. Although from a long time back there are photographs of one bird showing the typically upright stance and distinctive structure, and very fine black bill and black legs. Excellent text too.
atb
Tim
Jane Turner
Well-known member
CJW said:
Then don't look! Personally I'm still interested in knowing what the bird looks like...
Just in case anyone was still ondering - the following has just been posted on Birdguides...
"the controversial bird from autumn 2004 has been confirmed as a Eurasian Curlew by DNA analysis "
"the controversial bird from autumn 2004 has been confirmed as a Eurasian Curlew by DNA analysis "
CornishExile
rydhsys rag Kernow lemmyn!
Stool pigeon?
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marek_walford
Well-known member
Well, I'm shocked ! ;o)
Guess some birders will be pushing the two s**t theory...
Guess some birders will be pushing the two s**t theory...
Grousemore
Senior Member
postcardcv said:
Before any "I told you so's" are posted, I just had a quick scan through the Thread and it was in my opinion one of the most interesting on BF.
Edward woodwood
Member
I told you so
wasn't interesting after a two sec look in the field - i put my neck on the block in fornt of a couple of hundred shouting me down... i was the only one tasking notes on it though.....
Tim
wasn't interesting after a two sec look in the field - i put my neck on the block in fornt of a couple of hundred shouting me down... i was the only one tasking notes on it though.....
Tim
mountain man
Guest
Tim Allwood said:
I also took loads of notes and watched it for over six hours on 2 seperate visits. However I think that says more about me than it does about note taking and extensive observation!
Yep, I'll admit it, I ballsed that one up good and proper! :eek!:
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Jane Turner
Well-known member
and what were we saying about the benefits of multi-observer records!
I have dim memories (its me age) that only the matriachal (sp) DNA was traceable so in addition to the multi-poop theory there is still the "its dad's a SBC" theory. Or is my memory failngme
I have dim memories (its me age) that only the matriachal (sp) DNA was traceable so in addition to the multi-poop theory there is still the "its dad's a SBC" theory. Or is my memory failngme
Jane Turner said:
Careful - if you open that can much more, the worms will be everywhere again...
Bird Hard 2
Cynical Sceptic
Jane Turner said:
Jane,
Mitochondrial DNA is passed on maternally, but we don't know (yet) what molecular analysis was carried out. However, only two Eurasian Curlew sequences are available at the NCBI website (a source of publicly available sequences) and both of these are genes from the mitochondrial genome. We also don't know if it was sequencing or some other type of work (mini/micro sattelites, RFLP, etc) that was carried out.
It would be interesting to hear from someone who knew something about what work was done on the samples.
Bird Hard!
Terry Smith
Walking Birder
Thank the Good Lord I never bothered going for it, I perused the photos on the net and didn't think it looked anything like an SBC. Having dipped out on the Northumberland bird I was glad I didn't waste any more time and money. No doubt it will be added to the lists of the desperate!! However, I would be tempted to travel quite a distance for a REAL one!
