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Dave B

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Who do you think these belong to? Some fairly easy ones. All taken in South-east Asia and Australia.
 

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Tim Allwood said:
1 Blue-tailed / Blue-throated Bee eater?
2 Superb Lyrebird
3?
4 is a swift of some kind... House Swift (A. affinis)
5 Greater Racket taied Drongo

Good work Tim,

1 is Blue-tailed Bee eater. Your other answers are also all correct, which only leaves number 3.
 

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Tim Allwood said:
any clues Dave?

Aus / SE Asian?

Tim

Hi - Dave seems to be otherwise occupied -

I have no idea what the bird is but he said they were all SE Asian/Australian. It appears to me to have trailing webbed feet when it flies - does that fit for some sort of cormorant? Barbara
 
BarbaraM said:
Hi - Dave seems to be otherwise occupied -

I have no idea what the bird is but he said they were all SE Asian/Australian. It appears to me to have trailing webbed feet when it flies - does that fit for some sort of cormorant? Barbara

Sorry, I was asleep over here! Clues? OK. You've probably both (Barbara and Tim) seen this species in your own country.

The apparent webbed foot is in fact worn/broken tail feathers, a common feature on this species at certain times of year. If I showed you a picture with unworn feathers, you'd certainly guess it!
 
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Tim Allwood said:
Pom?

atb
Tim

That's the one! Pomarine Skua/Jaeger. Here's the bird, plus another with full spoons seen the same day, off Sydney, NSW, last October. They take a lot of beating in my book!

Cheers,

Dave
 

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