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Bird Mastermind round 9 (2 Viewers)

Jane Turner

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Same rules...all could have been taken in the WP, 4 main ones and a very tricksy tie-breaker
 

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1. Common Buzzard
2. Red-breasted Fly??
3. Cliff Swallow
4. Siberian Chiffchaff

and I'm going to back Harry's inspirational choice of Eastern Bonelli's for the tiebreaker.
 
1. Short-toed Eagle
2. Redstart (f) ???
3. Crag Martin?
4. Dusky Warbler

Tie-breaker......I'll have a stab at Sibe Chiffchaff....cos it's calling and it looks like autumn!
 
Ok..thats the minimum 4 guesses.

Of the main 4 all have been named, though three is the max for any one person.

The tiebreaker is so far unguessed.
 
Short-toed Eagle
Red-breasted Fly
Crag Martin
Dusky Warbler

Tiebreaker - looks a bit too big-headed for a Phyllosc. I'm going to be daring and say Desert Warbler, and even say which one: Meols, Cheshire, 28/10 - 22/11 1979

Michael
 
I will try with
Circaetus gallicus
ficedula parva-thats red breasted flycatcher I suppose
Cliff swallow
Chiffchaff

and the Tiebreaker looks like a Phylloscopus to me, well I really dont know. I will just guess at trochiloides, in an Acer Tree, maybe Acer platanoides.
 
On second thought, the Tiebreaker could also be a Hippolais species... pallidus perhaps?
Looks right for that, but did that ever reach Western / Middle Europe? I can´t recall that at the moment...
 
No one has got better than three still, though all birds have now been named correctly. The tie-breaker was miraculous, I've never seen this species more than 2ft off the ground before, let alone in a tree.
 
To make it easier and clear the way for the next one.
 

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