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Himalaya

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Taken in last week of December between Sousse and Korba.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/



Chiffchaff?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/11943913194/


Sandwich Tern?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/11943913714/


Ruff? Male?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/11943914194/


More Chiffchaffs?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/11944176524/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/11944177224/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/11944177254/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/11944177754/


Common Sandpiper?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/11944177804/


This bird is hunched - Golden Plover?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/11944178314/


Looks a bit long-billed to be a Kentish Plover ? No idea about this one!


http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/11944104383/



I know this is very unclear but looking at the colour - what possibilities?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/11944104653/
 
Let me see what I can make of these
- chiffchaff indeed. I would put any such bird as one unless heard, as the photo is not enough to look for anything more.
- Sandwich almost for sure, note the yellow bill tip
- ruff, I can't imagine any other species
- 4 chiffchaffs to me
- I suggest Temmnick's stint, but this is a very small resolution
- grey plover rather?
- definitely not a plover. I am torn between little stint and sanderling
- the last one could easily be and underexposed winter dunlin, no?
 
Hi Opisska and thanks for the help!

The first warbler was making a hoo-et sound but not as strong as the Chiffchaff's in the UK.

Temmnick's Stint? Why do you say that and not any other similar species. I have some other photos and I can now see the similarity to a Temmnick's Stint.
 
The #4 sandpiper looks more like a Little to me. Longer legs and shorter rear than what you should expect for Temmnick's
 
interesting observations KGS....i have some more

a flock of birds very distant and blurry......could they be coots?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/11953569395/


Common Sandpiper?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/11953569415/in/photostream/


Could this be a Temmnick's?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/11953569905/in/photostream/


Not very clear but any guesses, possibilities?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/11953571235/in/photostream/


Any possibilities on this?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/11953571845/in/photostream/


This is another photo of that "Sanderling" type Opisska mentions

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61635313@N05/11953572725/in/photostream/
 
KGS: but what about the plummage with the white bay? If it's not clear what I mean, just consider the fact that the Himalaya confused it with a Common Sandpiper ...

New birds:
- the distant flock is a long shot, but I think that coots don't fit. the birds are too slim and there is a hint of brighter plummage? My guess is grebes - black-necked or even little?

- common sand seems good to me

- another common sand, body too big and bill too long for "small sandpipers" (in Czech, we call them even completely differently from the large ones, they are pretty different)

I give up with the rest, too unreliable for me.
 
Hi Opisska


Thanks for the help. Could have been Black-necked Grebes as there was a flock around in a nearby area.

I would be grateful to get other ideas too!
 
30 years ago BnGrebe was a very common bird during my only visit to Tunesia. I think the image though very fuzzy could easily fit that.

Niels
 
I agree njlarsen having zoomed in yes must be B N Grebes and so many of them? What would be your opinion for the other photos please.
 
As I said, BN Grebe was very common.

Among the rest, leave me out when discussing the warblers, I am not very good at those. However, I saw plenty of Chiffchaffs when I was there.

The bird you think is a sandwich and a Ruff I agree.

There is a couple of the following birds I think is a common sand.

The other shorebirds I do not think I can help you with

Niels
 
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