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Sunday 23rd November 2003, 19:48
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A Stone chatting
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Mystery Bird warmup
These poor digipics are rather better quality than the video grabs to come and shouldn't prove too problematic. The quality will decline I promise
 . All will be Western Palearctic birds.
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Sunday 23rd November 2003, 20:10
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Hmm 'nice' pics Brian. I'm tempted to let Jane have first crack but mine will be mostly wrong anyway:
1) Least Sandpiper 2) Long-billed Dowitcher 3) Garganey 4) Black-necked Grebe 5) Err well there's 4 Canada Geese and a Tufted Duck. Oh you want the one circled? Well maybe a rather lost Little Auk. |
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Sunday 23rd November 2003, 20:16
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# 3 is a wildfowler's plastic decoy. The ring on the back for lifting it out of the water shows all too clearly
 Probably modelled on Garganey though. #1 I'd go for Ruff #2 don't know. #4 B-n Grebe a.k.a. Eared Grebe #5 storn-driven Manx Shearwater? Michael |
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Sunday 23rd November 2003, 20:26
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1. Turnstone
2. Bar-tailed Godwit 3. Garganey 4. Slavonian grebe 5. ????
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Sunday 23rd November 2003, 23:56
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A Stone chatting
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3 named correctly so far. Best is 2 right. Clearly harder than I thought it would be and the duck is a real one. It got off the water all by itself. The loop is an odd bit of weed I think. Keep going.
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Monday 24th November 2003, 01:09
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Oh nearly missed this and its my bedtime
1 Pectoral Sandpiper 2 Curlew sandpiper 3 Garganey 4 Black-necked grebe 5 Manxie |
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Monday 24th November 2003, 10:31
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A Stone chatting
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Wow! Didn't even break into a sweat eh Jane? All these were photographed recently around Peterborough and the Manx appeared on a gravel pit in calm, sunny weather. There were a couple of others inland on the same day (17 Sept).
The video grabs start later today.
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Monday 24th November 2003, 10:34
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The mantle fringes and bill length gave the CS up. My first guess for bird one was Long-toed Stint....! Then I realised it was too big... was the Pec and adult?
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Monday 24th November 2003, 10:49
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The Pec was a juv as was the Curlew Sand. Better pics of both here:
http://pbc.codehog.co.uk/gallery/pec_sand_sep_03.htm http://pbc.codehog.co.uk/gallery/curlew_sand_aug_03.htm
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Monday 24th November 2003, 11:01
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It managed to hide its mantle lines nicely!
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Monday 24th November 2003, 11:21
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We are all mere infants at your feet Jane!
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Monday 24th November 2003, 11:27
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Is that a skit a my advancing years?
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Monday 24th November 2003, 16:11
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Quote:
 There will be a short delay getting more ID pics sorted out as my lunchtime was taken up with this little beauty. Very late for 'round here and extremely confiding. 
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Monday 24th November 2003, 16:21
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Lesser whitethroat?
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Monday 24th November 2003, 16:25
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I'd say so.. Racial ID might be interesting though.... I'm supposed to be working...but might be attempting a wingformula instead!
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Monday 24th November 2003, 16:35
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Quote:
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Monday 24th November 2003, 16:50
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Not checked the wing formula, but this bird certainly looks rather brownish without much in the way of a dark mask . . .
Thoughts of another minula? - one was ringed in Yorks a week or two ago (and still there) . . |
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Monday 24th November 2003, 16:51
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I have started a new thread including these pics.
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=10283
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