Field work ... hard work! (3 Viewers)

[Trystan]

err, a spotted flycatcher i guess. which explains the lack of white outer tail feathers...

Was trying to match those speckles up to the lack of white in the tail and flycatchers never even occured to me.

Great photo Ody

 

[nickderry]

never thought of spotted flycatcher! lol

 

[ody]

err, a spotted flycatcher i guess. which explains the lack of white outer tail feathers...

That is correct,Lou!
Bravo!

 

[Sue Wright]

Hi Ody! You too, Nick & Lou.

So good to see this still going strong. I've been watching in over the past few days and the Spot Fly really had me baffled too.

No other yet then Ody??

Sue

 

[ody]

Hi Sou!
This one from yesterday...
I think an easy one!

 

[lou salomon]

fairly easy. i'll let this for sue o

 

[Trystan]

fairly easy. i'll let this for sue o

Annoying, I know this one and now I can't say it either

 

[ody]

We have Gentelman here!!!

 

[Sue Wright]

oooh what gentlemen indeed! Thanks a lot lads.

It looks a lot to me like a black-headed Gull, juvenile?

Thanks all, especially you, Ody.

Sue

 

[Tri-Counties Birder]

I think an easy one!

Just a bit.

Better not get it wrong now, or I'll look like a right plonker!

Grey Plover.

 

[Sue Wright]

Better not get it wrong now, or I'll look like a right plonker!

Grey Plover.

Leave that to me, Sean, I can manage that in one easy swoop!! :egghead:

I obviously didn't look deep enough cause you're quite right, especially with that head, bill.....and everything else!

Ummmm ah.....I'll definitely go with Sean and Grey Plover, Ody...then crawl away!

Sue

 

[nickderry]

and grey plover for me too please.

 

[ody]

Grey Plover ist correct!
The next only a wing of a....

 

[Tri-Counties Birder]

The pattern on the flight feathers look exactly like a Peregrine. But the lack of bars on the coverts steers me against that. But I can't think what it could be.

I'll very unconvincingly go for Yellow-legged Gull.

 

[lou salomon]

i think you should stick to your gut's tri-counties-sean. if the wingpattern is of a peregrine, the attached bird probably is one? the unbarred pale coverts are really odd i must admit!

 

[ody]

Fairplay!

 

[Tri-Counties Birder]

Not a Peregrine then. I seriously don't have a clue.

 

[Trystan]

Osprey?

 

[lou salomon]

surely not an osprey but i'm clueless either. probably a wader...

 

[ody]

surely not an osprey but i'm clueless either. probably a wader...

So,Lou,think "wader" then....
That would be my hint today!