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Three this time (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Jane Turner
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Jane Turner
Well-known member
Still no one has got more than two correct!
Andrew Rowlands
Well-known member
Olivaceous Warbler,
Ring-billed Gull,
Black Kite?
(I don't think that combo has been tried yet!)
Andy.
Ring-billed Gull,
Black Kite?
(I don't think that combo has been tried yet!)
Andy.
mountain man
Guest
Icterine Warbler, 2w Ring Billed Gull and Red Kite.
It has to be please.............
It has to be please.............
Jane Turner
Well-known member
you are back to one right now Tom 
Jasonbirder
Jason-occasional-twitcher
Well on the "mastermind principle" (rather than from looking at the photos)
Melodious
Ring-billed
Red Kite
hehehe if i`m right it shows guess work is as much use as knowledge!
Melodious
Ring-billed
Red Kite
hehehe if i`m right it shows guess work is as much use as knowledge!
Jane Turner
Well-known member
Still only two right Jason
mountain man
Guest
Melodious (even though I can't cope with the leg colour!), Ring Billed and Black Kite.
Jasonbirder
Jason-occasional-twitcher
What a fool I am! Was I fooled by a 3W Herring Gull? Surely not
Melodious
Herring Gull
Red Kite
Melodious
Herring Gull
Red Kite
Jane Turner
Well-known member
nope..and this really gives it away, you are back to one now
Jane Turner
Well-known member
I think it is possible by logic alone now.
Jasonbirder
Jason-occasional-twitcher
One! Only One! Blah ,blah not playing anymore, daft mystery photos, rhubarb, no real indicator of skill, sulk!
Melodious (Confident)
Ring-billed (Fairly Confident)
Black-shouldered Kite (guess)
Melodious (Confident)
Ring-billed (Fairly Confident)
Black-shouldered Kite (guess)
Melodious Warbler
Ring-billed Gull
Black Kite
Ring-billed Gull
Black Kite
Jane Turner
Well-known member
OK... lets finish this...
Melodious Warbler - look at the Yellow on the face. Its hard to prove its not an icky on this pic...with its wings hidden away, but I think the broom-handle bill is a good indicator and why greyish ones like this need to be looked at very hard.
Ring-billed Gull With its head tuned making it look a little more Common-like. It arrived with a partial tail band, but moulted it out. The wing structure, paleness of the grey bits, single primary spot and markings on the nape give it away, but I picked this shot out since it looked most like a Common Gull. Incidentally I think all white tails on 2nd winters aren't too rare. We had another one here a year or so back..that we watched from a 1st winter through to a white-tailed 2nd winter.
Black Kite How on earth did you get that Michael. As I said I couldn't get it from the pic and I knew what it was. I was at Zahara (between Barbate and Tarifa) during the peak Kite passage. A few thousand had already gone over this particular morning. I was photoing them to get the variation in tail shape, since many where in moult. This one wasn't displaying, but it was avoiding the attentions of a Peregrine.
Melodious Warbler - look at the Yellow on the face. Its hard to prove its not an icky on this pic...with its wings hidden away, but I think the broom-handle bill is a good indicator and why greyish ones like this need to be looked at very hard.
Ring-billed Gull With its head tuned making it look a little more Common-like. It arrived with a partial tail band, but moulted it out. The wing structure, paleness of the grey bits, single primary spot and markings on the nape give it away, but I picked this shot out since it looked most like a Common Gull. Incidentally I think all white tails on 2nd winters aren't too rare. We had another one here a year or so back..that we watched from a 1st winter through to a white-tailed 2nd winter.
Black Kite How on earth did you get that Michael. As I said I couldn't get it from the pic and I knew what it was. I was at Zahara (between Barbate and Tarifa) during the peak Kite passage. A few thousand had already gone over this particular morning. I was photoing them to get the variation in tail shape, since many where in moult. This one wasn't displaying, but it was avoiding the attentions of a Peregrine.
Jane Turner
Well-known member
And the winner was.... Fifebirder....fortunately for shoppers in Woolies the first bird was not an Olivaceous Warbler and it wasn't a first attempt.
mountain man
Guest
What time of year was the Melodious Jane?
That misspent youth playing Mastermind finally has some use.
Jane Turner
Well-known member
Hell I missed Tom getting it right in the second page....
Jane Turner
Well-known member
It was a September Melodious Tom. To be honest I've never found the leg colour to be that useful...one clear view of the primaries is much more useful.
