2 birds Mallorca (s'Albufera) (1 Viewer)

carsten.jansen

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• Jul 26, 2011

• #1

Last week I took pictures of 2 birds that I can't indentify.

The first 3 pictures are maybe a Common Swift or a Pallid Swift - I'm not sure.

The next pics are maye a female House Sparrow.

Thanks for help.

regards

Carsten

 

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KenM

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• Jul 26, 2011

• #2

Carsten Hi,

I think we need a wee bit more visual information....than is being currently shown in your supplied images.

cheers

 

harr1y

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• Jul 26, 2011

• #3

Im getting a swift and some reeds

 

Trystan

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• Jul 26, 2011

• #4

I think your second bird could be a fan tailed warbler but I'm far from certain.

 

harr1y

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• Jul 26, 2011

• #5

Ahh ... i see it now ..seems like the right habitat for FTW and looks like one but hard to be 100%

 

Mark Etheridge

Bird Shooter (With A Camera)

• Jul 26, 2011

• #6

The trouble with House Sparrows in Spain is that they seem to get everywhere - I've seen lots of them in the reedbeds at El Hondo reserve near Alicante well away from houses!

I don't think there's enough detail in the reed photo to be sure of anything beyond "it's some sort of LBJ" :flyaway:

 

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Simon Wates

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• Jul 26, 2011

• #7

Mark Etheridge;2202919 I don't think there's enough detail in the reed photo to be sure of anything beyond "it's some sort of LBJ" :flyaway:[/QUOTE said:

I think the LBJ looks just right for a Zitting Cisticola - and the fact that its in Sharp-pointed Rush Juncus acutus helps, as they love them.

The swift does actually seem like a Pallid - but no way I'm going to stake a claim!

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steve west

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• Jul 26, 2011

• #8

The bird in the reeds is a Zitting Cisticola (Fan-tailed Warbler for the old-fashioned).

Steve

 

KenM

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• Jul 26, 2011

• #9

steve west said:

The bird in the reeds is a Zitting Cisticola (Fan-tailed Warbler for the old-fashioned).

Steve

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Can you point out the salient features because I can't see it!...apart from what might appear to be a subtle pink buff wash on the breast sides (lighting?), and perhaps a bill that might be considered to big for an invertebrate hunter?

 

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steve west

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• Jul 27, 2011

• #10

Hi Ken. Not an easy task, that. I'll try: first of all the habitat. It's the bird you're most likely to see in a clump of rushes in Mallorca. SO we start with a good pointer. Then, although size is hard to judge, this is obviously a small bird, with very little detail visible. Nevertheless the plumage tones correspond in all areas to the plumage of a Zitting Cisticola, although perhaps the underparts look paler than depicted in most guidebooks (don't forget Mediterranean light), and the throat is slightly paler than the breast. The bill looks small and pinkish, again allowing for the light that is all OK.
I'm not a great gambler, but I would have very few reservations about betting at least 50 pence sterling that this bird is a Zitting Cisticola.

Steve

 

Mark Etheridge

Bird Shooter (With A Camera)

• Jul 27, 2011

• #11

steve west said:

I'm not a great gambler, but I would have very few reservations about betting at least 50 pence sterling that this bird is a Zitting Cisticola.

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As a serial mis-identifier of ZC's, I'll cover your 50p Steve and raise you 2p that it's something else...

(See my posting history on ZC's which are my bogey ID birds in Spain) :-C

 

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steve west

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• Jul 28, 2011

• #12

I'll follow Mark, but what's the limit?

Steve