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Dave B · May 4, 2005

Any guesses on these five? All pics taken in South-east Asia and Australia. Apologies for the poor quality of some of them!

jobkjoseph · May 4, 2005

2 is snowy owl

timmyjones · May 4, 2005

1. Black Redstart
2. Snowy Owl
3. Frogmouth/potto

Dave B · May 4, 2005

None right so far. Four of the five have been recorded in the West Palearctic region.

James Lowther · May 4, 2005

1. sooty shearwater
2. barn owl
3. white's thrush
4. great cormorant
5. australian owlet-nightjar

Edward woodwood · May 4, 2005

2 looks like an albatross

Royal or wandering?

Tim

Dave B · May 4, 2005

Tim Allwood said:
2 looks like an albatross

Royal or wandering?

Tim

Well done Tim. Does this help you decide which?

James Lowther · May 4, 2005

Dave B said:
Well done Tim. Does this help you decide which?

wandering!!
bad luck tim

Vodomec · May 4, 2005

is the fourth a Purple heron?

Dave B · May 5, 2005

James Lowther said:
wandering!!
bad luck tim

Easy when someone else has done the hard work eh!

One down, four to go.

Dave B · May 5, 2005

Vodomec said:
is the fourth a Purple heron?

Nope. Apart from no 2, no one has got the right genus yet. Would it help if I mention that all the birds are facing right to left?

Dave B · May 6, 2005

Dave B said:
Nope. Apart from no 2, no one has got the right genus yet. Would it help if I mention that all the birds are facing right to left?

OK, OK - here are some recropped pics!

Edward woodwood · May 6, 2005

ok that's a bit better

1 nightjar? rather than frogmouth? due to dark eye but species?
2 no idea
3 I thought Ruddy Kingfisher but if it's been in WP must be White-throated?
4 Grey Heron

Dave B · May 6, 2005

Tim Allwood said:
ok that's a bit better

1 nightjar? rather than frogmouth? due to dark eye but species?
2 no idea
3 I thought Ruddy Kingfisher but if it's been in WP must be White-throated?
4 Grey Heron

No 3 is correct! This is a juv bird taken with flash, so the colours are a bit strange.

Of the remaining 3, two have occurred in the western palearctic; one as a vagrant, the other as a breeding species. So far, no one has guessed the correct genera of any of them.

JWN Andrewes · May 7, 2005

1 - House Crow
2 - Tree Sparrow

James

riverfish · May 7, 2005

I'd agree with Tree Sparrow for the second one.

Vodomec · May 7, 2005

Yes the second is Tree Sparrow

Dave B · May 7, 2005

JWN Andrewes said:
1 - House Crow
2 - Tree Sparrow

James

Well done! Yes and yes! The former must be the least hoped for 1st for Britain!

So, the remaining one is a non WP species. There are only four species in this genus, one each ocurring in every continent except Europe and Antarctica. Need more clues?

Dimitris · May 7, 2005

I'll have a go with Darter...

Dave B · May 8, 2005

Dimitris said:
I'll have a go with Darter...

Yup - that's it! Australian Darter, together with a rather nervous-looking Dusky Moorhen.

Want any more???

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