Armenia: Warblers & More! (1 Viewer)

rylirk

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• Sep 14, 2019

• #1

(1/2). All photos taken at the Armash Fish ponds near the Armenia/Turkey/Nakchivan tripoint.

1. Interested in the sandpiper forwards/right of the white-tailed lapwing. Wood sandpiper?
2. European Roller?
3. Purple or Squacco Heron?
4. Bunting sp.? Impossible to tell?
5. Menetries' Warbler??? I have many more photos of this one

 

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rylirk

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• Sep 14, 2019

• #2

(2/2)

6. Another warbler sp. ? No clue on this one. In the field it looked squat and tailless in flight.
7. Interested in the snipe forward-left of the avocet. From size and the fact its standing in the open, great snipe?
8. Green sandpiper?
9. Duck sp.??? I cannot do eclipse ducks

 

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dwatsonbirder

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• Sep 14, 2019

• #3

1) Wood sand and White tailed lapwing 2) European Roller 3) Purple heron 4) House or Spanish sparrow 5) Acro of some order, probably Reed 6) Cetti's warbler 7) Cannot be identified 8) Green sand 9) Cannot be identified, but possibly Gadwall.

 

Jean FRANCOIS

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• Sep 14, 2019

• #4

8- Green Sandpiper and Western Marsh Harrier juv
Jean

 

rylirk

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• Sep 14, 2019

• #5

Thanks! How about this blurry mess? Night heron or squacco?

 

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lou salomon

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• Sep 14, 2019

• #6

night heron i'd say.

 

Jean FRANCOIS

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• Sep 14, 2019

• #7

rylirk said:

Thanks! How about this blurry mess? Night heron or squacco?

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Possibly Eurasian Bittern.
Jean

 

rylirk

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• Sep 14, 2019

• #8

It was with a flock of night herons, so night heron seems likely

This is a short video of the acro warbler if it at all helps narrow it down to a species.

https://youtu.be/iaQaotPqHN4

 

rylirk

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• Sep 14, 2019

• #9

And here's another photo of the snipe, if that helps at all! I have quite a few photos but they're all of this quality...

 

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Nutcracker

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• Sep 15, 2019

• #10

#3 in post 1 is surely a Grey Heron - big heavy bill doesn't fit Purple, nor does the grey neck.

 

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aeshna5

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• Sep 15, 2019

• #11

Nutcracker said:

#3 in post 1 is surely a Grey Heron - big heavy bill doesn't fit Purple, nor does the grey neck.

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I'd agree the bill looks more like Grey, the very angular keel looks better for Purple.

I was at Armash Fish Ponds in June- stunning place- and Purple Herons were common + we didn't see a single Grey Heron there. In my travels around Armenia, the latter species was surprisingly scarce seeing only 2 at one site.

 

rylirk

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• Sep 15, 2019

• #12

We had plenty of confirmed grey herons at Armash and one confirmed Purple, this heron is the only one I was unsure of. Thanks!

 

Nutcracker

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• Sep 15, 2019

• #13

aeshna5 said:

I'd agree the bill looks more like Grey, the very angular keel looks better for Purple.

I was at Armash Fish Ponds in June- stunning place- and Purple Herons were common + we didn't see a single Grey Heron there. In my travels around Armenia, the latter species was surprisingly scarce seeing only 2 at one site.

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Isn't the keel just narrowed by end-view perspective?

Looking on maps, Grey is primarily a wintering species in that part of the world, only a few breeding, so you'd not get many in June but they should be arriving now.