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Three to I.D. (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Adey Baker
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christineredgate
Winner of the Copeland Wildlife Photographer of th
Adey,I have had a look,and not knowing a lot,No 1 looks like a snipe type of bird,no 3 is a gull? and no2 could be a skylark type due to the little crest.Now these are not really answers,but I had the misfortune to be the 1st person to visit the thread.I shall now await the experts!!.
Christine.
Christine.
Grousemore
Senior Member
I'll try;
Common Snipe,Meadow Pipit and Great Black Backed Gull
Common Snipe,Meadow Pipit and Great Black Backed Gull
Adey Baker
Member
Well done Grousemore for not assuming that they might be something tricky!
1. Common Snipe
2. Meadow Pipit
3. Great Black-backed Gull
2. Meadow Pipit
3. Great Black-backed Gull
christineredgate
Winner of the Copeland Wildlife Photographer of th
So for a guess from an amateur ,I was in the right direction.
Christine.
Christine.
Michael Frankis
conehead
Common Snipe, Mipit and GBB Gull for me too
Michael
Michael
Dave B Smith
Well-known member
Look at those toe nails on the M. Pipit. Is that normal?(I've never seen this bird). Looks like the nails on a cage bird that doesn't have anything like sandpaper in his tray to keep them worn.
Michael Frankis
conehead
Hi Dave,
Yes, that's normal for Meadow Pipit - and is one of the field characters for distinguishing it from Tree Pipit (which has a much shorter hind claw)
Michael
Yes, that's normal for Meadow Pipit - and is one of the field characters for distinguishing it from Tree Pipit (which has a much shorter hind claw)
Michael
Dave B Smith
Well-known member
Michael,
Thanks.
Thanks.
Adey Baker
Member
It's easy to skip over a Common Snipe once you've seen the length of it's bill but their heads are almost as stripey as a Jack Snipe and both species are really beautifully marked birds when seen close up.
I thought the Mipit shot showed really well the long hind claw of this ground-loving species. This was one of 18 feeding on a flooded field which were occasionally resting on the wires to preen although the wind was ruffling up this ones feathers straight away.
You can't have a mystery bird competition without a gull so I suppose a headless one is as good as any! This Great Black Back was in the same flooded field as the Mipit, although a few days earlier.
Well done, everyone and thanks for having a go.
Adey
I thought the Mipit shot showed really well the long hind claw of this ground-loving species. This was one of 18 feeding on a flooded field which were occasionally resting on the wires to preen although the wind was ruffling up this ones feathers straight away.
You can't have a mystery bird competition without a gull so I suppose a headless one is as good as any! This Great Black Back was in the same flooded field as the Mipit, although a few days earlier.
Well done, everyone and thanks for having a go.
Adey
Jane Turner
Well-known member
Oh dear ... missed this.. please do anther soon Adey
Adey Baker
Member
Yes, Jane - they'll be harder next time, as well!
I'm getting too good at this digiscoping lark - I'll have to go back to my old SLR days and sort out some out-of-focus, camera-shaking tiny little blobs. I used to be an expert at them!
I'm getting too good at this digiscoping lark - I'll have to go back to my old SLR days and sort out some out-of-focus, camera-shaking tiny little blobs. I used to be an expert at them!
christineredgate
Winner of the Copeland Wildlife Photographer of th
Adey,did you see the snipe on the Bill Oddie prog this evening,a perfect shot of the bird.Adey Baker said:
Christine.
