20 Questions (1 Viewer)

[foresttwitcher]

Is it nocturnal?

 

[Jos Stratford]

5. Bar perhaps some altitudinal movement and dispersal, is it basically a resident?

 

[Richard Prior]

5 Nocturnal Pete, no.
6. Jos, I suspect you have some sort of psychic mind reading gifts!It's both an altitudinal and short distance migrant (100s rather than 1000s of miles). It is not a resident in every country where it occurs though

 

[Jos Stratford]

Narrowed it down to two I think ...

Citril Finch?

 

[Richard Prior]

7 Try again!

 

[Jos Stratford]

Wallcreeper?

Otherwise, back to a few broader questions

 

[Richard Prior]

Wallcreeper?

Otherwise, back to a few broader questions

6 Sorry, no cigar for you yet.

 

[Jos Stratford]

9. Does it feed mainly on the ground?

 

[Nutcracker]

10 Is it at risk of being killed by Eurasian Sparrowhawks?

 

[Richard Prior]

It indeed feeds mainly on or close to the ground and is a possible prey species for Eurasian Sparrowhawk. Am I correct in not adding 'yes' answers to the total?

 

[lou salomon]

dipper?

 

[Richard Prior]

dipper?

No, it is a WPal species if that helps.

 

[Nutcracker]

12 Does it have a notably complicated sex life?

[behaviour-related way of asking "is it in Prunellidae?" ]

 

[lou salomon]

No, it is a WPal species if that helps.

hm? common dipper is a WP species...but ok, no dipper, always no no and no with my questions...:-C (apart from the fact that negative answers also help || )

 

[lou salomon]

12 Does it have a notably complicated sex life?

[behaviour-related way of asking "is it in Prunellidae?" ]

333

 

[Richard Prior]

hm? common dipper is a WP species...but ok, no dipper, always no no and no with my questions...:-C (apart from the fact that negative answers also help || )

Sorry Lou, I meant to say "but it IS a West Pal species ( in case anybody started suggesting species from the americas, africa australasia etc). See how helpful I am!

 

[Richard Prior]

12 Does it have a notably complicated sex life?

[behaviour-related way of asking "is it in Prunellidae?" ]

No, but couples often move home during their breeding season for a change of air..........

 

[Jos Stratford]

Am I correct in not adding 'yes' answers to the total?

I understood that all questions were included ...is this not true?

 

[Nutcracker]

I understood that all questions were included ...is this not true?

Most are, but this doesn't count as #13 :-O

 

[neil78]

Is it the only European species which migrates north for the winter..?