Field work ... hard work! (1 Viewer)

[lou salomon]

cornix o

 

[Jurij Hanžel]

Hooded Crow

 

[lou salomon]

when did you take the pic of the garganey, ody!?

 

[ody]

when did you take the pic of the garganey, ody!?

Pic of Garganey taken 25/07/2006!

With Hooded Crow , you are both right!

 

[ody]

First you have to locate the bird and to id it!

 

[Jurij Hanžel]

There's something Robin-ish roughly in the middle of the pic.

EDIT: Now I see it's a leaf :S

 

[chris3871]

That is shockingly difficult, i can barely see a thing. I would say lesser spotted woodpecker, but i think i've gone funny-eyed from looking to hard.

 

[ody]

That is shockingly difficult, i can barely see a thing. I would say lesser spotted woodpecker, but i think i've gone funny-eyed from looking to hard.

Hi, Chris! It is just like in the field. You hear the bird , but you are not able to locate it. When you find the bird , then you have to id it.
Try again!

 

[scooby]

Hi, Chris! It is just like in the field. You hear the bird , but you are not able to locate it. When you find the bird , then you have to id it.
Try again!

Strewth that's tricky. My best bet is the silhouette of something that looks like a treecreeper creeping up the tree in the middle towards the bottom?

 

[JRE]

That's cruel. If it's a Treecreeper then it's almost off the photo. Can't see anything else.

 

[ody]

That's cruel. If it's a Treecreeper then it's almost off the photo. Can't see anything else.

It was also for me very difficult to see where the bird was.
There is something in the center of the photo!

 

[scooby]

It was also for me very difficult to see where the bird was.
There is something in the center of the photo!

ahh ha!
I have located it now and it's a Woodpecker. Now I Can't decide if it's greater spotted or middle spotted......Middle?

PS You've missed the treecreeper in the bottom of the shot.

 

[lou salomon]

in that case it should be a giant treecreeper considering that the woodie has 2 white spots on its back, thus excluding lesser.

to be different, i say syriacus.

 

[ody]

in that case it should be a giant treecreeper considering that the woodie has 2 white spots on its back, thus excluding lesser.

to be different, i say syriacus.

If you discovered a treecreeper, then I have to tick a new sighting for my list!!!!

 

[lou salomon]

uhm, ody, does that mean it is not a (spotted) woodpecker? i really can't see jurij's robinish bird in the middle of the pic... we're through the black and white ones - except maybe white backed

 

[ody]

uhm, ody, does that mean it is not a (spotted) woodpecker? i really can't see jurij's robinish bird in the middle of the pic... we're through the black and white ones - except maybe white backed

I don't want to be unfair. With woodpecker you are right!
With this pic ,it is just another crop from the same pic,you can say exactly which one!

 

[lou salomon]

scooby spotted that treecreeper-ghost, not me and it was him also who had dendrocopos major (in this case a male) as a consideration although (in post 272) he swayed towards the direct question - is it middle spotted?

male d. major it is then!

 

[deborah4]

Great Spotted (maybe making it up as I go along - but see back view with head on profile looking away from trunk, and extensive white wing panel down outside right on screen)


Edit: sorry Lou, didn't see your post, you got there before me!

 

[ody]

scooby spotted that treecreeper-ghost, not me and it was him also who had dendrocopos major (in this case a male) as a consideration although (in post 272) he swayed towards the direct question - is it middle spotted?

male d. major it is then!

Scooby said as a consideration Middle!
It is really a Great Spotted Woodpecker!

Here another pic!

 

[lou salomon]

ody, that's a syrian woodpecker!