Field work ... hard work! (5 Viewers)

[lou salomon]

drake mallard for me as well.

 

[ody]

Of course ,Mallard!
A bill from a.....

 

[lou salomon]

himantopus himantopus |:$|

 

[Tri-Counties Birder]

Agreed, Black-winged Stilt.

 

[Halcon]

himantopus himantopus |:$|

Agreed

 

[nickderry]

also agree

 

[dave123]

agree black-winged stilt

 

[ody]

I agree too!
The next is a crop of a...

 

[ClarkWGriswold]

Crested Lark maybe Ody?

Rich

 

[Tri-Counties Birder]

Crested Lark maybe Ody?

Rich

It probably is, but I'll go for Skylark.

 

[Trystan]

Short-toed lark for me

 

[lou salomon]

skylark for me too.

 

[nickderry]

i'll try short-toed

 

[lou salomon]

i'll try short-toed

with worn/broken tertials?

 

[nickderry]

with worn/broken tertials?

no, with the longest tertials looking like primaries. I just really liked the bar on the coverts and decided I wanted it to belong to a ST, wing formula says sky of course!

or actually, why not a ST with worn tertials, they are horrifically!

 

[ody]

Sorry for taking so long to post again!
Short_toed Lark is correct!

And a new from my local patsh!

 

[Simon Wates]

Common Chiffchaff?

 

[ody]

Common Chiffchaff?

Nope!

 

[Phil Carter]

Goldcrest?

Phil

 

[Tri-Counties Birder]

Female Chaffinch.