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Dimitris

Birdwatcher in Oz
1)Rock Nuthatch
2)Glossy Ibis???
3)Um is that a chick under the bird?Gyr Falcon on the Tundra??????
4)Mousier's Redstart???(unlikely,but it seems too dark for any of the 'Turkiss' Redstarts..
5)Going on the wings and the dark coloration.Eleonoras Falcon.Could be Skua sp. though....
 

Jurij Hanžel

Registrirani uporabnik
1 Citril Finch
2 can't explain the light areas but looks awfully similar to a pic you put in Ger/Rom quiz and was a Glossy Ibis
4 can't be as simple as Whinchat but my imagination is down
 

lou salomon

the birdonist
dimitris 1 (one) point for seeing the chick in no. 3 (i wouldn't have).

oh, and sorry, didn't notice: plus 1 point for a correct species.

you guys:think what i've told you about the pattern in the combination, about "oddities" and about the aerc list!
 
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Surreybirder

Ken Noble
I'm out of my depth here but what the heck.............
1 Algerian nuthatch
2 glossy ibis
3 Caucasian snowcock
4 long-tailed Shrike
5 sooty falcon (those wings are incredibly long!)
Ken
 
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lou salomon

the birdonist
edenwatcher said:
A bit late here but
3. spoon-billed sandpiper.

Rob

bingo :t: . :clap:
2 points for you; next time you should go for all 5 species first, rob, otherwise i wouldn't tell you which one is right. just this time we obviously discussed no.3 which is:
 

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lou salomon

the birdonist
can someone confirm the dwarf birch in this pic? it looks more like willow (salix) species to me from the leaves but i haven't been to the tundra yet, unfortunately.
 
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Xenospiza

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lou salomon said:
can someone confirm the dwarf birch in this pic? it looks more like willow (salix) species to me from the leaves but i haven't been to the tundra yet, unfortunately.
You're right, it is a willow (possibly Salix arctica): the catkins give it away. But (some of) the leaves look more like blueberry (Vaccinium) than willow to me...
 
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