Nick's Photo quiz (1 Viewer)

[mike coleman]

swallow

 

[nickderry]

swallow

aha! I think we've finally got it!

 

[NickPatel92]

aha! I think we've finally got it!

Are you sure about that?

Only joking. I won't show you all of them, but here's a new one for you to try:

Two Bird species?

 

[On-Firecrest]

One of them's a Greylag Goose, the other's legs are brighter, but not as bright as a Whitefront, it's either strong light on another Greylag or something more interesting like a Bean Goose?

 

[nickderry]

I'm going to be lazy and say they're both greylags

 

[NickPatel92]

One of them's a Greylag Goose, the other's legs are brighter, but not as bright as a Whitefront, it's either strong light on another Greylag or something more interesting like a Bean Goose?

Greylag and Bean goose were the two (Bean being the right one).

Here's another one to tackle (i have partially covered it up - on purpose).

P.S. Here's a pic of the face of the Bean (more pics on my Blog).

Can you all confirm that this is just a Tundra, with a lot of Orange on it, and not a Taiga.

Cheers.

 

[Binocularface]

Can you all confirm that this is just a Tundra, with a lot of Orange on it, and not a Taiga.

Cheers.

Hi Nick,

Your Bean Goose looks like a Tundra to me - The swollen base to the lower mandible is usually a good feature for this form.

Regards
Tristan

 

[razorsharp]

Puffin for the next bird?

 

[NickPatel92]

Puffin for the next bird?

Thanks Tristan for the Bean goose help.

Good anwering razorsharp - it was a Puffin.

Another one:

 

[On-Firecrest]

Shovelor? (or how ever it's spelt)

 

[nickderry]

looks like a shoveler to me on pattern, but hey, let's go for gadwall to be different.

 

[ausmar]

Shoveler for me too

 

[ody]

I'll go also for Shoveler!

 

[NickPatel92]

looks like a shoveler to me on pattern, but hey, let's go for gadwall to be different.

Nick got it with Gadwall.

Something in the Hawthorn?

 

[ausmar]

I'll try with common whitethroat?

 

[nickderry]

I must be drunk! I see a perfect isabelline shrike in that bush! So we'll be sensible and say a lesser whitethroat.

 

[On-Firecrest]

I must be drunk! I see a perfect isabelline shrike in that bush!

I'm fairly sober (but tired) and agree, did you see the yorkshire one last autumn?

 

[nickderry]

I'm fairly sober (but tired) and agree, did you see the yorkshire one last autumn?

Never seen one, I've always been a reluctant twitcher, but still go for birds found locally - Yorkshire was too far away when I was living in the midlands, and now definitely too far from France! Never mind, we get plenty of red-backed round here.

 

[nickderry]

as the hawthorn berries on the photo show that this is not a recent photo (sober now) I'll go with my initial izzy shrike (whether turkestan or daurian or whatnot I don't know!)

 

[ody]

Lesser whitethroat for me please!