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Secret Bird II (5 Viewers)
- Thread starter Accipiter91
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prairiemerlin
registered guy
Stilt Sandpiper?
prairiemerlin
registered guy
...or Dunlin?
Birdingcraft
Well-known member
Someone said Willet so I will say Yellow-crowned Night Heron
birderbf
Wild, Wild West ................... ern Spindalis
No wonder you always win! Take it two at a time...
I was thinking about YC Night Heron myself, but some things are wrong...
Larry Lade
Moderator
Sora?
Accipiter91
Well-known member
Sorry guys but once again you are all incorrect. Here is your next clue...
(3) This "secret bird" has a rusty brown rump and flanks
(3) This "secret bird" has a rusty brown rump and flanks
Storm-Petrel
registered dude
bachmans sparrow?
Larry Lade
Moderator
Remember hint # 2,
(2) Unlike other members of its genus this "secret bird" has longer legs that allow it to waid through shallow water.
Accipiter91
Well-known member
Ooh! Perfect! A stumper! Sorry guys you are all wrong...here is your next clue.
(4) This "secret bird" picks invertebrates from the mud and surface of the water. It has also been observed dunking its head underwater in an attempt to capture aquatic invertebrates. This is a behavior not shared by other members of its genus.
Sorry guys you are all wrong...here is your next clue.(4) This "secret bird" picks invertebrates from the mud and surface of the water. It has also been observed dunking its head underwater in an attempt to capture aquatic invertebrates. This is a behavior not shared by other members of its genus.
Accipiter91
Well-known member
wrong and now it is time for your next clue!
(5) This "secret bird" lays a clutch of 2-6 bluish green eggs that are covered in splotches and spots
(5) This "secret bird" lays a clutch of 2-6 bluish green eggs that are covered in splotches and spots
birderbf
Wild, Wild West ................... ern Spindalis
I don't know about the last, but the only bird that fits the oral description of the plumage even somewhat is Sora.
I didn't see that Neil had guessed Stilt Sandpiper at the top of the page. See, we think alike, I'm just a couple days behind him...
Accipiter91
Well-known member
Sorry birderbf you are wrong! Has everyone else given up besides birderbf!?
Storm-Petrel
registered dude
virginia rail?
Accipiter91
Well-known member
sorry SP that is wrong and sorry about not posting a new clue...so here it is!
(6) This "secret bird" constructs a bulky open nest of dry grasses, sedges, plant stalks, and leaves, lined with fine grass, plant fibers, and occasionally hair; placed in dense cattails, grass, shrubs, or sometimes on the ground.
(6) This "secret bird" constructs a bulky open nest of dry grasses, sedges, plant stalks, and leaves, lined with fine grass, plant fibers, and occasionally hair; placed in dense cattails, grass, shrubs, or sometimes on the ground.
Larry Lade
Moderator
Swamp Sparrow
birderbf
Wild, Wild West ................... ern Spindalis
Must be!
