Autumn Quizz

[Alex Lees]

Afternoon chaps

8 mystery photos for your rumination here (http://www.freewebs.com/punkbirder/theblog.htm).....

I hope they are sufficiently challenging.....

cheers

Alex

[Colin Key]

Can we do this "piecemeal" Alex?

#1. Willow Warbler

#3. Yellow-legged Gull

Colin

[michael23]

Interesting and challenging.. Will try with odd ones too, not having as much knowledge as other members!

1.Willow Warbler
2.probably way off here, but Siskin :err:
3.Lesser Black Backed Gull
4.dont know
5.dont know
6.Garden Warbler
7.dont know
8.dont know

:beer: michael

[Brian S]

Hi Alex

Bloody hell! Thought I'd be clever this time and wait for others to help me, but.....

Here goes, time to make a fool of myself:-

1. Initially, couldn't make my mind up between Acro and Locustella (the latter based on pale edge to p2) but in the end fell on the Acro side. Long p2, but short of p3, could mean Marsh or Reed but equal spacing of primaries = Marsh

2. American passerine? Warbler? There's a nagging in my mind that I should know this - yellow on uptcs and pale bill. Nope it's not there...

3. Gull, adult, dark eye and red orbital ring, seemingly short bill - Kelp?

4. Just can't sort this out - Booted Warbler?

5. Graceful Prinia

6. Barred Warbler

7. Empidonax - you done me before on these - Least.

8. Brown Flycatcher.

1/8?

Brian S

[forktail]

1 and 8 for starters

Reed or Marsh and the long wing point, evenly spaced prims and wing formula are good for Marsh although it might be hard to be definite.

and Brown Fly

F.

[benoit.nabholz]

I try it :

1. Marsh warbler
2. ?? no idea ?? summer tanager
3. Lesser black-backed gull
4. Very hard, a Chiffchaff ?
5. Black bush robin
6. Barred warbler
7. Alder flycatcher ?
8. Red-breasted flycatcher

Thank for the quizz!

Benoit

[mafting]

Any reason why 4 isn't a Lesser Whiethroat?

[darrenjhughes]

5. Pallas gropper??

[coeligena]

Here are my guesses:

1. Marsh Warbler
2. Orange-crowned Warbler
3. Kelp Gull
4. some kind of Sylvia
5. Black Bush Robin makes sense, thanks Benoit!
6. Olive-tree Warbler
7. Least Flycatcher
8. Brown Flycatcher

[Alex Lees]

Just to give you a little update, all but two of these birds have been identified correctly, but no one person has more than 4 pinned....

[Petri Lampila]

Tricky and nice one - thanks for this!

1. Marsh Warbler
2. Greenfinch
3. Yellow-legged Gull
4. Lesser Whitehroat
5. Streaked Scrub-warbler
6. Subalpine Warbler
7. Least Flycatcher
8. Red-breasted Flycatcher

[macrourus]

I was late....damn'....

But the cows part its simply great !!!!!

Well done :-)
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[Alex Lees]

I was late....damn'....

But the cows part its simply great !!!!!

Well done :-)

Answers now available here (http://www.freewebs.com/punkbirder/theblog.htm)... can we move the discussion onto the Acro (http://www.freewebs.com/punkbirder/lundyacro.htm) (here or on a new thread)....