Guess the bird

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So, is this little gray bird hard to name ?

[Chocky]

Gray Jay, Perisoreus canadensis, ?

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Nice try Chocky but have to say No this time.

[Chocky]

Gray Flycatcher - Empidonax wrightii

[rolf]

Well it looks like a juvenile Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe, so good they named it twice.

[Chocky]

I thought of the northern Wheatear but was torn between the two
So you are probably right Rolf

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In a way he is I think I have a special version but still will not argue with the owner


Nunnestenskvätta Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka

Not much to argue about, is there

[rolf]

That's definitely a different species and I would imagine pretty rare in our locale, but the juveniles can look very similar.

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Well, mon ami

Nothing to argue about

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Let us see if this will keep You busy for a while ?

[rolf]

Looks like a Black Kite - Milvus migrans Cris, but the image title is perhaps a little bit of a giveaway.

[Chocky]

Well done Rolf

Lol. It tells you at the bottom of the photo . It says B_k1

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Yeah, You migth think that the letters give it away but No

It´s not that easy

It´s not a Black Kite......

[rolf]

Ahh, jumped too quickly there.

How about Marsh Harrier - Circus aeruginosus?

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Yes, that was better


Brun kärrhök Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus

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Here is a new one ! Better one bird in the hand than 10 in the woods

A very small picture, sorry about that !

[Chocky]

Pallas's Leaf Warbler - Phylloscopus proregulus

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Yes, well done


Kungsfågelsångare Pallas´s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus

[Chocky]

Thanks. I love these little birds all of them

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Good, so here is a new small bird !

[rolf]

It's Dunnock shaped, so I'm assuming part of the Accentor family.

One from the cold lands, Black-throated Accentor - Prunella atrogularis?

[Chocky]

Have to agree with that Rolf

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Me too !

That was fast


Svartstrupig järnsparv Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis

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This bird has a very strange name in Swedish, let us see if You can find the Latin (and English) for it.

[Chocky]

Restart- Falsterbo
or
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus

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Sorry Chocky

No, it is not.....

[Chocky]

Never mind I'll try again

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Good, have a go then.

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I will upload a picture wher the Sun is not coloring the bird

[Chocky]

is it a
chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita ?

[rolf]

I reckon it's a Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe.

[Chocky]

I recon you are right Rolf

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Yes it is !


Stenskvätta, rasen leucorhoa Greenland Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa

As You can see this version is from Greenland

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Here is a wellknown bird

How is the saying ? Better one bird in the hand then 10 in the woods?

[Catherine]

I don't think they say that, Crister, but maybe they should!

I'm going for Chiffchaff here - (Phylloscopus collybita, I think - though I'm not good at Linnaean names!))

- But it will probably be 'the other one' anyway!

[Chocky]

Going by it's Black legs I'd say you are right Catherine.
It looks small but I can't tell the size of the hands

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I don't think they say that, Crister, but maybe they should!

I'm going for Chiffchaff here - (Phylloscopus collybita, I think - though I'm not good at Linnaean names!))

- But it will probably be 'the other one' anyway!

Well done This version is a special one but, hey - who cares


Nordlig gransångare Scandinavian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita abietinus

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So, let us see what You can say about this very "special" bird


BTW Catherine, no snow yet. We usually don´t have any before Christmas but then we have it for 2 looong months

[rolf]

I'll put my money on Great White Egret - Ardea alba modesta.

[Chocky]

Have to agree with Rolf there