Well that's if it's correct of course..gif "Smile")
Well that's if it's correct of course.
May be a young bird but in no way it is a Redwing
No one translated the Kaffegök ?
Gök is a bird
From Wikipedia:
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaffeg%C3%B6k]Kaffekask - Wikipedia
Think they can translate it for You all
I think I've heard of Kaffegok - a sort of Irish Coffee? - but it also means Cuckoo, doesn't it?
Now that's no Cuckoo, or I'm Irish - and I'm definitely not!
So now I am going to try Fieldfare (juv. - as it doesn't have a grey head) - but why has it got red eye patches?
OK, so I'm wrong again, but I'm trying very hard!
Yes, some kind of Irish coffee but no cream in it and no wisky - You use only vodka.
Here how to do it the Swedish way
Put a silver coin in the mug, full half with hot coffee and then You pour vodka in it until You can see the coin
Now back to business: Sorry but No again
Tips-this is a little bird
Really scraping the barrel now, is it perhaps a Reed Bunting juvenile - Emberiza schoeniclus?
Must be more in the barrel Rolf as this is close but not exact.
My last tip is still standing : It is a little bird !
What about Lesser Redpoll - Carduelis cabaret - then?
Well, it's in the shade, so it's hard to see the red bits - maybe.......gif "Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)")
Well, I said that Rolf was close but not exact
Also did I include a small hint, it is a small bird
So, why not put all this together - excluding what was wrong in Rolf´s answer and then.... it is there - infront of You all
= the answer
OK, how about Pallas's Reed Bunting, (smaller than the common Reed Bunting) - Emberiza pallasi?
Think I need to put a better picture on display
Well, I can't see a Bunting with red patches round its eyes and dark bill like that, so I'm going for Woodlark - Lullula arborea
(Crister, I DID mention the reddish eye patches before though, so can't I even get half a point?)
Ah, didn't take your clue literally enough.
It's lovely! Never even heard of it - and it didn't come up in searches...
Well done, Rolf! (Says she grudgingly!
You should always read my hints
Dvärgsparv Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
In Swedish it is called dwarf
But I do, Crister, I DO!
I'm just too thick perhaps....
Last edited by Catherine; 23-02-2011 at 10:17 AM.
We will see about that in the future
Here is a new fresh bird....
Well, since I'm still on the site...
How about a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (juv.) - Dendrocopos minor ?
Looks like it is well spotted if You ask me !
HINT (Think You need it!)
Look at the feet (a typical Chris hint)
Nice clue Chris, it looks like a Three-toed Woodpecker - Picoides tridactylus, don't get them here.
Why is that ? They don´t like English or ??? Too rainy ?
The tree branches are too big for three toes.
OKI I understand
Tretåig hackspett Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
We have smaller trees here.gif "Big Grin")
Didn't get them up in Scotland, Crister, so they can't have liked the Scots either - even though there are trees of every size up there!
(Big hint - England is only one part of Britain - and if they rolled Scotland flat, it would be LOTS bigger!
'Three-toed Woodpecker'...... Hrr-umph!(In the huff.)
Monday again !
A new question, of course
I wonder what Schwitzerland would be if they flatten it out lol
Scotland was, originally, a piece of Northern America. So they should speak US English up there.
Have a friend there so I know what they say about England......
Can't find a small owl with such deep yellow eyes....
Will try again tomorrow...
(BTW, was it not that the US was once part of Scotland? I feel you may have been mislead by an American there!
Yes, have a new try.
Of course it was Scotland that broke away from America and Loch Ness is the proof
I think it may be a Pygmy Owl - Glaucidium passerinum.
Yes it is !
Sparvuggla Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum
A really small bird for beeing an owl
Think this bird is more common in the UK
Well, I'm going to keep you busy by guessing this one quickly, Crister!
Great Grey Shrike - Lanius excubitor
(I've never seen one though......
Good guess
and correct !
Varfågel Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
Last edited by dig deep; 03-03-2011 at 11:07 AM.
So it is time for a new bird
It looks pretty much like a male Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla.
Could be but is not
Hint !!!
Far from snow
Sardinian Warbler - Sylvia melanocephala?
(Didn't think the above was too like Blackcap - but not sure it's like this one either...
Hmmm, I think Rolf knows but he want to give You a try
Anyway, it is not a Sardinian read the Hint ! a typical C hint - sometime You all need a hint how to understand my hints but this one is crystal clear !!!
Well, Crister, I thought that Sardinia was 'far from snow'.
How do you know Rolf has the answer? Have you told him?
Will think more on your 'C hint' and trawl Google again then.....
Think color not distance, like yin and yang
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