A Little Stint - Calidris minuta?
Whatever, it is a very pretty bird, much more dainty than most of its kind!
A Little Stint - Calidris minuta?
Whatever, it is a very pretty bird, much more dainty than most of its kind!
A very good looking bird.
Sorry but that "guess" was not what wanted
Eh'm.... Golden Plover - Pluvialis apricaria?
Well, I'm trying hard!
Think I'd go along with that Catherine, I've never seen one, but they are beautiful little birds.
Good work Catherine
It is a golden bird, with sports all over her
Ljungpipare European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
I have an easy one for You all. After all-weekend is closing in.
Get yourself to the north Pennine Rolf - they are easy to find up on the hills, or at Cow Green reservoir.Originally Posted by rolf
Is it a Mallard in flight - Anas platyrhynchos - either a young bird or a female?
One right out of two ! Not bad
It is a bird on the move but it is not Mallard.
Teal and Mallard are quite similar in flight, so I'll go for Teal Anas crecca.
Good finding !
Kricka Common Teal Anas crecca
Nice bird !
Well, you know, I thought it looked like a Teal at first, but the blue (rather than green) wing flash didn't match....
So it wasn't an easy one after all, Crister!
It is (kind of) useless to post too easy questions here
but this one shouldn´t be to hard, me think.gif "Big Grin")
Now, I'd say that's a Nutcracker (and not just because of the '-not' under the pic!),
and I think its Linnaean name is - Nucifraga caryocatactes
Now, I'd say that's a Nutcracker (and not just because of the '-not' under the pic!
and I think its Linnaean name is - Nucifraga caryocatactes
Well, it is a cracker, this bird
I said easy but not that easy
BTW, just forgot all about reading the pic´s name. I have learned my lesson.
When I did re-check the Latin name it could be the very same as You said. Mine is longer but it is, perhaps, the very same bird.
So I decided to forget everything I wrote above BTW
Smalnäbbad nötkråka Slender-billed Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes macrorhynchos
If this is the same then I must say " Well done" indeed
Wonder why they have such a looong name ? Perhaps Rolf can tell ?
Last edited by dig deep; 24-08-2011 at 07:02 PM.
'Cos he has such a lo-o-o-o-ng beak?
In Swedish the beak is very thin......
and now, a weekend teaser
Well that certainly is a teaser, as the only Western European bird I can think of with a bird like that is a Treecreeper, but the beak is normally nowhere near as long as that.
Poor wee thing looks as if it has a deformed beak...
If that's the case..., I'm going to guess Dunnock - Prunella modularis
(Well, I had to guess something different from you, Rolf! I really haven't a clue!)
Well,
Perhaps this is a better picture (without the tongue!)
That's a Wryneck - Jinx torquilla.
But how rude it is there, Rolf - sticking it's tongue out like that!
Maybe not a polite bird but still a nice one !
Göktyta Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Hmm, started in IE so no smileys this time
Well done will do !
Time for a new question !
Looks perhaps like a first winter Little Stint, Calidris minuta?
After a minuta considering Your answer I am sorry but it is not a Minuta
OK, so still looks like a Stint of some sort, let's guess at a juvenile Temmincks Stint - Calidris temminckii.
Yes it does and yes it is !
Mosnäppa Temminck´s Stint Calidris temminckii
Well done !
OK - so you sneak in before I get a chance, Rolf!
Only joking... I hadn't a clue anyway. Most waders look the same to me...
They do to me out in the field Catherine, but given some reference material and time, it is easier.
Time for more waders then, as a brush up ?
Won't necessarily help Chris, as it'll be in my head one minute and back out the next.
Tuesday bird(missed Monday
I think it's probably a Grey Grey Shrike - Lanius excubitor, (though what 'svart' has to do with it I'm not sure....
The beak says it's a Shrike anyway.....
Well
The svart has to do with the Swedish name (black forehead)
No is because it is not really what I was looking for
Yes is because it is almsot what I was looking for
and the answer is:
Svartpannad törnskata Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Well, the RSPB site only gives the Greater Grey Shrike;
The RSPB: Birds by family: Shrikes
so I went with that!
There's a bird called a Long-tailed Shrike which looks similar too - albeit with a long tail as you guessed
Your generosity in accepting my guess is greatly appreciated, and I will try to be more accurate in future.
Here comes the Wednesday Bird
I'm taking a guess at Nightingale - Luscinia megarhynchos, though it probably isn't...
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