Guess the bird

Not much of a gambler are You ?:thumbsup:



Ägretthäger Great Egret Egretta alba :thumbsup:

It is a great bird !

Here is another great bird, the Question is:What is it called ?????

Female Willow grouse (Lagopus lagopus lagopus, or Dalripa or Moorschneehuhn) ????

Now I thought it looked like a Ptarmigan - Lagopus mutus (or 'muta') - from up north near 'home', Carin ...:014: but I can't see any red on its head...

(Just checked - your Willow Grouse is a close relative, so, if it has no red on its head, that's probably right!:) Do you have them in Germany?)

The bird in Dig Deep's picture does have a red "eyeliner" though. I am not at all sure and only guess that the picture shows a Willow grouse in her summer/autumn plumage. Never seen one, though we do have them in Germany.

I'll go with Catherine, Ptarmigan - Lagopus muta.:)

I'm inclined to go with Catherine as it has a little red Eye stripe that the Willow grouse doesn't appear to:)

Again we have a finder:thumbsup:


Fjällripa Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta

Well done Catherine :)

Here is what I hope is a "weekender" :)

Just to make it easier for You I present a B/W picture in a modest format.

I´ll see if I can upload a better picture later on, if You don´t can´t spot it.

Well it looks like a Warbler of some sort, perhaps a Whitethroat - Sylvia communis?

Warbler it is :thumbsup:

but no for the rest:014:

Need to see to colouring and the leg colour really

Hard to find :) but here are two for You .

Buff-bellied Warbler - Phyllolais pulchella

Sorry but No .:014:

Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca

No, not really but close. This bird is really rar in Sweden but still we usually see a few of them every year. Think it is a little bit cold up here :)

Willow warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus trochilus
Or
Willow warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus acredula

I think the one on the left is an Asian Desert Warbler (Sylvia nana)
- at least that's the only warbler I could find which had a yellow eye like that!:)

[Is the other one the same species? It looks more like a Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)!......:confused:]

I think you're spot on there Catherine, looking at the eye and the plant it's perched on, perhaps a desert succulent.:)

You're probably right re. the plant, Rolf!:)

I thought it looked like one of these succulents you find on the salt marshes - so much do I know about plants!:confused:

Well done I must say.


Ökensångare Desert Warbler Sylvia nana :thumbsup:

So, a special breed :)

Looks like a Pomarine Skua - Stercorarius pomarinus.:)

Great Skua, Stercorarius skua

Yes Rolf it is a Bredstjärtad labb Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus :thumbsup:


:D

This will be the last bird for this Year, I will have too much going on before Christmas so I will be short of time.

Hope it will be a hard nut for You.

I will pop in as usual and say Hello :)

Is it a
Dusky Warbler - Phylloscopus fuscatus ?

Looks like a Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe, but there are several different types.:)

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Originally Posted by rolf

Looks like a Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe, but there are several different types.:)

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Yes and no

It is an Oenanthe but not the easy one:D

OK, will research further.:)

Red-breasted Wheatear, Oenanthe bottae
also known as
Botta's Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae)

Sorry Chocky, I must say No.:)

Party on dudes :D

OK, how about Pied Wheatear - Oenanthe pleschanka?

Nice try Rolf :)

Getting closer but still not there yet :thumbsup:

Isabelline Wheatear, Oenanthe isabellina

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Originally Posted by Chocky

Isabelline Wheatear, Oenanthe isabellina

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Bingo:-cthumb Well done Chocky !!

Here is a re-run. Nice picture so it is well worth a re-run :-cthumb

Tawny Eagle - Aquila rapax