ah,,, don´t cry - just try
Try again
While we wait for the right answer I can offer You this video (nicked from a friend )
ah,,, don´t cry - just try
Try again
While we wait for the right answer I can offer You this video (nicked from a friend )
rolf (11-09-2013)
Excellent video.
Although there is more colour around the eye than normal, I think it could be a Red-footed Falcon, Falco vespertinus.
Yes it is
Aftonfalk in Swedish
Good finding
Interesting bird! (You are such a swot, Rolf!)
rolf (11-09-2013)
A new Picture
Little Stint - Calidris minuta?
Well done
Småsnäppa in Swedish
Whoopee! Got one at last!
and, of course, a new one
Looks to be a male Hen Harrier, Circus cyaneus.
I agree, Rolf! (Just couldn't access RSPB page for Latin name last time.... )
I am afraid I must disagree with You two
Any clues then?
Circus cyaneus Hen harrier? that is a shot in the dark..
That's what Rolf guessed and I agreed, Billy, but Crister says it's not....
Those birds are (really) look-a-like sometimes. HINT It is a evening pray bird
Well the last shot looks like a Red-footed Falcon Cris, not the same bird as the first photo.
I admitt that the first Picture was no good, really A loong way to the target using a big zoom
StäpphökCircus macrourus
Problem was that I had all of that bird stuff at work and I had a few Days of rest.
So, a mixup happened (again) even the Sun has it´s spots
Anyway, time for a new bird
Fresh in my mind at the moment having just seen a cousin, the Red-backed, this one looks like a Great Grey Shrike, Lanius excubitor.
Popular bird, this one. Has Three names
The Great Grey Shrike, Northern Grey Shrike, or Northern Shrike is a large songbird species in the shrike family.
Well done Rolf
Come Monday, come new Q´s
It looks like a Wagtail, but I'm guessing Water Pipit - Anthus spinoletta
Sorry , next !
OK. You enjoy saying that, don't you?
I've looked through Pipits, Wagtails and Larks, but cannot find anything like that pretty bird..
Clue, please!
It looks like a first season Citrine wagtail juvenile, but I've not seen a picture of one with so little colour, Motacilla citreola.
Yes it is !
Citronärla Motacilla citreola
Well done
OK, OK! So I am beaten by The Swot again!
Well done, Rolf! Just looked up pics of that bird - lovely!
What confused me was the absence of a normal Wagtail dark patch under its beak.
We live and learn!
Let us live and learn by this pic, then
Barred Honey Buzzard - Pernis celebensis ?
Well done !
Bivråk Pernis apivorus
Good finding
A Friday teaser
This is a difficult one, first thought of Whinchat, but think it may be a first winter Bluethroat Luscinia svecica.
Yes it is !
Well done
Blåhake Luscinia svecica
Blue chin (Swedish!!)
This could be a hard nut ?
Not so sure, very distinctive, looks very much like a Småfläckig sumphöna, Porzana porzana, not that I've seen one though.
And what is its common name in English?
(That was sneaky, Crister!)
He's getting very sneaky Catherine, I'd love to see a Spotted Crake and Corn Crake, have obviously seen Moorhens and Coots, plus the odd Water Rail here and there, but there are some interesting members of that family.
Here is a new "hard nut" to crack
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