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..gif "Smile")
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
Come Monday, come new Q´s
It looks like a Wagtail, but I'm guessing Water Pipit - Anthus spinoletta
Sorry, next !
OK.
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!.gif "Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)")
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.
Yes, that why I was hoping for a hard nut to crack, it is not that common and not seen every dayOriginally Posted by rolf
Not so sure, very distinctive, looks very much like a Småfläckig sumphöna, Porzana porzana, not that I've seen one though.
Småfläcking (strange Word) means small dots.
Good finding !
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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