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ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:16 pm
by Neil Fitzgerald
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Answers for this challenge are due by replying to this topic by midnight (NZST) on Saturday 15 August 2009.
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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:11 pm
by Rodney
Siberian Tattler - not Wandering - because nasal groove shorter, extending 50% of length and white eyebrow extends as thin line over base of bill.
Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:58 am
by Christopher
Wandering tattler
Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:23 am
by SzimiStyle
This should be a Wandering Tattler in worn non-breeding plumage. Best separated from its relative by the short supercilium which never extends beyond the eye.
Cheers, Szimi
Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:11 pm
by Nick Allen
Grey-tailed (Siberian) Tattler. Generally pale colouration, nasal groove only extends to half length of beak, suggestion of tiled scutulations on legs due to reflected sunlight (closely related Wandering Tattler has a longer nasal groove, usually darker overall colouration and meshwork-like scales on the legs).
Nick Allen
Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:41 pm
by ledzep
Wandering Tattler - based on white eyebrow not extending past eye, and nasal groove on bill going 70% of length. I haven't seen this bird, only the Grey-tailed Tattler at Ahuriri estuary.
Duncan.
Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 5:24 am
by winmark
Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotus
Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:43 am
by tony.saw
Spotted Sandpiper
Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:01 am
by philbattley
Wandering Tattler, but a pale-looking one. I could be completely wrong here and am being swayed by the bill groove length but undermined by the paleness of the bird (which could be an illusion) and the extent of the supercilium, though that is pinched. Hard to tell wing length but looks quite long. Substrate suggests this is not a shot from Rarotonga so no help there.
A good choice for starters.
Phil
Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:30 am
by Wynston Cooper
Siberian (Grey-tailed) Tattler.