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Re: ID Challenge #10 - closes 14 April 2011

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:49 pm
by mark ayre
Looks Like one of those brown skuas from down in Stewart island

cheers Mark :roll:

Re: ID Challenge #10 - closes 14 April 2011

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:50 pm
by simon.fordham
This is a tough one.

I'll have a shot in the dark - Subantarctic Skua Catharacta antarctica

Missed???

Re: ID Challenge #10 - closes 14 April 2011

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:07 am
by Shane McPherson
kookaburra

Re: ID Challenge #10 - closes 14 April 2011

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:15 pm
by Byrd
It looks like a nightjar! I can't think of any big brown birds with white wing patches other than the skuas, so I'm just going to say brown skua, because I wouldn't have a clue how to tell a brown skua from a South Polar skua, especially from the rear end.

So brown skua for me....

Re: ID Challenge #10 - closes 14 April 2011

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 7:32 am
by tim
arctic skua

Re: ID Challenge #10 - closes 14 April 2011

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:04 pm
by Ross Silcock
Black Kite (I see a pine tree in the background)