ID Challenge #11 - closes 14 May 2011

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ID Challenge #11 - closes 14 May 2011

Postby Neil Fitzgerald » Sat Apr 30, 2011 10:58 pm

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Re: ID Challenge #11 - closes 14 May 2011

Postby simon.fordham » Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:53 pm

Banded dotterel
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Re: ID Challenge #11 - closes 14 May 2011

Postby philbattley » Sun May 01, 2011 10:00 am

As I forgot to even answer last month's quiz (and would have got it wrong anyway...), I'll vote for Banded Dotterel aka Double-banded Plover immediately on this one!

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Re: ID Challenge #11 - closes 14 May 2011

Postby tim » Sun May 01, 2011 6:24 pm

lesser sand plover
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Re: ID Challenge #11 - closes 14 May 2011

Postby ledzep » Sun May 01, 2011 10:21 pm

Juvenile Banded Dotterel. Doesn't seem to be enough orange and legs too short for Mongolian Dotterel. Its got the brown back and dumpy look of a Banded Dotterel.
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Re: ID Challenge #11 - closes 14 May 2011

Postby Byrd » Wed May 04, 2011 12:11 pm

a Charadrius dotterel, my first thought was banded dotterel but the dark legs make me think instead that it must be...

Mongolian (lesser sand) dotterel C. mongolus

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Re: ID Challenge #11 - closes 14 May 2011

Postby kotare » Wed May 04, 2011 8:40 pm

Banded dotterel
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Re: ID Challenge #11 - closes 14 May 2011

Postby Will Parsons » Fri May 06, 2011 9:44 am

My guess is it's a stint and after the last tricky challenge I'll go for a Little!
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Re: ID Challenge #11 - closes 14 May 2011

Postby David Riddell » Mon May 09, 2011 4:44 pm

I keep thinking there must be a trick, but it looks just like a banded dotterel to me.
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Re: ID Challenge #11 - closes 14 May 2011

Postby igor » Tue May 10, 2011 9:34 pm

banded dotterel

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