ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 July 2010
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ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 July 2010
This is the first challenge for a new round. All scores are even, so make sure you have a go.
Answers for this challenge are due by replying to this topic by midnight (NZST) on Thursday 15 July 2010.
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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 July 2010
I must say firstly, whenever I open a new ID Quiz and see a wader, my heart sinks a little lower!
But on a brighter note, after having a browse through a field guide or two, I am going to go with Sharp Tailed Sandpiper, I reckon the combination of the colour of the legs, the edging of the prominent feathers, the crown of the head being a different colour and the slight streaking underneath make it a Sharpy.
Although I am ready to be shown otherwise.
But on a brighter note, after having a browse through a field guide or two, I am going to go with Sharp Tailed Sandpiper, I reckon the combination of the colour of the legs, the edging of the prominent feathers, the crown of the head being a different colour and the slight streaking underneath make it a Sharpy.
Although I am ready to be shown otherwise.
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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 July 2010
sharp-tailed sand
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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 July 2010
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper? (pronounced feather edging, speckling on underparts, yellow-green legs)
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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 July 2010
I'm going with a sharp-tailed sandpiper
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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 July 2010
Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos the yellow legs being the clincher.
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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 July 2010
I'll go for Sharp Tailed Sandpiper. Hard to tell from this angle, but I'm not expecting to see flecks on the underside of a Pectoral. The legs would perhaps be yellower on Pectoral. So I'll stick with Sharp Tailed Sandpiper.
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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 July 2010
Sharp tailed sandpiper
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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 July 2010
ah, sandpipers....great. Well here goes. As I have no idea what on Earth I'm doing when it comes to waders I will take a stab and hope for the best. It would appear to be a Calidris, and it has yellowy legs which narrows things down. Nice bright feathers on the upperparts with black centres and rufous and white edges. I think I see the chestnut crown colour. Sharp-tailed sandpiper and pectoral sandpiper look most likely to me (he says hopefully). The underparts are white but have those sort of arrow markings on them which I guess makes it a sharp-tailed sandpiper in or coming into breeding plumage, although the legs look very yellow.
Answer: sharp-tailed sandpiper Calidris acuminata
Answer: sharp-tailed sandpiper Calidris acuminata