ID Challenge #5 - closes 18 December 2009

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ID Challenge #5 - closes 18 December 2009

Postby Neil Fitzgerald » Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:34 pm

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Answers for this challenge are due by replying to this topic by midnight (NZDT) on Friday 18 December 2009.
Click here for the rules.

Remember, your answers will not be visible to anyone else until after the closing date.

Up for grabs is a place on a scheduled Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ pelagic trip, so make sure you have a go at this challenge.

Good luck.
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Re: ID Challenge #5 - closes 18 December 2009

Postby TonyWilson » Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:04 pm

Juvenile Starling, Sturnus vulgaris.
Cheers, Tony Wilson.
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Re: ID Challenge #5 - closes 18 December 2009

Postby Christopher » Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:10 am

Either a juvenile Blackbird or starling. The slightly slimmer/pointier beak and the shorter tail suggests a starling(I think!), so I'll go with a Juvenile Starling.
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Re: ID Challenge #5 - closes 18 December 2009

Postby igor » Mon Dec 07, 2009 7:34 pm

Starling (juv)
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Re: ID Challenge #5 - closes 18 December 2009

Postby ledzep » Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:26 pm

Juvenile Starling.
Tail too short for a Blackbird.
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Re: ID Challenge #5 - closes 18 December 2009

Postby mikedm » Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:19 pm

Juvenile starling
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Re: ID Challenge #5 - closes 18 December 2009

Postby Hadden » Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:46 pm

juvenile common starling
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Re: ID Challenge #5 - closes 18 December 2009

Postby Peter Frost » Wed Dec 09, 2009 1:02 am

Juvenile Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
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Re: ID Challenge #5 - closes 18 December 2009

Postby murrays » Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:30 am

juvenile starling
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Re: ID Challenge #5 - closes 18 December 2009

Postby philbattley » Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:32 am

Starling

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