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.
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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.
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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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