ID Challenge #8 - closes 14 March 2010

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ID Challenge #8 - closes 14 March 2010

Postby Neil Fitzgerald » Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:58 pm

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Answers for this challenge are due by replying to this topic by midnight (NZDT) on Sunday 14 March 2010.
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Re: ID Challenge #8 - closes 14 March 2010

Postby Nick Allen » Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:06 pm

Dunnock/Hedge Accentor/Hedge Sparrow - or whatever people want to call it this week.
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Re: ID Challenge #8 - closes 14 March 2010

Postby harrier.talon » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:09 am

Dunnock
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Re: ID Challenge #8 - closes 14 March 2010

Postby Shane McPherson » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:42 pm

Dunnock
Prunella modularis

Grey around the neck (and presumably head), orange tinge to leg, and white spot-tipped primary coverts, seperate from female house sparrow.
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Re: ID Challenge #8 - closes 14 March 2010

Postby David Riddell » Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:07 pm

My first thought was weka! But on reflection it has to be a lot smaller - I'm going to go with dunnock.
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Re: ID Challenge #8 - closes 14 March 2010

Postby Eila » Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:05 pm

Looks to me like a small weka in big grass! Probably the chestnut western form, though the Chatham Island ones look this colour in my photos, despite H&R saying pale buff.
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Re: ID Challenge #8 - closes 14 March 2010

Postby Jan » Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:01 pm

Prunella modularis, dunnock. Sweet little bird with horrible habits, like my dogs.
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Re: ID Challenge #8 - closes 14 March 2010

Postby ledzep » Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:22 pm

Dunnock, based on the orange-brown legs and streaked brown back.
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Re: ID Challenge #8 - closes 14 March 2010

Postby colinrl » Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:03 am

Marsh Crake.
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Re: ID Challenge #8 - closes 14 March 2010

Postby colinrl » Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:45 pm

Marsh Crake (Porzana pusilla)

Colin Lunt. (colinrl)

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