ID Challenge #8 - closes 14 March 2010

[Neil Fitzgerald]

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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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[Nick Allen]

Dunnock/Hedge Accentor/Hedge Sparrow - or whatever people want to call it this week.

[harrier.talon]

Dunnock

[Shane McPherson]

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.

[David Riddell]

My first thought was weka! But on reflection it has to be a lot smaller - I'm going to go with dunnock.

[Eila]

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.

[Jan]

Prunella modularis, dunnock. Sweet little bird with horrible habits, like my dogs.

[ledzep]

Dunnock, based on the orange-brown legs and streaked brown back.

[colinrl]

Marsh Crake.

[colinrl]

Marsh Crake (Porzana pusilla)

Colin Lunt. (colinrl)