great bird id game

purds · #1 (**permalink**) 03-04-2006, 08:00 PM

http://www.bavarianbirds.de/indexe.html
visit the above website and test your identification skills with 519 different european species and 3 skill levels.

Jonny · #2 (**permalink**) 03-04-2006, 08:53 PM

Thanks for that, its good fun. I got 1335 starting on the advanced level................Jon (must learn more)

Mark43 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-04-2006, 08:56 PM

Thats pretty good.............also helps newbies like me with bird id but i'm not sharing my score.

Jonny · #4 (**permalink**) 03-04-2006, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark43

Thats pretty good.............also helps newbies like me with bird id but i'm not sharing my score.

Come on Mark, don't be shy, what did you get..................Jon

Mark43 · #5 (**permalink**) 03-04-2006, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonny

Come on Mark, don't be shy, what did you get..................Jon

Do you know Jonny..........i have forgotten now.............honest.

Jonny · #6 (**permalink**) 03-04-2006, 09:14 PM

Just got 1097 on the beginner level, and now for the expert level..............Jon

Jonny · #7 (**permalink**) 03-04-2006, 09:19 PM

Oh dear 240 points on expert...............Jon

Fourwings · #8 (**permalink**) 03-04-2006, 09:35 PM

Thats great fun - thanks for posting the link

John · #9 (**permalink**) 04-04-2006, 06:10 AM

I had a quick go before going to work on the advanced level. I did to the end of level four and scored 1616. I got the Siberian Jay wrong (but that's no surprise as I have never seen one) and got the Little Auk at the 2nd attempt.

I will have a go tonight at going further.

John

Imaginos · #10 (**permalink**) 04-04-2006, 08:59 AM

1359 on expert-let down by my waders (as usual)

Alan · #11 (**permalink**) 04-04-2006, 09:07 AM

Not that many questions asked. I think it would have been better say out of a 100. I seemed to get the ones wrong I shouldn't have! Like awkward shots of bramblings. Also spelling mistakes don't help!

First attempt at experienced level: 1122, second attempt: 2155.

I suppose it's luck which questions your asked. Good fun though.

Wild-Woman · #12 (**permalink**) 04-04-2006, 02:39 PM

I got 1751. Waders are my downfall. Not too hot on ducks either. But hey...what a fun way to learn. Cheers. ww Ps juvenile gulls are not easy either.

RobF · #13 (**permalink**) 04-04-2006, 07:30 PM

2084 on Advanced - oh the shame!

John · #14 (**permalink**) 04-04-2006, 07:48 PM

I managed 2017 on expert but some of the images are virtually impossible to fathom out. There was an out of focus Bar-tailed Lark that was also grey, not the usual colour you would expect. A Little Bittern in flight looking from the back with just an edge of the wing seen. A Spur winged Plover in flight that at the angle shown could have been anything, so in the end it wasn't too bad a score.

purds · #15 (**permalink**) 04-04-2006, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by John

I managed 2017 on expert but some of the images are virtually impossible to fathom out. There was an out of focus Bar-tailed Lark that was also grey, not the usual colour you would expect. A Little Bittern in flight looking from the back with just an edge of the wing seen. A Spur winged Plover in flight that at the angle shown could have been anything, so in the end it wasn't too bad a score.

Did the game give you the option to use the telecopes, sometimes it does which gives you a clearer view, however if you then get it correct you get less points.

John · #16 (**permalink**) 04-04-2006, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by purds

Did the game give you the option to use the telecopes, sometimes it does which gives you a clearer view, however if you then get it correct you get less points.

I didn't see any options other than you had to name the bird. Each one you got wrong you lost points.

One of my earlier attempts even had a dark blob on the side of a cliff face that was a Brunnich's Guillemot. Now that was stretching the imagination a bit but I suppose you could have had a lucky guess. I doubt if anyone would have known exactly what that bird was unless you were actually at a certain location and knew what you were looking for.

John

Wolfhill · #17 (**permalink**) 04-04-2006, 09:14 PM

Hi all I just got 1500 on the beginner level now i'm going to try the expert level.

SteveA · #18 (**permalink**) 04-04-2006, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by John

I didn't see any options other than you had to name the bird. Each one you got wrong you lost points.

If there is a choice of views John, it's shown in the extra tab at the top of the photo;- see the attachment.

Choosing the telescope option will also lose you points!

John · #19 (**permalink**) 04-04-2006, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveA

If there is a choice of views John, it's shown in the extra tab at the top of the photo;- see the attachment.

Choosing the telescope option will also lose you points!

I must admit that I hadn't used those options. I used the scope twice this time and got my Expert score up to 2268. I dropped some silly points though. There was a Tawny Pipit way out of habitat that I was IDing as a Pipit but didn't think it was a Tawny.

Oh well, it's a good exercise and I have bookmarked the page to keep trying.

I suppose the one I enjoyed getting the most without dropping a point was the Short toed Lark. That was a good one to work out.

John

carlj · #20 (**permalink**) 04-04-2006, 10:57 PM

935 - shall I leave the forum in shame?

John · #21 (**permalink**) 05-04-2006, 05:59 AM

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935 - shall I leave the forum in shame?

Just keep practising carl. Have you got a decent field guide? If so just study the birds against the field guide. I have been ID'ing birds I have never seen, or likely to see, by using my field guide.

It's great fun and really does test you.

John