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30-11-2010, 05:47 PM
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| | | Help! Bar-Tailed Redpoll perhaps? :)
Hello folks, first post here so be gentle 
Hoping you guys can help identify the birds below. I have tried to find them in my RSPB handbook and also Peter Hayman/Rob Humes Birdwatcher Pocket Guide, but I'm not 100% certain, mainly due to my poor photography so apologies for the quality of the shots.
I thought the first may be a Redpoll of some sort, but can anyone tell which one?
The second I think is of a group of godwits, but again I would appreciate your help in determining which type (I suspect bar-tailed).
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30-11-2010, 05:53 PM
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| | | Re: Help! Bar-Tailed Redpoll perhaps? :)
Lesser Redpoll and Bar-tailed Godwits.
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30-11-2010, 05:59 PM
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| | | Re: Help! Bar-Tailed Redpoll perhaps? :)
Me thinks they are as you suspected Bar tailed Godwits with the slightly upturned beak, I think the Black tailed has a straighter beak ((o: I have no idea about the Redpoll? Cheers Dave |
30-11-2010, 06:04 PM
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as roy w says |
30-11-2010, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by dmbuild66  Me thinks they are as you suspected Bar tailed Godwits with the slightly upturned beak, I think the Black tailed has a straighter beak ((o: ~ Cheers Dave | The barred tail visible on the left hand one of the three at the front is another good clue Dave!  |
30-11-2010, 06:12 PM
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| | | Re: Help! Bar-Tailed Redpoll perhaps? :)
The one in the background extreme left looks good for Black-tailed Godwit possibly.
Cheers,
Adam |
30-11-2010, 06:16 PM
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| | | Re: Help! Bar-Tailed Redpoll perhaps? :)
You can see the pattern of the back (Scapulars, mantle, coverts) as well bar-tailed have heavily streaked feathers in this region, where as black tailed are more plain. The bird on the left is a 1st winter bird too (at the front).
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30-11-2010, 06:25 PM
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Oustanding folks, well done. |
05-12-2010, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by RoyW The barred tail visible on the left hand one of the three at the front is another good clue Dave! | There's always one ((o: | | |
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