BIRDS! G.C. Bird Survey photos.

OK - I'll run shiney's latest list here before I put it up at the beginning of the topic - I'm no expert and some of these are new to me.

1. Wild Turkey
2. Avocet
3. ?Ruff - Male
4. ?Avocet chick
5. Lapwing
6. ??? Duck - species ? ???Ruddy Shelduck???
7. ??? Goose - Species unknown ???Red Breasted Goose???
8. ?Female Goosander & ? Male Smew * Thanks to Kandy - these are male AND female SMEW!* !
9. ?Male Pochard
10. ?Male Mandarin Duck
11. ????? Goose - species unknown ?Lesser Snow Geese??
12. ?White Stork
13. ??? Waldrapp Ibis
14. Avocet and chick
15. Male Ruff
16. Cygnet - possibly of mute swan ???not sure which swan
17. ??Black swan - not sure white species without seeing head
18. Canada Geese
19. Canada Goose


Would appreciate everyones thoughts and input here - especially if you recognise some of these species I have failed miserably on!!!!!

If everyone agrees they go on the list!

Interesting and varied pics shiney!

Ohs there's more - sneakily posted while I was scratching my head on the first list!

20. Looks like a grey heron
21. robin
22. Barking up the wrong tree if you reckon that's an ostrich!
23. Mute swan
24. Some sort of chicken - breed???? I only know 'Oven roasted' species!
25. Mallard - female.


Thanks for the challenge of trying to work out some of these species Shiney!

[ 08. April 2008, 12:51 PM: Message edited by: Cookie Monster ]

 

Cookie Number 6 is a pair of Smews.The male is the black and white one

 

Cheers Kandy!

I'm awful at identifying birds from behind!!!

Thanks very much - unless anyone says otherwise then Male and Female Smews are now on the main list!

 

CHOUGH: Langness, Castletown, Isle of Man. Nov 2007

 

CURLEW: Langness, Castletown, Isle of Man. Nov 2007



HOODED CROWS: Langness Isle of Man. Nov 2007

[ 08. April 2008, 01:02 PM: Message edited by: Cookie Monster ]

 

somebody may know the name of these

 

barn owl (feb 07 outskirts of Sheffield)



wren (march 07 my garden)


wood pigeon (march 07 my garden)





moorhen ( april 07 chesterfield canal)


swallow ( april 07 my work out building)



meadow pipit ( june 07peak district near ladybower resv.)



[ 08. April 2008, 08:07 PM: Message edited by: glenw ]

 

greenfinch (june 07 my garden)



skylark (june 07 peak district)



linnet ( june 07 my work)



[ 08. April 2008, 08:18 PM: Message edited by: glenw ]

 

will add more when i'm at home and not on my lunchbreak! will also edit last 2 posts to give dates etc

 

Excellent photos Glenw!

Kathy - from here they look like Shags! If they have white throats they are cormorants. Can't see any white so I am going for a shag!

 

How about making it a new thread for birds seen out of the UK?

I am happy to do one - or would you like to take on the mantle for our non brit feathery friends?

 

think its a Wag tail????

 

kathy3 - yes it a pied wagtail