from ‘Pushing the Boundaries Tour’
by Martin
Some taster photos from my talk. Plenty of stuff coming up on the Pushing the Boundaries Tour: on amazing migration, wows and wonders from the year, new stuff on bird sounds, new ID stuff, and the great fun of birding and learning from others. Never mind what Tormod’s up to! Hope you can get to one of the venues.
A Prize…
Can you identify them? First UK-based person to get all 4 correct (and I have last say on answers ; ) Sorry the main prize part has to be UK-based as it has to be collected in person, preferably on the tour. Down to lowest possible taxonomic unit…
Maybe a small prize for first fully correct overseas entry.
Can you name each of these, down to smallest taxonomic unit ; ) ???
Caspian stonechat, coue’s arctic redpoll, steppe buzzard & atlas flycatcher.
1. Caspian stonechat 2. Coue’s arctic redpoll 3. Steppe Buzzard 4. Pied Fly iberiae
Black Eared Wheatear, Mealy Redpoll, Steppe Buzzard, Pied Flycatcher.
stejnger’s stonechat, icelandic redpoll, steppe buzzard, semi-collared flycatcher
Siberian Stonechat ‘maurus’
Couse’s Arctic Redpoll
Steppe Buzzard
Iberian pied flycatcher
Maura
Flammea
Vulpinus
Semitorquata
Siberian Stonechat (maurus)
Icelandic Redpoll (islandica)
Steppe Buzzard
Iberian Pied Flycatcher
Caspian Stonechat
Coues’s Arctic Redpoll
Steppe Buzzard
Semi-collared Flycatcher
Caspian Stonechat
Coue’s Arctic roll
Steppe buzzard
Semi c Fly
Caspian Stonechat, Coue’s Arctic Redpoll. Steppe Buzzard, Semi-collared Flycatcher.
Caspian Stonechat (veriegatus)
Common redpoll – (islandica)
steppe Buzzard (adult)
Semi-collared Flycatcher (1st cal male?)
Can You give input on mistakes please Martin, like to learn from mistakes. Espescially the Redpoll
Rael
Siberian Stonechat – prob not safe to say variagatus or armenica, as white not extensive enough for a really safe variagatus, but on many armenicus the white tail bases are almost totally hidden. So prob variagatus only.
Common Redpoll – flammea
Common Buzzed – vulpinus
Semi-collared Flycatcher.
1. Caspian Stonechat (Saxicola torquata variegatus)
2. Coues’s Arctic Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni exilipes)
3. Steppe Buzzard (Bute buteo vulpinus)
4. Semicollared Flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata)
Caspian Stonechat
Coues’s Arctic Redpoll
Steppe Buzzard
Semi-collared Flycatcher
Caspian Stonechat-variegatus
Coue’s Arctic Redpoll – exlipes
Steppe Buzzard – vulpinus
Semi-collared Flycatcer – semitorquata
Looking forward to seeing if I got any actually right.
I do know that the Stonechat came to meal worms at Houbie
A lovely obliging bird!!
Sean
1. Caspian stonechat – variegatus
2. Coue’s Arctic Redpoll – exlipes
3. Steppe Buzzard – vulpinus
4. Semi-collared Flycatcher – semitorquata
1.Eastern (“Caspian”) Stonechat S.m.hemprichii (prev. S.m.variegatus)
2.”Coue`s” Arctic Redpoll C.h.exilipes
3.”Steppe” Buzzard B.b.vulpinus
4.Semi-collared Flycatcher
Caspian variagatus stonechat
Flammea redpoll
Steppe, vulpinus buzzard
Semi collared fly
Eastern Stonechat
Arctic Poll
Steppe Buzz
SemiColl Flicker
Saxicola torquata variegatus
Carduelis hornemanni exilipes
Bute buteo vulpinus
Ficedula semitorquata
Saxicola maurus variegatus
“Caspian” Stonechat Saxicola torquatus variegatus
“Mealy” Redpoll Carduelis flammea flammea
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus cirtensis
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
I know all the answers as I went on the ‘tour’ date at Bangor last night
Not going to resubmit though as that would be cheating
Good learning and thoroughly recommended if you get the chance to go along.
1st w male caspian stonechat coue’s arctic redpoll
ad steppe buzzard
1st w semi-collard flycatcher
Desert Wheatear – deserti
Common Redpoll – pale islandica
Steppe Buzzard
Semi-collared Flycatcher
Martin – anytime you want to give us the answers and put us out of our misery is fine
That is, if anyone has the right answers..!