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mel123

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:26 pm

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A tricky one for sure, so I'm proud of my 5/6. :dance:

No idea where I went wrong though... :whistle:

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PNF

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:49 pm

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Location: In the heart of the Waterberg; Deep in Limpopo

With those scores............maybe this ID'ing should be halted :twisted:

Nah! Will carry on tomorrow and, hopefully, may have 6 "answers" by Monday - MAYBE

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davejenny

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:50 pm

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0/6 for me for #15 :wall:

I think I should give this bird IDing lark a miss!

SO EMBARRASSED :redface:

Dave

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barryels

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:44 am

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Thanks again Lizet and Waterbuck :thumbs_up:

Waterbuck wrote:

The eyeless #5...... didn't know museum speciments count. And the texidermist didn't do a good job of straightening out the feathers either :tongue:

Maybe #3 of challenge no. 14 came from the same museum my friend :wink:

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Did struggle again this week with two and got 4/6 :tongue:

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PNF

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:37 pm

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Location: In the heart of the Waterberg; Deep in Limpopo

davejenny wrote:

0/6 for me for #15 :wall:

I think I should give this bird IDing lark a miss!

SO EMBARRASSED :redface:

Dave

Don't worry - expect you'll have company soon!
Have submitted - now waiting with trepidation :whistle:

Don't know which was worse - #5/15 or #3/14

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Johan van Rensburg

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:07 pm

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Joined: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:33 pm
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Location: St Anderton's pits
Award: Birder of the Year (2012)

PNF wrote:

Don't know which was worse - #5/15 or #3/14

Eish, you can you compare those two pix!?!?

With #5/15 at least you can see the WHOLE bird... in focus too!

:hmz:

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Dabchick

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:17 am

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Joined: Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:22 am
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Location: Pretoria

I wish it was time for the answers! I've gone through the whole lot again this weekend, using all the resources at my disposal (several field guides & the internet). I've changed my mind on #2. For the rest I get to the same result, although I'm still unsure about #5 (the eyeless)... the bill look like one group of birds (where there is one species with more-or-less the correct colouring - and I'm sticking with this ID, even though I'm not 100% on it), while the colouring is much more prevalent in a completely different group of birds, but the bill look different... would have been nice to have a relative size indicated...might have made the ID a bit easier...

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Jazil

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:18 am

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Have sent in our answers/guesses, now to wait for our score.

Am holding thumbs that we have got at least one right. :pray:

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PNF

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:32 am

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Well, managed 3/6 - and can guarantee that 2 that were missed were Nos: 1 & 2 (drat those LBJ"s!) :slap:

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Jazil

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:43 pm

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3/6 for us as well PNF. Thank goodness our third team member has returned home. Think we needed him badly on this last one.

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anne-marie

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:56 pm

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well there is a problem with # 15 - 2012 :shock:

I/we need the answers :whistle:

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Waterbuck

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:36 pm

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Joined: Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:49 pm
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Location: Tooooo far from Kruger

....I wanna be the quiz master again......could only get 3/6 with some WILD guessing. :wall:

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PNF

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:10 am

Junior Virtual Ranger

Joined: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:09 pm
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Location: In the heart of the Waterberg; Deep in Limpopo

Jazil wrote:

3/6 for us as well PNF. Thank goodness our third team member has returned home. Think we needed him badly on this last one.

Waterbuck wrote:

....I wanna be the quiz master again......could only get 3/6 with some WILD guessing. :wall:

Feel VERY much better

Wonder if we all bombed out on the same 3 :hmz:

Jazil - don't think that your 3rd team member would have made that much difference this week :twisted:

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mel123

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:20 am

Junior Virtual Ranger

Joined: Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:36 pm
Posts: 409
Location: North West

I am guessing that I struck out with either the eyeless wonder or the most colourful nr 6.
I can't wait for the answers! :whistle:

Today sometime, no?

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Jazil

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:07 am

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PNF wrote:

Feel VERY much better

Wonder if we all bombed out on the same 3 :hmz:

I feel better too now. If Waterbuck only got three as well. :lol:

PNF wrote:

Jazil - don't think that your 3rd team member would have made that much difference this week :twisted:

PNF wont tell our 3rd member that you said this :lol:

Now I am dying to see the answers.

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