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Buglette

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:15 pm

Junior Virtual Ranger

Joined: Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:09 pm
Posts: 97
Location: Cape Town, sometimes Jo'burg

Apologies for not participating, Waterbuck, but I was away. Well, that's my excuse any way.

I fear I would've scored dismally anyway.

On board for the next challenge though.

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Johan van Rensburg

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:19 pm

Distinguished Virtual Ranger

Joined: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:33 pm
Posts: 1934
Location: St Inkbank
Award: Birder of the Year (2012)

Hope you guys and gals didn't miss me too much...

Huge applause for Lizet and ?Waterbuck? (not whom I asked to stand in for me! :roll:

) for their contributions. I hope you 'mites know the proper forum way to show your appreciation... :clap:

So, where are we now? Am I posting #15 of 2012?

Just a short one to get the ball rolling again...

#1

Large view

#2

Large view

#3

Large view

#4

Large view

#5

Have loads of fun!

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anne-marie

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:11 pm

Distinguished Virtual Ranger

Award: Angel of the Year (2011)
Joined: Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:36 pm
Posts: 8404
Location: Lausanne (Switzerland)

Yes I miss you :cry:

Ready for the next one :lol:

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Waterbuck

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:51 pm

Junior Virtual Ranger

Joined: Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:49 pm
Posts: 234
Location: Tooooo far from Kruger

Johan van Rensburg wrote:

Hope you guys and gals didn't miss me too much...

Huge applause for Lizet and ?Waterbuck? (not whom I asked to stand in for me! :roll:

) for their contributions. I hope you 'mites know the proper forum way to show your appreciation... :clap:

Welcome back Johan.......yes I morphed into "Waterbuck" in your absence!! Was great fun doing the challenge and learnt quite a bit myself.

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PNF

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:56 am

Junior Virtual Ranger

Joined: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:09 pm
Posts: 1728
Location: In the heart of the Waterberg; Deep in Limpopo

Welcome back Johan! ( could have done without the LBJ's and the "eyeless" no 5 though

) and a lot of thanks to Lizet and Waterbuck for some "fun" pics( :doh:

) and great challenges :clap:

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Rookie

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:02 am

Junior Virtual Ranger

Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2010 9:18 am
Posts: 321
Location: Cape Town

Lizet and Waterbuck....come baaaack...all is forgiven! :redface:

Thanks Johan for the rude awakening. I am sure that you go trekking to all the way off places just to find impossible birds for us to ID. Will be back to 50% again, just to keep your averages good! :tongue:

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Dabchick

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:08 am

Junior Virtual Ranger

Joined: Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:22 am
Posts: 579
Location: Pretoria

When I saw Johan's new challenge, I said a word that is not repeatable on the forum

.... who said something about a rude awakening? :hmz:

Okay, I know one. So I can bargain on 1/6 at least...

PS. that eyeless bird is just plain spooky... :shock:

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Waterbuck

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:23 am

Junior Virtual Ranger

Joined: Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:49 pm
Posts: 234
Location: Tooooo far from Kruger

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:

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Jazil

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:53 am

Moderator

Joined: Fri Aug 05, 2005 2:06 pm
Posts: 12515
Location: Swaziland. The smallest country of the S. Hemisphere

JvR welcome back, hope you had a really great time.

Lizet and Waterbuck thank you so much for all the work you did whilst Johan was away.

Now to the next one.........

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hilda

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:05 pm

Forum Assistant

Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:39 am
Posts: 5279
Location: Pretoria SA
FAC Member (2012)

Welcome back JvR!

Thanks again Lizet and Waterbuck for the challenges you have put together and kept things going while JvR was away.

Don't know where to start looking for a bird with a white eye! :doh:

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Sky

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:09 pm

Virtual Ranger

Joined: Sat May 31, 2008 8:24 pm
Posts: 751
Location: Bethal

Hi Johan
Welcome back
I'm also back so lets give this one go

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Hippotragus

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:29 am

Joined: Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:15 pm
Posts: 450
Location: Kyalami, South Africa.

Sent my answers in to Johan - thinking I had got some right. Well I only scored 2/6, sob, sob! Looking forward to the answers so I can see where I went wrong. What looked fairly easy obviously had some major catches.

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Dabchick

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:44 am

Junior Virtual Ranger

Joined: Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:22 am
Posts: 579
Location: Pretoria

1/6

Johan suggested I should spent more time trying to ID the birds.... but I've already spent more time on this challenge than any of the previous ones! :roll:

It'll be interesting to see what the "real" ID's are.... :popcorn:

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hilda

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:24 pm

Forum Assistant

Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:39 am
Posts: 5279
Location: Pretoria SA
FAC Member (2012)

Hippotragus and Dabchick, you already have your results!?! I am still struggling! If you two, who knows much more about the birds than I can ever hope to know, get 1 and 2, I wonder if I should send mine in? :tongue:

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hilda

Post subject: Re: Bird ID Challenge.

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:03 am

Forum Assistant

Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:39 am
Posts: 5279
Location: Pretoria SA
FAC Member (2012)

It must have been my lucky day yesterday! 4/6 for me!

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