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Mgoddard
 Post subject: Re: Identification Help - LBJs
Unread postPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:10 am 
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 Post subject: Re: Shrike: Red-backed
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Elsa
 Post subject: Re: Identification Help - LBJs
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Hi, could I please have clarification on the ID of this little bird which I think could be a Female Red-back Shrike.
Seen in Kruger last month.
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JoelR
 Post subject: Re: Identification Help - LBJs
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Elsa wrote:
Hi, could I please have clarification on the ID of this little bird which I think could be a Female Red-back Shrike.

That is exactly what it is! 8)


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Elsa
 Post subject: Re: Identification Help - LBJs
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Thanks Joel. :thumbs_up:

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Elsa
 Post subject: Re: Identification Help - LBJs
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Hi guys,

Please could you experts shed some light on the ID of this little chap or chapette!
Seen in Kruger in Mar this year.

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was thinking of the the Cisticolas but really not sure which one if that at all. :?

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Rusty Justy
 Post subject: Re: Identification Help - LBJs
Unread postPosted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:56 pm 
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Initial thoughts are of Red-Backed Shrike........But i'll look again with some references for you!

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deefstes
 Post subject: Re: Identification Help - LBJs
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Rusty, you're being overly cautious. It definitely is a juvenile Red-backed Shrike. I'm assuming you still want to definitively rule out juvenile Lesser Grey Shrike?

The reddish brown mantle, buffy margins of the primaries and absence of a white patch at the base of the primaries rule out Lesser Grey.

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Elsa
 Post subject: Re: Identification Help - LBJs
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Thanks so much RJ and Deefstes, :D
yes I can see the Shrike bill now clearly. :doh:

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granjan
 Post subject: Re: Shrike: Red-backed
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Saw this one near Oliphant's in February. Such a pretty bird.

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Leeukos
 Post subject: Re: Shrike: Red-backed
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It took some time to ID this bird. I got a lot of feedback from my fellow forum members in the ID parade, and have made a final ID as a "Red-backed Shrike". :dance:

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Leeukos
 Post subject: Re: Shrike: Red-backed
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A photo of a Red-backed Shrike taken close to Afsaal Picnic Spot.

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 Post subject: Re: Shrike: Red-backed
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Male Red-Backed Shrike


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Female Red-Backed Shrike.

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Roan
 Post subject: Re: Shrike: Red-backed
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The male looks like a proper little bandit with that band across it's eyes.
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