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I think some of those pictures need to go through the tumble drier before we can ID them:-)

I agree! Especially that raptor! One can kind of guess the other one...

Hi all!

Welcome back Johan and thanks guys for your challenge!

Is anyone else having a problem with PM's at the moment? Just wondering because mine are stuck in the outbox for this latest challenge.

So is mine

Not too worry, it just means Johan hasn't logged on and received them. Its not like email where it goes to Sent items. It stays in your Outbox until he reads it.
Mine is also still there...

Of course I might prefer that mine stays in my Outbox, because it coud easily come back with a 2/8.
Difficult challenge for me...

Phew! Now I feel better, I thought it was because I had nothing correct and Johan didn't want to hurt my feelings.

I suspect he is very busy at work

Right, that makes sense! Thanks for that. I guess it shows that I'm still fairly new to this

This challenge was very hard indeed! Was great fun though! I suppose I can't go any lower than 0/8

Good luck everyone!

This was exactly my thoughts too Tilandi! I didn't even notice that it was still in the outbox. I just check on top of the page when I log on whether there are new messages or not.

Good luck everybody!

Also still waiting... I think Johan actually has a job (other than setting up challenges for us to do in work hours )

Looking forward to see if my tumble drier was working

Shame! I think Johan is going to burn the candle both sides during this weekend!

If he had any sense he'd abandon us and go birding

Appologies for the feeling of being ignored you buds 'n' babes are picking up on... it's glaringly patent that I've just had one of the worst office weeks ever...

I promise to make up for the lack of attention to you over the weekend...

Promises Promises
Birding again this weekends me thinks

Thanks again Johan
Saving us the embarassig low score for a while longer

Challenge #28 for 2012 returned an average score of 85%, way too easy for you ‘mites’ expertise!

This challenge equaled the lowest participation level with only 14 ‘mites sending entries. The results are as follows:
Two ‘mites scored 5;
three ‘mites scored 6;
five ‘mites scored 7;
four ‘mites got all the answers right.




#1 – Red-necked falcon [14] . No problems here.



#2 – Marico flycatcher [11] . Some confusion with Pale and chat flycatchers. Marico has rich brown upperparts and the greatest contrast between upper and lower parts. The cheek contrasts most starkly with the white throat, where the others have a gradual change from cheek colour to throat.



#3 – Tawny eagle (blonde form) [13] . No issues here.



#4 – Northern black korhaan [14] . Everyone nailed this ID.



#5 – Black-chested prinia [9] . mel123 points out the salient features: some yellow coming through, white eyebrow, unstreaked chin. A bit of black on the chest is JUST visible if you look for it! Some yellow (not tawny brown) is also visible in the rump.



#6 – Jackal buzzard [9] . This bird was confused with Steppe and Augur buzzards. ]. pantera leo writes: Can't be Steppe or forest because there is no clear barring or streaking. Dark underwing coverts eliminates Augur.



#7 – Temminck’s courser [14] . Easy!



#8 – Common fiscal [11] . The angle of the pix fooled some ‘mites. However, the short, stubby bill rules out the boubous.