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Dabchick! Congratulations!!

11/12 for me too!

This is the results of challenge #17 of 2012. This challenge was the “easiest" ever and returned an average score of 86.4%

The results are as follows:
We had 17 ‘mites participating.
One ‘mite scored 5
four scored 7
eight scored 8
four got all IDs correct.



#1 – Brubru [17] . No problems here.



#2 – Dark-capped bulbul [15] . Only two ‘mites got snookered by the pollen face mask…



#3 – Common house martin [4] . By far the toughest challenge bird – thanks to Johann du Preez for permission to use it. The wing structure is wrong for a swift, leaving martins and swallows to choose from. The all-dark underwing rules out the swallows, except for grey-rumped. The fork in the tail is much too shallow for GR swallow and with a shot from below its black feet will show up well. That really leaves sand martin and common house martin as the only two martins with a V-notch in the tail. Again, the sand martin’s black feet will show better, and the band across the throat widens into the shoulder, not so for our bird. It is a young common house martin, at this age it shows more brown than blue on top. At all ages the house martin's feet are covered in white feathers.



#4 – Karoo Scrub-robin [16] . No trouble here…



#5 – White-crowned Lapwing [16] . Same here



#6 – Racket-Tailed Roller [17] . Everyone got this and the next bird right



#7 – Three-Banded Courser [17] .



#8 – Blacksmith lapwing chick. [11] got the fluffy right. Roan remarked: The background where the photograph was taken seems to be a lawn. This is a crucial clue… davejenny recons Roberts’ description helped him onto the right ID, but says: “Beat About The Bush – Birds” , has a photograph of Blacksmith Lapwing chicks on page 237 which clinched it for me.



#9 – Black-headed Oriole [17] fooled no-one…

thank you very much Johan

Thanks Johan, we just knew it was that cute little fluffy ball of a chick that we got wrong. All three of us thought it was something different, but not one of us thought of Blacksmith lapwing chick.

#18 = 12/12

Same for me Gryskopvisvanger!

Congrats both of you Jakkie Human and Gryskopvisvanger .........

Wow, what high scores everyone is getting! Well done. Hilda, after doubting your ability you did as well as the last challenge. I hope that I do the same.

Well done Gryskopvisvanger and Jakkie Human!

Thanks Mutorashanga, I was kind of shocked, didn't expect it. Now I'll have to wait to see where I went wrong.

I'll hold thumbs that you are also going to score 100%!

At last a 100% for me !!!!

to Ladybirder

Well done Ladybirder!

Well done everybody, especially Ladybirder, my good friend!

welcome to the forum Jakkie Human
did you try the chalenge