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Fenlander
22-08-2005, 16:41
Found this bird dead in a ditch today :(
So how many of you can identify it? :D
I will put he answer up in a couple of days :)
To help you out a bit....it is a juvenile ;)
jem seeley
22-08-2005, 17:04
Bit of a problem making out the beak....is it a heron?
C_Claycomb
22-08-2005, 17:08
Water Rail?
JonathanD
22-08-2005, 17:54
What's it taste like?
i would guess a rail as well.
hey, P7--i noticed your avatar...Sir Winston is supposedly my 7th cousin (or so). our family (mother's side--Krause) married into the Burtt family (English) in the year 1600...
does this entitle me to a castle or knighthood or something? a free pint?
JonathanD
22-08-2005, 19:36
You deserve several pints for that!!!!
I'll go with juvenile Heron. Although I reserve the right to change this if I'm wrong.
Justin Time
22-08-2005, 20:48
Coot?
too late in the year to be a young heron, they breed very early.
obviously a young velociraptor.
The feet look sufficiently huge for me to guess coot. :)
The beak's not too clear in the photograph - it's not cormorant length is it?
Hmm all the sensible answers are gone, so i'll vote for ostrich.
Although i wouldnt be surprised if it tuned out to be a coot or other watery bird.
jdlenton
23-08-2005, 09:10
This is a hard one :o the birds wet so the coulours are all wrong and i can't quite make out the beak but I'll put my mone on warter rail as well. Knowing the habitat your in that would fit quite nicley
you could have put a beter picture up kevin :p
J*
Cyclingrelf
23-08-2005, 13:26
Juvenile Moorhen?
Fenlander
23-08-2005, 17:31
As Leon-1 pointed this out
Just a little one for you, if you "save picture as" in your thread on what type of bird it is, it asks if you want to save it as "Water Rail".
I thought I would put up the answer :o
i wonder how many of those who got it right, had sussed that out :confused:
It is indeed a juvenile Water Rail. Below is a picture of an adult I took during the winter.
Well done to those who got it right! :D
C_Claycomb
23-08-2005, 17:46
Hmmmmm...mixed feelings :rolleyes:
Feel pretty smug that I got it right just from looking at the picture, early on, and not being into birds.... :D
Feeling a numpty that I didn't think of the "technical" solution, or even notice it when Leon posted :eek:
Oh well :cool:
Fenlander
23-08-2005, 20:15
Hmmmmm...mixed feelings :rolleyes:
Feel pretty smug that I got it right just from looking at the picture, early on, and not being into birds.... :D
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Well done mate :D