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Sunday, April 28, 2013
Mystery Photo !
Identity revealed - easier now!!
Lapland Bunting
With apologies to David Crawshaw for the delay in posting this mystery photo he took from Orford Ness recently.
E mail from Mick Cunningham from a hotel in Slough Hi nick Hope u well. Stuck in hotel room in slough looking at web on my phone. Re mystery bird could u post comment???? "on my tiny screen middle tertial looks to have classic emberiza bunting thumb print pattern so i would start with them and take it from there. Any good?"
Well done to all. Its a Lapland Bunt. Will post the next photo later tonight. It's obvious then. Good for everyone to have a go and thanks David. Send us another poser when you are ready. !!
8 comments:
Lapland Bunting
Don't know.....is it a woodlark.???
Doh! I went for R T Pipit. We are both wrong. Any more having a go?0
More the posture than anything else, Snow Bunting?
E mail from Mick Cunningham from a hotel in Slough
Hi nick
Hope u well. Stuck in hotel room in slough looking at web on my phone. Re mystery bird could u post comment????
"on my tiny screen middle tertial looks to have classic emberiza bunting thumb print pattern so i would start with them and take it from there. Any good?"
Cheers mick
lapland bunting
I looked back to my pics of the Lapland Bunting I took a couple of years ago and I'd also now say Lapland Bunting.
Well done to all. Its a Lapland Bunt. Will post the next photo later tonight. It's obvious then. Good for everyone to have a go and thanks David. Send us another poser when you are ready. !!
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