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Topic Categories: Birding • Education • Mystery Birds • Ornithology • Teaching
Posted on: July 19, 2009 9:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: mystery bird, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery birds] Ruddy Turnstone, Arenaria interpres, photographed at Galveston, East Beach, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 19 May 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200 ,Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/640s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
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I'm going to call that a very cool shot of a ruddy turnstone. Basing that on the ruddy breeding plumage, primarily, but a quick check of the field guide showed the same dark terminal band on the tail, and then I noticed the bird in the back, which despite being fuzzy gives a good indication of the bird's characteristic coloration.
Posted by: John Callender | July 19, 2009 10:34 AM
A ruddy turnstone, based on the reddish back plumage and the white and black tail, and the apparent black badge on the front.
Posted by: fia | July 19, 2009 3:36 PM
Ruddy Turnstone was my first and only call, too... they have such a large range map; i've photographed them in western Washington (Grays Harbor) and northwestern France (Pors-Hir)...
Posted by: travelgirl | July 19, 2009 3:38 PM