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(Message started by: Neil on Apr 29^th, 2006, 5:49pm)

Title: Whimbrel at MPNR
Post by Neil on Apr 29^th, 2006, 5:49pm

This guy stayed around when all the other left the main scrape (#16/17 ) on Thursday afternoon. Digiscope from about 25 meters.Neil.
(originally mis- id'd as a Curlew )

MPNR,
Hong Kong,
China.

27/04/06

Olympus 7070wz plus Swarovski STS80HD scope and Sw 30x eyepiece and DCA adapter.

http://www.pbase.com/neilfif11/image/59359744.jpg

Title: Re: Curlew
Post by johnallcock on Apr 29^th, 2006, 6:09pm

Neil,

This bird is in fact a whimbrel. Note the strong head pattern (dark eye-stripe and lateral crown stripes, pale supercilium and central crown stripe) and the bill shape (fairly straight at the base with a sharp downward angle near the end, rather than a gradual curve as in curlew)

Also if you see them together, whimbrel is noticeably smaller than curlew (although this isn't obvious on the photo)

Title: Re: Curlew
Post by Neil on Apr 30^th, 2006, 7:47am

Thanks John. It always helps to have a comparison bird around for sizing differences. Neil.