Bird of the Week Challenge: 7th April - Third Letter Photo

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Mon, 07/04/2014 - 10:30

Holly

Bird of the Week Challenge: 7th April - Third Letter Photo

Hey everyone - first challenge in a new challenge subforum!

Here are the instructions:

Person A posts a photo (e.g. Purple Swamphen)
The next person (person B) has to post a photo of a bird with one word in their name starting with the third letter of a word in the previous birds name - in this case - R or A (so it could be a Buff-banded Rail, a Restless Flycatcher, a Australasian Hobby etc).
Next person has to use the third letter as well - and so on
One entry per person per time (so if the letter is R, don't go posting 5 birds starting with R, just one) BUT you can play again after 3 other people have had a go.
The same bird species can be posted more than once (but different shots) and there can be multiple birds in the shot (i.e. it can be a flock of the same species).

Make sense?

I can clarify as we go (I was going to just go with the third letter of the full name but thought that might get too hard - so in the above example - just R and Restless Flycatcher).

Mon, 07/04/2014 - 11:02

BabyBirdwatcher

Great idea holly, (I know I've already posted this image) but to get it started off Nankeen Night Heron

Cheers Babybirdwatcher

Mon, 07/04/2014 - 11:04

Holly

Another one I can't take credit for BBW - we have some clever forum members here...

So next photo needs to use a N a G or an R

Mon, 07/04/2014 - 11:32

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Red-winged Fairy-wren

Mon, 07/04/2014 - 13:43

Elsie

Double-barred Finch. Sorry this the only photo I could find, I hope that it's not too hard

Mon, 07/04/2014 - 14:02

Annie W

Native-hen

West Coast Tasmania

Mon, 07/04/2014 - 15:43

pacman

Terek Sandpiper

Peter

Mon, 07/04/2014 - 17:29

rawshorty

Numenius Madagascariensis

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/

Mon, 07/04/2014 - 18:46

shoop

Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum) --- either or if thats ok.

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Mon, 07/04/2014 - 19:48

#10

Rick N

Silvereye. This is fun.

Mon, 07/04/2014 - 19:55

#11

birdie

Scarlet honey Eater .... sorry no Latin for me !

Sunshine Coast Queensland

Mon, 07/04/2014 - 20:22

#12

shoop

I agree with Rick N... this is fun ... so many great photos too ...keep them coming :)

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Mon, 07/04/2014 - 20:25

#13

rawshorty

Ardea Alba

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/

Mon, 07/04/2014 - 20:35

#14

shoop

DaRter

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Mon, 07/04/2014 - 20:44

#15

birdie

Sorry Rick .... your post didn't show when I posted mine

Sunshine Coast Queensland

Mon, 07/04/2014 - 21:02

#16

Rick N

No problem, there will always be the odd cross over post.

Mon, 07/04/2014 - 23:29

#17

Rick N

Red Browed Finch

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 07:42

#18

Elsie

Noisy Miner

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 11:31

#19

desbee

New Holland Honeyeater.

Des

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 12:45

#20

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White-naped Honeyeater

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 14:06

#21

shoop

Ibis (Threskiornis moluccus) ( hope that doesn't make things hard by having '' i '' again ) Edited so you can use the Latin.

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 14:31

#22

Rick N

Thanks for the Latin Restless Flycatcher

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 14:50

#23

desbee

Yellow-billed Spoonbill.

Des

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 15:57

#24

Rick N

Some lovely photos so far.

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 16:06

#25

rawshorty

Osprey ( Pandion Haliaetus )

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 16:17

#26

birdie

I am lost here.... Shorty how does Osprey fit in? I am too slow as I was just going to post an L bird.... can you sort me out here ?

Please correct me if I am wrong though

Sunshine Coast Queensland

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 16:23

#27

rawshorty

spOonbill

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 16:55

#28

birdie

Oh OF COURSE .... I am too slow for these challenges I suspect ..... if it is not my mind it is my searching for the appropriate bird!!!

Thank Shorty

Sunshine Coast Queensland

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 17:01

#29

birdie

Pale Headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus)

Sunshine Coast Queensland

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 17:34

#30

BabyBirdwatcher

Great photos everyone, absolutely love the quality and diversity of images displayed

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 17:44

#31

birdie

Yes , I should have said that too baby birdwatcher .... they are really lovely and diverse , it is a lot of fun

Sunshine Coast Queensland

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 17:47

#32

Annie W

Scrubtit (Acanthornis magnus)

West Coast Tasmania

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 18:34

#33

Rick N

Australasian Shoveler

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 18:55

#34

rawshorty

Silvereye ( Zosterops Lateralis )

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/

Tue, 08/04/2014 - 23:35

#35

shoop

Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Wed, 09/04/2014 - 08:22

#36

Elsie

Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

Wed, 09/04/2014 - 09:43

#37

birdie

Osprey .. ( from CoOt)

Sunshine Coast Queensland

Wed, 09/04/2014 - 10:09

#38

desbee

Pied Heron.

Des

Wed, 09/04/2014 - 10:35

#39

Annie W

(Scarlet) Robin

West Coast Tasmania

Wed, 09/04/2014 - 12:16

#40

shoop

Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)

Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.

Wed, 09/04/2014 - 15:56

#41

rawshorty

Aquila Audax

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/

Wed, 09/04/2014 - 17:36

#42

pacman

Double-banded Plover

Peter

Wed, 09/04/2014 - 18:32

#43

birdie

Pied Oystercatcher

Sunshine Coast Queensland

Wed, 09/04/2014 - 20:11

#44

Rick N

Eurasian Coot

Thu, 10/04/2014 - 05:08

#45

rawshorty

Red-capped Robin

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/

Thu, 10/04/2014 - 08:09

#46

Rick N

Lovely shades of colour there Shorty

Thu, 10/04/2014 - 08:15

#47

birdie

Yes beautiful colurs and a sweet bird..... all the shots are so lovely. Was that Wedgie in captivity Shorty? just wondered as it is such a top shot. Also ..Des.... isn't that a Pacific or White Necked Heron? Just asking as we see a few up here in Queensland .

Cheers

Birdie

Sunshine Coast Queensland

Thu, 10/04/2014 - 09:02

#48

rawshorty

Thanks, Rick and Birdie.

The Wedgie is a wild bird, i did a short write up about it on here when i got them. I have heaps of pics including while he was eating the roo.

http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/forum/Snowy-Highlight

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/

Thu, 10/04/2014 - 10:01

#49

desbee

birdie wrote:

Also ..Des.... isn't that a Pacific or White Necked Heron? Just asking as we see a few up here in Queensland .
Cheers
Birdie

I based my ID on the beak colour which seems to be more white on the Pacific. Also the location fits for the Pied as it was in Kakadu. However, you may well be right Birdie. I am using the Photographic Field Guide by Donald and Molly Trounson.

Des

Thu, 10/04/2014 - 10:12

#50

birdie

Thnaks Des ..... it must be a juvenile Pied ...... of course ..... how lucky you were to be in Kakadu .... I went there long before any decent camera gear or my birding passion developed

Sunshine Coast Queensland

Thu, 10/04/2014 - 10:16

#51

desbee

Australian Pratincole (red caPped robin)

Des

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