Hi everyone - think it is time for another alphabet challenge don't you? The rules are simple:
- Each new photo has to be of a bird whose either 1. full current common name (e.g. A for Australian Magpie) or 2. current scientific name, starts with that letter, working our way through the alphabet from A to Z.
- If a bird is used for a full common name, it cannot be used again for either a common name or scientific name (so we might need to think about what is coming up around difficult letters like X and Z). Likewise, if a scientific name is used, the same species cannot be used for a common name.
- For help, check out the bird list on BIBY for an alphabetical list of about 400 bird species with full common name and scientific names.
- If we get all the way through to Z we will start over again at A.
- Remember it is the first letter of the full name of the bird, so you might need to double check some before you post! e.g. Australian Magpie is for A NOT M, Laughing Kookaburra is for L, not K etc...
- You must wait for 2 other posters/photos before your next turn.
Who is ready to kick us off with A?
Australian Grebe.
Samford Valley Qld.
Black Kite
Cisticola exilis
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
Dusky Robin
West Coast Tasmania
Elanus axillaris.
Samford Valley Qld.
Falco cenchroides
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
Great Australian Egret.
M-L
Hardhead Duck.
Samford Valley Qld.
Baby Indian Peafowl
West Coast Tasmania
Jacky Winter
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
Getting ahead of myself. Mistake.
Samford Valley Qld.
What about K
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
removed it for you ML. You can just click the edit button at the bottom of each post to make changes.
Holly
M-L
Remember its the full name Araminta!
Thanks for pointing this out, tried to replace, but didn't work.
M-L
So we're up to and looking for a "K" bird still then? Where's Peter? We need his Kelp Gull! ML I am sure one of us would be more than happy to guide you through editing your post to replace your "A" bird with a "K" bird if you have one handy?
West Coast Tasmania
Yes up to 'K' guys
Just to get past K, Kelp Gull.
Now I can post my Lewin's Honeyeater.
.
Samford Valley Qld.
Malachite Kingfisher
Mark
N..Where's Shorty?
Samford Valley Qld.
Nankeen Night Heron
West Coast Tasmania
Olive-backed Oriole
Pelecanus conspicillatus
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
Morning all! No Q's ?
Samford Valley Qld.
Annie - I am almost upset that you only want me for my Kelp Gull
Holly - I cannot find a Q bird either common or scientific name, however I have many pics taken in Queensland.
Peter
You are right - i can't find anything either - except Quarrion but that is the old name.
OK for Q we can have - either a Quarrion (cockatiel) or one of the Quails (not button-quails though)...
I have a Quarrion but i need to wait for 2 more posts
I am sure someone has a Quail though
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
I am sure they will rawshorty! Need to sit on those hands - you will be back into it soon
Holly, I am jumping the gun I know, but I think in the last alphabet challenge, we all got stuck on "U" as well?
West Coast Tasmania
Um, I think there are no 'Q' birds?
Looking in my Pizzey guide, there are no bird genuses starting with 'Q' and all the common names are quails or quail-thrushes, but each lists a more specific common name (eg. "brown quail", "cinnamon quail-thrush", etc). It's an old guide, but if names are still current then we might have to go offshore to find a 'Q' bird?
Not sure if you are allowed pet birds but this should solve Q !
Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.
Woohoo, you saved the day shoop! She is gorgeous! Wild/rehab/captive/pet, I don't think it matters. Good job!
West Coast Tasmania
Rhipidura Leucophrys.
Samford Valley Qld.
Struthio camelus (Ostrich). Listed as a feral species in my field guide, although this particular one is a captive. Would love to see one in it's natural habitat one day, I think they're beautiful looking birds.
West Coast Tasmania
You are right - no birds in Australia starting with U (common name or scientific). Unless someone has an overseas bird (????) we can skip straight over U...
Tufted Titmouse - sorry not the best pic
Peter
No need to skip U, I discovered the scientific name for one I had.
A very pretty bird, this one from India.
Upupa epops - Hoopoe
Mark
Good save, Mark.
Varied Sitella
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
White-throated Gerygone (I don't think that there is one of these posted yet)
Please correct me if I'm wrong
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
Peter
From the weekend
Yellow Faced Honey Eater
Mark
Zoothera lunulata (Bassian Thrush)
West Coast Tasmania
So assuming we go back to A now here's a portrait shot of a Wedge Tailed Eagle (Aquila audax).
Samford Valley Qld.
Barn Owl
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
Crimson Chat, juvenile
Peter
Boy they're cute cheeky looking things. Bit late to mention I know, but I think that Reflex already posted a WW earlier Elsie, under it's latin name, remember a species can only be posted once?
D for Emu
- Dromaius novaehollandiae.
West Coast Tasmania
I assume that with the new round birds from previous round can be used again? If not disregard this post
Elanus axillaris
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
Yes I think we can use the same birds again - especially if we get stuck on some of those tricky ones.
Elsie - Annie is right, there is a Willie Wagtail already at R. Do you have something else that can substitute?
Disregarding the second Elanus axillarus as per instructions
and introducing an Eopsaltria australis.
Samford Valley Qld.
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