David Hilgeman Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 (edited) Need help with several IDs. The last two pictures are the same bird. Photos taken first week of November 2022 in Tavira Portugal. Thanks. Edited November 4, 2022 by David Hilgeman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hilgeman Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 Can anyone help with these photos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, David Hilgeman said: Can anyone help with these photos? You may have to be patient for a while @David Hilgeman. The forum's world traveling birders might not be available right away but someone will be along to offer ID suggestions when they can. 🙂 Edited November 4, 2022 by lonestranger 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 #4 might be a Black-tailed Godwit? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hilgeman Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 Looks right! @Peromyscus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hilgeman Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 tough birds here ya'll. yellow, black, shore, mountain, sky. Appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Have you considered Cetti's Warbler for #1 and Chiffchaff for the last two? They are both year-round residents in Portugal while look-alike species are summer birds. NB: my knowledge of European birds is very rusty, and I'm going by maps in the first edition of the Collins Bird Guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hilgeman Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 The Chiffchaff looks spot on. No I hadn't considered Cetti's. The birding location I was at is well-birded, but one hasn't been spotted there since April. Looks like a close match though. Thanks again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Sorry this took so long. The forum went down before I could find my European guide. 1. Zitting Cisticola 2. Tree Pipit is my best guess 3. Dunlin 4. Black-bellied Plover 5. Agree with Chiffchaff 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Avery said: Sorry this took so long. The forum went down before I could find my European guide. 1. Zitting Cisticola 2. Tree Pipit is my best guess 3. Dunlin 4. Black-bellied Plover 5. Agree with Chiffchaff Agreed, except I'm not convineced 2 isn't a Meadow Pipit. Any other photos @David Hilgeman? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 21 hours ago, Avery said: Sorry this took so long. The forum went down before I could find my European guide. 1. Zitting Cisticola 2. Tree Pipit is my best guess 3. Dunlin 4. Black-bellied Plover 5. Agree with Chiffchaff I hadn't considered Zitting Cisticola for #1, and I agree with that assessment. The plover is actually #6, not #4. What is photo #5? (The Chiffchaff is #7 & #8.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Peromyscus said: I hadn't considered Zitting Cisticola for #1, and I agree with that assessment. The plover is actually #6, not #4. What is photo #5? (The Chiffchaff is #7 & #8.) Little Stint? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Peromyscus said: I hadn't considered Zitting Cisticola for #1, and I agree with that assessment. The plover is actually #6, not #4. What is photo #5? (The Chiffchaff is #7 & #8.) Whoops! Somehow I didn’t count those 😅 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hilgeman Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 Thanks for the input everyone. For number 2, I think it's closest to Meadow Pipit. The last time a tree pipit was spotted at this location was 2018, while the MEPI is fairly common. For what it's worth, the merlin app picked up a volcalization from a meadow pipit at the same time as this was flying around. For number 5, little stint looks to be a good fit. It's well-documented as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ephily Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Just to add - The pipit is definitely a Meadow Pipit (dark thick streaks on the sides, relatively long thin bill) You have a Redshank behind the Black-bellied Plover Not sure that #3 is not also a Little Stint And I think the last bird could be a Willow Warbler, with the lighter legs and seemingly longer wings (hard to tell from the angle, tho) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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