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Author Topic: Found this on facebook: Ireland Birdwatch Portmarnock  (Read 101775 times)
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« Reply #150 on: 06-Oct-10, 07:21:25 AM »
Common Snipe? Woodcook?
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« Reply #151 on: 06-Oct-10, 07:24:50 AM »
Quote from: Annette on 06-Oct-10, 07:21:25 AM
Common Snipe? Woodcook?

Now, there ya go, Annette... this is the problem.

(and... Naa-naa-naa, there IS a Jack Snipe - not that I would be able to pick one out if he came to dinner...)
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« Reply #152 on: 06-Oct-10, 10:09:19 AM »
I say Common Snipe as well! gum
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« Reply #153 on: 06-Oct-10, 12:20:57 PM »
I agree common snipe
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« Reply #154 on: 06-Oct-10, 12:53:34 PM »
My guess is the very rare Uncommon Snipe.   rofl
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« Reply #155 on: 06-Oct-10, 12:57:57 PM »
Hey, I don't even know the answer yet. Not until tomorrow.....so I'll say....a very rare uncommon Jack-Snipe! I have no clue.  stupid
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« Reply #156 on: 06-Oct-10, 01:01:56 PM »
I always wonder what makes a bird "common"?  To me they're all uncommon and extraordinary!   bow
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« Reply #157 on: 06-Oct-10, 01:08:14 PM »
Quote from: Carol P. on 06-Oct-10, 01:01:56 PM
I always wonder what makes a bird "common"?  To me they're all uncommon and extraordinary!   bow

I have a problem with "lesser" and "greater"  baby
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« Reply #158 on: 06-Oct-10, 02:09:02 PM »
Quote from: Donna on 06-Oct-10, 01:08:14 PM
Quote from: Carol P. on 06-Oct-10, 01:01:56 PM
I always wonder what makes a bird "common"?  To me they're all uncommon and extraordinary!   bow

I have a problem with "lesser" and "greater"  baby
Yeah, what they said! yes gum
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« Reply #159 on: 06-Oct-10, 08:19:55 PM »
maybe its common like in common sense. So common that very few people actually have it  Grin
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« Reply #160 on: 07-Oct-10, 04:36:05 AM »
Quote from: Carol P. on 06-Oct-10, 01:01:56 PM
I always wonder what makes a bird "common"?  To me they're all uncommon and extraordinary!   bow

I am fond of names like "Sociable Plover".
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« Reply #161 on: 07-Oct-10, 06:30:59 AM »
Quote from: Donna on 06-Oct-10, 06:58:32 AM
Today's Who Am I?

The answer is Common Snipe. A Jack Snipe would show a dark crescent under the eye and streaking not barring along the flanks. (Not that I would know this but that's what the guy said in Ireland).  2funny

Annette is the winner!  clap but you all knew it was a Snipe.
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« Reply #162 on: 07-Oct-10, 06:34:21 AM »
Today's WAI?
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« Reply #163 on: 07-Oct-10, 06:35:34 AM »
Quote from: Donna on 07-Oct-10, 06:30:59 AM
Quote from: Donna on 06-Oct-10, 06:58:32 AM
Today's Who Am I?

The answer is Common Snipe. A Jack Snipe would show a dark crescent under the eye and streaking not barring along the flanks. (Not that I would know this but that's what the guy said in Ireland).  2funny

Annette is the winner!  clap but you all knew it was a Snipe.

Yay, Annette!

(Doesn't everyone know about that dark crescent under the eye? I have often heard people talking about it...)
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« Reply #164 on: 07-Oct-10, 06:37:15 AM »
Quote from: Donna on 07-Oct-10, 06:34:21 AM
Today's WAI?

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