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Started by PanHanNE, Aug 02 2012 08:19 PM

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#1 PanHanNE

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 08:19 PM

All photos taken in Garden County Nebraska (panhandle) 2007, 08, 09

(All but #4 were taken on my older camera that had a much lower dpi, all were zoomed in, and final pictures cropped, so quality may make ID hard to impossible)


The 1st, and probably 4th going by psweet's previous pointer that "Pheasants are the only 'chicken birds' we have with long tails." would be Ring-Necked Pheasants.

The others... would be total guesses on my part, but I THINK (based on bill shape and tail length) that there are two different species, at least, in the five photos.


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Posted 02 August 2012 - 08:35 PM

Most of your birds are female Ring-necked Pheasants, except #3 which looks like a Sharp-tailed Grouse to me. I've never seen a grouse of any type, though, so wait for a second opinion.

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 09:23 PM

I had previously ID'd #3 as a Sharp-tailed Grouse, but I am never very certain of my ID's. That was why I mixed it in here with the others.

#2 looks like it has a rounded curved beak, to me. So I did not think it would be a Ring-necked Pheasant.

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 11:58 PM

#2 looks like the head is turned slightly left and it appears to be holding something in its bill making the bill shape look odd.

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Posted 03 August 2012 - 12:23 AM

#2 looks like the head is turned slightly left and it appears to be holding something in its bill making the bill shape look odd.


I do not think its a trick of photography or something in its mouth. Here is another shot, I believe, of the same bird. (consecutive numbers in the camera, one time/date May 9, 2007 5:11:48, the next May 9, 2007 5:12:02). This one still has the curved bill, and it is definately NOT anything in the bill. But I have no clue what bird it would be if it were not a ring-necked pheasant.
I did not think they had curved bills, though.
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Posted 03 August 2012 - 12:28 AM

But I have no clue what bird it would be if it were not a ring-necked pheasant.
I did not think they had curved bills, though.

Oops. Yup, they DO have curved bills. That is what happens when I start going back and forth from one bird to another.

Did anyone want to second the opininon that #3 is a sharp-tailed grouse?

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Posted 03 August 2012 - 12:14 PM

Feathered legs & white breast say yes, #3 is a sharpie.

(Well, the other sharpie.)

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Posted 03 August 2012 - 07:04 PM

Thanks, fisherman1313 and MarkBird.
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