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Monday Morning Mystery 021516: Paris Edition
On my recent top-secret mission to Paris, I was able to take a few bird photos with my miniature spy cam.
Can you I.D. any of these birds?
The CIA (Center for International Avians) would like to know.
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I am pretty sure the gull is a winter Black-headed Gull, based on bill and leg color, and range. The corvid is tougher, Rook would be a possibility, but the bill shape in the silhouette looks more like Carrion Crow.
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The one on the antenna is a Black Radio Jammer and the one on the statue is a Paris Pooper usually found decorating statuary.
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Kevin Watson
I am pretty sure the gull is a winter Black-headed Gull, based on bill and leg color, and range. The corvid is tougher, Rook would be a possibility, but the bill shape in the silhouette looks more like Carrion Crow.
Joe Koscielny
The one on the antenna is a Black Radio Jammer and the one on the statue is a Paris Pooper usually found decorating statuary.