Masters of Mystery

Solutions of the Second round 2008

III This bird could be identified as a Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus. It was photographed at Rockall, Atlantic Ocean on 13 July 2007 by Guido O Keijl. The identification of the bird is extensively discussed in Dutch Birding 30: 184-185, 2008.

IV This bird depicted in mystery photograph IV is a Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix. It was photographed at El Gouna, Egypt, on 20 October 2007 by Edwin Winkel. The identification of the bird is discussed in Dutch Birding 30: 184-185, 2008.

Winners
From those subscribed to Dutch Birding, 15 out of the 41 entrants (37%) managed to identify both mystery birds correctly. From these, Petteri Lehikoinen was drawn as the winner of a copy of Birds of South-East Asia by Craig Robson. Congratulations to him!
The names of all entrants with at least one correct identification can be viewed here.
From 2007 onwards, only subcribers of Dutch Birding are allowed to join the Masters of Mystery contest of Dutch Birding.

Click here for the gallery of fame, with the names of the past winners of the Masters of Mystery.

Rob S A van Bemmelen, Gouwzee 20, 1423 DV Uithoorn, Netherlands
master@dutchbirding.nl
Dick Groenendijk, Elzenstraat 14, 4043 PB Opheusden, Netherlands
master@dutchbirding.nl
Jan Eerbeek, De Peel 2, 4041 EL Kesteren, Netherlands
master@dutchbirding.nl