Masters of Mystery

Solutions of the Fourth round 2008

VII This bird could be identified as a Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii. It was photographed at the Red Sea, Egypt, in October 2007 by Edwin Winkel. The identification of the bird is extensively discussed in Dutch Birding 30: 341-343, 2008.

VIII This bird depicted in mystery photograph VI is a White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa. It was photographed at the Red Sea, Egypt, in October 2007 by Edwin Winkel. The identification of the bird is discussed in Dutch Birding 30: 341-343, 2008.

Winners
From those subscribed to Dutch Birding, 5 out of the 25 entrants (20%) managed to identify both mystery birds correctly. From these, David Marques 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