OPLOSSING / SOLUTION MYSTERY BIRD 9

De juiste oplossing van ronde 9 is Bosruiter. Van de 53 inzendingen waren er 24 juist (= 45%). Verder werden de volgende soorten genoemd: Kleine Grijze Snip (11), Grote Grijze Snip (7), Rosse Grutto (3), Tureluur (2), Siberische Strandloper (2), Regenwulp (1) Kemphaan (1), Poelsnip (1) en Bokje (1)
Deze Bosruiter werd op 13 juli 2014 gefotografeerd door Jan Bisschop in het Neeracherried in Zwitserland.

The correct answer for round 9 is Wood Sandpiper. 24 of the 53 answers were correct (= 45%).
The following species were also mentioned: Short-billed Dowitcher (11), Long-billed Dowitcher (7), Bar-tailed Godwit (3), Common Redshank (1), Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2), Eurasian Whimbrel (1), Ruff (1), Great Snipe (1) and Jack Snipe (1).

This picture was taken on July 13^th, 2014 by Jan Bisschop at Neerracherried, Switzerland.

 This mystery bird in this round is a (larger) wader species. Most submitted answers were Wood Sandpiper and Short-/Long-billed Dowitcher. The head of the mystery bird appears to be snipe-like and this could point in the direction of a dowitcher. The markings on the undertail coverts and the long greenish/yellowish legs also fit a dowitcher. The bill length is perhaps not clear in the mystery picture since the top part disappears behind the grass. The following features of the mystery bird do however not seem to fit a dowitcher: (1) the very broad white supercilium behind the eye, and (2) the rather dark wing feathers with some white spotting. All the mentioned features fit for Wood Sandpiper.

The buffy underparts of this (worn, adult) individual may have caused some confusion, because Wood Sandpiper usually has more whitish underparts. A google search for Wood Sandpiper does however reveal some pictures of other Wood Sandpipers with slightly buffy underparts. See for example: http://www.123rf.com/photo_12502328_wood-sandpiper-searching-for-food-in-marshy-wetlands-at-chilika-lake.html

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Ranking Masters-of-Mystery after 9 rounds (only for those with 4 or more correct answers) 

name correct answers
Sietse Bernardus 9
Davy Bosman 8
Andrew Holden 8
Chris Batty 8
Diederik Kok 8
Dusan Brinkhuizen 8
Fedde Welbedacht 8
Geir Mobakken 8
Hein Prinsen 8
Lazar Brinkhuizen 8
Nils van Duivendijk 8
Pim Edelaar 8
Rutger Wilschut 8
Stuart Piner 8
Willem Wind 8
Jos Welbedacht 7
Arthur Geilvoet 7
Bram Vogels 7
Marijn Prins 7
Marinus Dieleman 7
Raf Drijvers 7
Bas Verhoeven 7
Bas van den Boogaard 7
Bas van Gennip 7
Charles Martens 7
Jan Baert 7
Joris Elst 7
Maurits Martens 7
Bram Ubels 6
Edwin Russer 6
Frank van Duivenvoorde 6
George Tanis 6
Lonnie Bregman 6
Paavo Sallinen 6
William de Jong 6
Harry Hussey 6
Julien Mazenauer 6
Mark Edgeller 6
Mark Gal 6
Rob van Bemmelen 6
Ruben Vernieuwe 6
Joost Mertens 6
Alwin van Lubeck 6
Pieter van Veelen 6
Axel Müller 5
Diedert Koppenol 5
Leo Stegeman 5
Nico Hopman 5
Rik Winters 5
Thijs Fijen 5
Vincent van der Spek 5
Marcel Klootwijk 5
Seamus Enright 5
Dick Groenendijk 4
Erik Kleyheeg 4
Frank van der Meer 4
Rient Niks 4
Sam Gobin 4