The Nonsense Thread

Chlidonias said:
That's neat. They're not all clearly identifiable to me of course (not being English), but I can immediately pick out the ones like goldfinch, kingfisher, magpie, green woodpecker, etc (basically, nine out of 25 are obvious to me). I could probably get more if I put some effort into it.
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So in case anyone's interested or wants to google them to see how the pictures match, here's what I believe they all are (in the spoiler). I think they're quite cool little illustrations - if I had more time and artistic ability it would be quite cool to make some as a quiz.

Going across 1: Hawfinch, European Bee-eater, Bluethroat, Nuthatch, Magpie
2: Jay, Bullfinch, Red-backed Shrike, Green Woodpecker, Greenfinch
3: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Hoopoe, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Kingfisher
4: Jackdaw, Great tit (still not happy with this one, but I believe that is what it's supposed to be), Waxwing, Blue Tit, Goldfinch
5: Robin, Chaffinch, Goldcrest, Mallard, Wren
 
@LaughingDove surely 5C is firecrest instead of goldcrest, with such a well-marked black-and-white "striped" mask?

My first thought about 4B was great tit as well, but surely then they would have incorporated the very prominent black stripe across the belly... I could also see it being one of the southern European "white-throated" yellow wagtails (iberiae and cinereocapilla), though that too I wouldn't be very happy with.

Interesting puzzle!
 
Vision said:
@LaughingDove surely 5C is firecrest instead of goldcrest, with such a well-marked black-and-white "striped" mask?

My first thought about 4B was great tit as well, but surely then they would have incorporated the very prominent black stripe across the belly... I could also see it being one of the southern European "white-throated" yellow wagtails (iberiae and cinereocapilla), though that too I wouldn't be very happy with.

Interesting puzzle!
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Yes actually you're clearly quite right about firecrest.

If I have some time at some point (which I probably won't but anyway) I'll have a go at making some which could be like a quite. I imagine it wouldn't require too much artistic ability since you're not trying to get shapes at all and is more about knowledge of the key features for bird identification.
 
LaughingDove said:
Here's something cool that I saw on the internet recently:
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They're all European birds. It looks stupid at first, but the birds are clearly identifiable. I'm not quite sure on 4B or 3D (mallard?) though.
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Interesting, funny and new concept of art! That's very original.
This is my quizz:
1: a) Coccothraustes coccothraustes. b) Merops apiaster. c) Luscinia svecica. d) Sitta europaea. e) Pica pica.
2: a) Garrulus glandarius. b) Pyrrhula pyrrhula. c) First I tought in Remiz pendulinus, but while writing I tought in Lanius collurio instead. Probably a better candidate (best known species for central europeans). d) Picus viridis. e) Carduelis chloris.
3: a) Dendrocopos major. b) Upupa epops? (a bit of doubt in this one). c) Columba palumbus. d) Maybe Passer domesticus but the colours are a bit forced I think... e) Alcedo atthis.
4: a) Corvus monedula. b) Parus major. c) Absolutely no clue!!! d) Parus caeruleus. e) Carduelis carduelis.
5: a) Erithacus rubecula. b) Fringilla coelebs. c) Regulus ignicapillus. d) Anas platyrhynchos. e) Absolutely no clue.

This is that I can do from memory... far from perfect with two unidentified ones :(
 
Kakapo said:
Interesting, funny and new concept of art! That's very original.
This is my quizz:
1: a) Coccothraustes coccothraustes. b) Merops apiaster. c) Luscinia svecica. d) Sitta europaea. e) Pica pica.
2: a) Garrulus glandarius. b) Pyrrhula pyrrhula. c) First I tought in Remiz pendulinus, but while writing I tought in Lanius collurio instead. Probably a better candidate (best known species for central europeans). d) Picus viridis. e) Carduelis chloris.
3: a) Dendrocopos major. b) Upupa epops? (a bit of doubt in this one). c) Columba palumbus. d) Maybe Passer domesticus but the colours are a bit forced I think... e) Alcedo atthis.
4: a) Corvus monedula. b) Parus major. c) Absolutely no clue!!! d) Parus caeruleus. e) Carduelis carduelis.
5: a) Erithacus rubecula. b) Fringilla coelebs. c) Regulus ignicapillus. d) Anas platyrhynchos. e) Absolutely no clue.

This is that I can do from memory... far from perfect with two unidentified ones :(
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It is a really cool concept. I'd love to take credit for it but I think the original creator was someone in the Czech Birding Facebook Group and it was then posted to the Birding Poland FB Group which is where I found it.

I think you're correct on all those guesses, including the ones where you were doubting it.

The two that you didn't know (which will seem obvious now) are 4C) Bombycilla garrulus and 5E) Troglodytes troglodytes

Also stolen from the Birding Poland page, here are the answers in pictoral form:

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Hmmm, strange. I don't see very much a waxwing and a wren in these squares. But certainly are better matches than most birds...
 
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