Nearly everyone (91%) correctly identified the bird in plate 10 as Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus, the only other species named being Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus. An even higher proportion of entrants (97%) correctly identified the wader (plate 26) as a Dunlin Calidris alpina, the only other answer given being Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola, falcinellus. The three leaders--John Ho

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