Bird Names - Shropshire Guild 31.1.2017

[Dastardly15]

The answers are all names of birds.

(1) Authority bars brine (8,10)
(2) Leafy green vegetable for the pot (7)
(3) A third person singular present active subjunctive of "be free" (6)
(4) PR to cordial love (8,6)
(5) Largest canary, tiny king (8,7)
(6) Follows first person singular (3)

Many thanks

[scorpiojo]

6 Jay? (Follows I)

[Dastardly15]

Yes of course, thanks

[Davemano]

3 You, me and the Doctor Dr - present - On - be free -Go
Makes Drongo

[Prudie]

1 is Siberian Rubythroat (I used an anagram solver to get that)

[scorpiojo]

:)

[scorpiojo]

..and I spent all that time looking up shearwaters....;o))

[scorpiojo]

5

Tenerife Goldcrest

This tiny bird is endemic to the islands of Tenerife and La Gomera, inhabiting both the laurel and pine forests, but preferring the latter. There are other goldcrests populating the other Canary Islands of La Palma and El Hierro, but these are now recognised as a distinct sub-species, the Western Canary Islands Goldcrest.

Their Latin name, regulus, means "little king" and, because of this, the bird may also be known as a Kinglet.

Because of their tiny size and fast metabolism, they have to constantly feed on their diet of insects, even when building a nest.