In article , CT
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'Mike' wrote:

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In an amazing coincidence, I've just been on a lunchtime walk and saw a
Green Woodpecker and a Grey Wagtail within a few feet of each other.

The Green Woodpecker flew off away from me, and did indeed have a
lovely yellow/green back. The wagtail, however, just moved further
into the branches of the tree over the water so I didn't get to see
that fly off.

Now I see Green Woodpeckers fairly frequently - Grey Wagtails a lot
less so (in fact, probably ony half a dozen times since I started this
doing walk during my lunchbreak a couple of years ago), so to see both
really close together and in light of this thread seemed quite strange!


When a grey wagtail flies away across water you see a little yellow blob
bouncing up and down. It's too small to mistake for a thrush-sized
bird.

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Sue ]