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bird - can anyone ID?
no pics I'm afraid.
Roughly, sparrow sized, maybe a tiny bit bigger. Mostly all brown to grey-brownish but appeared to have a dull orange flash on the underside of its tail. Bit of tail-wagging was going on but I think that might have been an expression of irritation with my presence. Does this sound familiar? |
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bird - can anyone ID?
There is a good birdwatching Group uk.rec.birdwatching so I suggest you try
there. However I think they will tell you it is a female or juvenile Redstart or Black Redstart R. bob wrote in message ... no pics I'm afraid. Roughly, sparrow sized, maybe a tiny bit bigger. Mostly all brown to grey-brownish but appeared to have a dull orange flash on the underside of its tail. Bit of tail-wagging was going on but I think that might have been an expression of irritation with my presence. Does this sound familiar? |
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bird - can anyone ID?
On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:51:52 +0100, "Ragnar" wrote:
There is a good birdwatching Group uk.rec.birdwatching so I suggest you try there. However I think they will tell you it is a female or juvenile Redstart or Black Redstart thanks - that enabled me to check some pics, and it appears to be the black redstart. I've got an old copy of the Times Easy way to Bird Recognition, which usually guides me to ID but it failed me this time - probably pilot error. Anyway, I've noted the ng you mention. R. bob wrote in message ... no pics I'm afraid. Roughly, sparrow sized, maybe a tiny bit bigger. Mostly all brown to grey-brownish but appeared to have a dull orange flash on the underside of its tail. Bit of tail-wagging was going on but I think that might have been an expression of irritation with my presence. Does this sound familiar? |
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bird - can anyone ID?
On 05/06/2009 14:04, bob wrote:
I've got an old copy of the Times Easy way to Bird Recognition, which usually guides me to ID but it failed me this time - probably pilot error. The RSPB has a useful bird identifier: http://rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdidentifier/ -- Danny Colyer http://www.redpedals.co.uk Reply address is valid, but that on my website is checked more often "The plural of anecdote is not data" - Frank Kotsonis |
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bird - can anyone ID?
On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:06:38 +0100, Danny Colyer
wrote: On 05/06/2009 14:04, bob wrote: I've got an old copy of the Times Easy way to Bird Recognition, which usually guides me to ID but it failed me this time - probably pilot error. The RSPB has a useful bird identifier: http://rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdidentifier/ Yes, that's good. Very neat. In fact on feather colours it got me there in one. I got misrouted using the size filter. That's where I went wrong with my book too, because I thought it was bigger than a robin. Thanks for the link. |
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bird - can anyone ID?
On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:28:29 +0200, bob wrote:
Roughly, sparrow sized, maybe a tiny bit bigger. Mostly all brown to grey-brownish but appeared to have a dull orange flash on the underside of its tail. Bit of tail-wagging was going on but I think that might have been an expression of irritation with my presence. Does this sound familiar? redstart. -- Mike |
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