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Bird id?
I'm also going to put this in the bird group but I have twice seen a
new-to-us bird in the garden that I don't know. One of the nursery team has seen it, too and he doesn't know it either. I saw it from a distance so my description isn't going to be perfect! It's a bit bigger than a blackbird and appears to have a dark back and belly. But it has white cheeks and (I think) a pale 'chin' and white flashes in the wings. If the bird I saw this morning is the same as the one I saw a few days ago, the white wing markings are very distinctive as it flies away from you, against the dark brown or black of its body. There may be a flash of white on the tail and there may be a lighter brown or chestnut cap to its head but I'm not at all sure of those. On both occasions, it was feeding under conifers, once under the Atlantic cedar and once under the Pinus montezumae. It was feeding from the ground with an aggressive and frequent stabbing motion. We live surrounded by farmland in the South Hams and our garden has extensive cover for birds. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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