Another bird please.
- Neil Hulme
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Re: Another bird please.
Hi Mike,
Tree Pipit it is.
Neil
Tree Pipit it is.
Neil
Re: Another bird please.
Where's the tree?
Re: Another bird please.
Thanks Neil.
@Sooty, the tree is just out of the picture.![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
@Sooty, the tree is just out of the picture.
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Re: Another bird please.
Bird ID needed. Seen on Portland Bill today. Size of a blackbird, with conspicuous white rump, as it flew away. Flight a bit jay-like.
Cheers,,, Zonda.
Re: Another bird please.
I suppose it must be, and that's what my first thoughts were, Denise, but they both seemed too big, and i have seen wheatears in the past. However i've never noticed the striking white rump as they flew away, and the flight was slow and strange. This is at least the size of a song thrush. ![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
Cheers,,, Zonda.
Re: Another bird please.
Perhaps the Greenland race of the Wheatear, which are larger.
Misha
Misha
Re: Another bird please.
You're possibly right. Is the white rump a feature in wheatears? ![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
Cheers,,, Zonda.
Re: Another bird please.
The white rump is the definitive ID feature in a blackbird size bird flying away from you.
I agree with Misha, perhaps a Greenland Wheatear, although juvenile (juv) Wheatear sometimes look bigger than their parents too. All that sitting about and being fed
Denise
I agree with Misha, perhaps a Greenland Wheatear, although juvenile (juv) Wheatear sometimes look bigger than their parents too. All that sitting about and being fed
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Denise
Denise
Re: Another bird please.
Well, i think we'll call that an id then, thank you both for your input. ![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Cheers,,, Zonda.
Re: Another bird please.
A pedant writes: not only is the white rump a defining character, it is also the reason for the bird's name, which comes from the Old English hwit ears=white arse. The old pronunciation has been passed on orally almost unchanged, except for the loss of the s. The modern spelling is an example of folk etymology after the original meaning of the name had been lost sight of.
Misha
Misha