Hi all,
I have a passing interest in bird watching, and yesterday I saw a pair of birds with odd coloured plumage. At first I thought they were robbins, but they had the size and shape of a collared dove. Looking online at the RSPB bird identifier the closest thing I can find is a Turtle Dove, but the website says they only summer in the UK :confused:
Does anyone have any expertise on identifying our feathered friends?
I’m also pretty sure I saw a Golden Oriole one day when I was at work, but that’s another story 😀
By: Lincoln 7 - 21st January 2013 at 19:59
Too late Newforest, have several in trees, and around the garden. Trouble is, the birds don’t seem to want to fly in the fog. That’s why I have shifted the feeders from around the garden into the trees.
I saw a bird I had never seen in my garden the other day, a quick look in my “Playboy”,( sorry,wrong bird book,) Bird Identification book, showed it to be a Dunnock.
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: Newforest - 21st January 2013 at 19:47
Maybe a timely reminder considering your weather over the next week to put some food out for our feathered friends! 🙂
By: charliehunt - 21st January 2013 at 17:20
I agree Charlie, from the description given, it fits the bill, (Pardon the pun) well.
Nice to see there are some Hornythologists on the forum 😉
Jim.
Lincoln .7
Hornythologists…speak for yourself!:diablo:
Glad we seem to have helped…:)
By: jbritchford - 21st January 2013 at 13:20
Looking it up it they might well have been Jays, I only got a brief look at them as I drove past the small tree they were perched on.
Thanks for the input 🙂
By: Lincoln 7 - 21st January 2013 at 13:15
I agree Charlie, from the description given, it fits the bill, (Pardon the pun) well.
Nice to see there are some Hornythologists on the forum 😉
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: charliehunt - 21st January 2013 at 12:32
Jays, perhaps…??
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