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NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE AND I WAS WONDERING IF THE SNOW HAD ATTRACTED THEM FROM ABROAD.
IT IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BLACKBIRD
ITS BODY IS ALL BLUEY GREY
ITS HEAD IS YELLOW AND BLACK (MAYBE A BIT OF RED) AND HAS A SORT OF CROWN OR CREST
IT STANDS VERY UPRIGHT LIKE A PARROT OR**ATOO
IT IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BLACKBIRD
ITS BODY IS ALL BLUEY GREY
ITS HEAD IS YELLOW AND BLACK (MAYBE A BIT OF RED) AND HAS A SORT OF CROWN OR CREST
IT STANDS VERY UPRIGHT LIKE A PARROT OR**ATOO
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I'd guess Parrot or Cocatoo
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NOT DEFIONITELY NOT A PARROT OR**ATOO.
THERE'S ABOUT 5 OF THEM OUTSIDE IN THE FIELD. NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE. |
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reject turkeys
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Apart from the body colour (pinkish) sounds like a waxwing which come over here from Scandinavia in hard winters. Google a pic and let us know if that's it.
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stew?
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THANK YOU WUR
IVE LOOKED UP A WAXWING AND IT IS VERY SIMILAR INDEED, BUT ITS NOT ONE OF THEM. ITS BODY IS NEARLY ALL GREYISH, BLUEY COLOUR. BUT VERY SIMILAR TO A WAXWING. GOOD CALL. |
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Can you take a photo?
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louis - where are you??. (North east??) Wur almost certainly right, plenty of black/yellow on Waxwings, but predominately pinkish, and no yellow on the head.
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I've had a look, and they're more blue than I thought. Other winter visitors are redwings and fieldfares, which are blackbird sized and flock in fields, but don't have crests.
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IM IN THE SOUTH
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Norwegian blue
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Blue breasted pigeon.
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on their way to scotland,lost
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Check here. http://www.birdguides.com/home/default.asp
Just had a couple of Redwings in the garden. |
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emu?
This is a guess, I'm not all that up on this subject. |
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IVE JUST HAD A LOOK IN MY BRITISH BIRDS BOOK AND ITS NOT IN THERE.
I KNOW I SAID IT WASN'T A**ATOO AT THE BEGINNING, BUT THAT IS JUST WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE. THING IS THERE WAS FIVE OR SIX OF THEM. IS IT POSSBLE THEY COULD BE**ATOOS? |
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ACTUALLY IGNORE THAT. IVE JUST LOOKED UP**ATIEL PICTURES AND THE COLOUR IS RIGHT BUT THE HEAD IS ALL WRONG
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wur - look up Shore Lark!! Not really a crest, but they are crowned and black/yellow on the head.
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Sorry to hijack your thread.
I cant help with what the birds are as I am useless at identifying them. Anyone have any idea what bird this is. http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/6164/dsc06917.jpg http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/4318/dsc06921.jpg |
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Sorry meant louis!!
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WUR IS RIGHT
THEY'RE WAXWINGS! I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT MORE PICTURES NOW AND I THINK WUR MUST BE RIGHT. I'M ON THE SOUTH COAST BY THE WAY. |
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Thats worth 10 pts
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Crisp
That is a Sparrowhawk. Good photo. |
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THIS IS VERY CLOSE. ITS A BOHEMIAN WAXWING.
http://www.birdforum.net/opus/images/2/27/Bohemian_Waxwing.jpg VERY WELL DONE WUR. THANK YOU. |
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Cheers facts
Saw it on Hols in Florida next to one of the lakes in Celebration. Watched it fly in to the tree and let me get really close to take pic |
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KL
Don't know about the Bohenium bit - its called simply a Waxwing. Apart from the distinctive crest - a clear indicator is the bright yellow tip to its tail. |
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*BOHEMIAN !
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A Bee eater?
http://www.birdid.co.uk/PhotoFrameX.asp?RecId=604 |
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no way !
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http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/pictures/data/75/Bee-eater6682.jpg
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