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Sparrowhawk
Bolton, are you seriously insinuating I cannot identify a Mistle Thrush from a Fieldfare after 28 years of birding? You cannot be serious pal....I looked at the thrush photo, saw what appeared to be chesnut coloured mantle and a grey rump...hence my ID as a Fieldfare ... bear in mind also that...- London Birder
- Post #224
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
in a word...no...the bill is as it should be on a Hobby, primarily because that's what it is (apologies if that sounds a bit 'off', not meant to be)- London Birder
- Post #221
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
god this is funny...and people wonder why record commitees have a tough time evaluating reports on occasion! I've tried putting the pic up for a new thread but I must be doing something dodgy because it won't let me- London Birder
- Post #215
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
ok Mark, like you say we'll have to disagree Maybe the pic should be posted for another thread, see what others opinions are as it's a bit buried in this thread ..... on 2nd thoughts .......- London Birder
- Post #196
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
well, I could say to you that the bird is lightweight as opposed to being a powerfully built Peregrine but then you could argue that you think it's powerfully built .... that's subjectivity for ya ... furthermore, I can see the small white mark above the eye (albeit not very well but I can make...- London Birder
- Post #191
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
ok we all agree that Janes bird is a hybrid of some sort .... unless someone would like to claim it's a forest Falconet, which to be honest, wouldn't surprise me- London Birder
- Post #188
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
I'm fairly sure jonny meant coniferous ...... It's a Pupp.............Hobby !- London Birder
- Post #185
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
some of these falconers hybrids are odd critters though, some have 25% Gyr, some 50% etc .... we had a local escapee (jessed) around here a couple of years back which in the field appeared as a Pure pale morph Gyr ... it was recaptured and the owner informed us it was 50% Gyr and 50% Peales...- London Birder
- Post #178
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
falconmews.com had some hybrid pics....bloody site won't open for me tho!- London Birder
- Post #177
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
lmaooo... tell ya what, you could be right .... I appeared to have ballsed up a Mistle Thrush, what the hell do I know !!!- London Birder
- Post #173
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
RE: Xeno's pic : it's so obviously a Hobby it's almost painful ... I sometimes think people look 'too hard'- London Birder
- Post #171
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
yeah, had the two centre birds down as Dunlin and the right hand bird as a prob Little Stint .... cant make out the bird on the extreme left ... see what you mean about long bills however in my experience of the blighters (Dunlin) bill length is fairly variable ... alpina birds aside ... sorry I...- London Birder
- Post #170
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
got to be inclined to call this a Gyr X Saker ... thats my guess- London Birder
- Post #164
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
my first thoughts are either Gyr or Saker on wing V's tail length but the plain looking 'trousers' are throwing me off Saker (although I know this isn't written in stone) as is the possibly too broad moustachial (though not sure if evaluating it's broadness correctly) ... it's a BIG falcon...- London Birder
- Post #157
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
hilarious really, no honestly....totally hilarious !!!- London Birder
- Post #152
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
funny thing is Xenos pic is actually a half decent pic !!!!! and to think it was rung as a Peregrine!- London Birder
- Post #148
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
page 4 has another contentious one...or at least I'm arguing that it's NOT a Peregrine, but a Hobby- London Birder
- Post #146
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
surely you're not suggesting it's a Peregrine !! Just so there's no confusion to later posters this is in reference to Xenospizas pic of a putative Peregrine on page four ...- London Birder
- Post #143
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
not sure who asked you for the vocals Dieter but don't think it was me ... well done producing these shots ... depicting a Kestrel (probably a female/immature judging by the tail).- London Birder
- Post #127
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
Xeno, frankly, I think it's you who have fallen into 'the trap' and/or been misled, regardless of who the 'top' birdwatcher is or what it's been rung as...it's a Hobby...and it appears to be an (sub) adult at that- London Birder
- Post #121
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Sparrowhawk
Peregrines do occasionally sit in trees for sure , but I think that link is showing a Hobby- London Birder
- Post #117
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A