Mystery Bird UK today (1 Viewer)

Jane Turner

Well-known member

• Sep 9, 2012

• #1

Actually its been around 5 days, but today was the first time I successfully pointed a camera at it.

Upperparts only here. Underparts were creamy white with a little mottling forming a necklace.

 

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JWN Andrewes

Poor Judge of Pasta.

• Sep 9, 2012

• #2

First reaction is some sort of weird limited edition Song Thrush. Maybe.

Intriguing anyway.

James

 

Jon Turner

Well-known member

• Sep 9, 2012

• #3

Jane Turner said:

Actually its been around 5 days, but today was the first time I successfully pointed a camera at it.

Upperparts only here. Underparts were creamy white with a little mottling forming a necklace.

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It's probably going to be another Short-billed Dowitcher if we have to identify it from photos!!!!!:-O

 

Adam W

Well-known member

• Sep 9, 2012

• #4

Blackbird?

 

Jane Turner

Well-known member

• Sep 9, 2012

• #5

JWN Andrewes said:

First reaction is some sort of weird limited edition Song Thrush. Maybe.

Intriguing anyway.

James

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Gave me a pico second of panic, before it became quite obvious what it was.... it is a limited edition (Desert warbler meets Booted Warbler-coloured) but not a song thrush. Almost white Tertials, white outer TFs.

 

JWN Andrewes

Poor Judge of Pasta.

• Sep 9, 2012

• #6

Another look and I'll try Robin this time.

James

 

Jane Turner

Well-known member

• Sep 9, 2012

• #7

Adam got it... its a Desert/Isabelline Blackbird

 

joannec

Well-known member

• Sep 9, 2012

• #8

Thrushy feeling for me..........hope you get some better pics.

 

Jane Turner

Well-known member

• Sep 9, 2012

• #9

Its definitely a Blackbird (fem)

 

P

Parker

Uncomfortably Numb.

• Sep 14, 2012

• #10

Robin.

 

Jane Turner

Well-known member

• Sep 14, 2012

• #11

no its still a blackbird

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Sep 14, 2012

• #12

Little Egret?

 

GYRob

Well-known member

• Sep 14, 2012

• #13

dantheman said:

Little Egret?

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Na they have a longer beak
Rob.

 

Phil Carter

Well-known member

• Sep 14, 2012

• #14

Is it a duck?

Phil

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Sep 17, 2012

• #15

GYRob said:

Na they have a longer beak

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Drat. Gets me every time ...






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JoeRawles

Feathers Wild Bird Care

• Oct 17, 2012

• #16

Looks an awful lot like a Robin...

 

Jane Turner

Well-known member

• Oct 17, 2012

• #17

Its still here and its still a leucistic blackbird... I may have a quick movie of it.

 

Jane Turner

Well-known member

• Oct 17, 2012

• #18

Here... looking less golden when back lit,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn20I9J_mko

 

lou salomon

the birdonist

• Oct 17, 2012

• #19

i've seen a uniform pale grey male back in winter 1982. never seen anything later (not even a pic of an evenly pale coloured blackbird).

 

Jane Turner

Well-known member

• Oct 17, 2012

• #20

This one keeps managing to look rare... it appears to have an underwing bar and is amazingly skulky. See it briefly disappearing into cover and even though you know there is an odd Blackbird about, you still feel a need to make sure it wasn't a White's thrush!