Moulting thrush / blackbird ? (1 Viewer)

Neil Grubb

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• Aug 21, 2004

• #1

Can anyone help identify this bird, which arrived on my fence this morning. It's about the size of a blackbird, possibly a little bigger. I wondered about a moulting juvenile thrush / mistle thrush. My wife's guess is female blackbird in moult. But it doesn't really look convincing for either bird when I look at my Collins guide! Any suggestions ?

 

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Jane Turner

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• Aug 21, 2004

• #2

That's a juv female Blackbird - Mistle thrush would be much paler, grey brown above and have typical thrush underparts

 

M Cowming

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• Aug 21, 2004

• #3

Hi Neil,

Lesson learned today- always listen to your wife...lol. She was right as is Jane.
Nice pic.

Regards,

 

Andy Ledger

Falling into disrepair

• Aug 21, 2004

• #4

I'm having a 'mare day - I looked at the avatar and was about to say "It's a rabbit". Duh! Yeah, your wife is right. As was mine when we were going round a roundabout usually populated with Woodpigeons. She said 'What's that?' and I responded 'It's a pigeon' - she insisted it wasn't and when I looked, it wasn't, it was a Wheatear!

 

Neil Grubb

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• Aug 21, 2004

• #5

Goonerbirder said:

I'm having a 'mare day - I looked at the avatar and was about to say "It's a rabbit". Duh! Yeah, your wife is right. As was mine when we were going round a roundabout usually populated with Woodpigeons. She said 'What's that?' and I responded 'It's a pigeon' - she insisted it wasn't and when I looked, it wasn't, it was a Wheatear!

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I was going to post a spoof ID question - 'Please help with this ID: large, glossy, black. Much bigger than a blackbird. Two large projections from head, low, bounding flight. Appears to be a ground feeder. Likes all types of seeds, nuts, and feeds off spillage from feeders!'